For the location of the same name, see SIRCAA (location).

The Zone reveals a whole new world! We can stick with the old one, fearing change... But tell me, do you want our descendants to remember us as cowards? Or as those who dared to venture forward to a new, better humanity?

Dr. Dalin during an interview.

The Scientific Institute for Research of the Chornobyl Anomalous Area, or SIRCAA (ukr. Науково-дослідний інститут Чорнобильської аномальної зони, or НДІЧАЗ; ru. Научно-исследовательский институт Чернобыльской аномальной зоны, or НИИЧАЗ) is a government-controlled scientific organization established to conduct research within the Zone. It appears as a major faction in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and was briefly mentioned in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. It is the de facto successor of the Ecologists.

Overview

SIRCAA was established sometime after 2012 by the Ukrainian government after Strelok passed on the information he found at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to the USS Commanders. Strelok immediately took up the position of chief scientific consultant. ^[1]

The institute is headed by Dr. Dalin. Professor Hermann is one of the senior researchers.

Background

ARG

"All of these incidents are being carefully covered up, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue doing so."
The following is based on information from the 2021 ARG, which took place in 2018 and 2021. While the information is canon, it may conflict with the facts presented in the game.

Leaked documents have implied that SIRCAA was involved in coverups of multiple disappearances in and around the Zone. One such case is of a student journalist Venyamin Aleksenko, who was looking into a group of students that went missing near the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone sometime between 2005 and 2010. On April 21, 2014, SIRCAA's security team gave Venyamin minimum clearance and resources for his investigation, while also setting up surveillance to track his movements. Many years later^[2], Venyamin was found dead in a bunker near Yaniv. Furthermore, SIRCAA's security team has been actively eliminating "illegal elements", presumed to be stalkers. SIRCAA was seemingly engaged in a conflict with a group known as "Problesk".^[3]

Sometime prior to November 2013, SIRCAA was involved in Operation Zenith. The catastrophic failure led to deteriorating relations with the stalker factions, and Professor Dalin's^[4] punishment.

Notable members

• Dr. Dalin
• Professor Hermann
• Strelok

Gallery

Tag worn by SIRCAA scientists.

See also

• Ecologists

References