The Lodge

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The Lodge
"Сміливість. Слава. Братерство."
(Lit. "Guts. Glory. Fraternity.")

About:

The Lodge is a members-only hunting establishment within a section of the Zone. Founded and ran by a man known as "The Stag".

The owner appears to have brought a surprising amount of personal wealth into the zone with him, the building adorned with un-rotten leather couches and animal-skin rugs. While the building still does not hold a candle to any premier lodges or fraternity organizations in the "civilized" world, by Zone standards The Lodge is practically a Ritz: an exclusive tavern dedicated to all walks of life within the Zone, so long as they have a driver to hunt the Zone's deadliest Mutants.

Membership Perks:

The Lodge offers a wide variety of benefits to its members. Such benefits include food and drink that is often a magnitude superior to the moonshine and canned meats found in most Loner taverns. The lodge also has on-site room and board including a Zone amenity rarer than any Artifact: clean, working, hot showers. More importantly, Lodge members often have access to exclusive traders that arrive on-site as well as Lodge-specific mutant bounties.

Membership Eligibility:

Despite the exclusive nature, obtaining a Lodge membership is relatively straightforward: a PDA-issued bounty will be announced by "The Stag" with a membership reward. The first Stalker(s) to capitalize on the bounty and bring proof of their deed are inducted as a member of The Lodge and privy to the shelter, food, drink, and mutant bounties it provides.

The Lodge is a distinctly neutral, apolitical group. Duty, Freedom, Loners, Ecologists... Even Bandits are eligible. Nearly any faction member can join The Lodge, its signature antler patch usually worn underneath the patch of a Stalker's main allegiance.

Rule of Neutrality:

Given the opposition some of these groups have with each other, The Lodge enforces itself as a neutral territory.

No member can harm or kill another member within Lodge grounds.*
To do so often results in an immediate revocation of membership, followed by summary execution or a high-paying kill contract placed on the aggressor. This includes any external bounties placed on Lodge members.
While marked members may consider The Lodge a perpetual safe-zone as a result, the fact many amenities still come with a price tag means their time is limited. They will have to go out and earn their keep eventually.

Fortunately, The Lodge's neutral status makes it an ideal venue to "negotiate" such bounties or for opposing factions to meet and discuss matters without immediate fear of a gunfight.
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Membership Roster:​

Name:	Status:
Nigel "The Stag" Stalton	Lodge Leadership
Dominic Shaw	Lodge Leadership
"Argonaut"	Hunter
"Mikhail"	Hunter
"Grace"	Hunter
"Gavriil"	Hunter
"Pyotr"	Hunter Deceased

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