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« Oh I can make it quick Akula, erm, but I'm sorry, I can't do painless. Haha!
Kostey
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"Kostey" was a minor antagonist in ArmA 2's Operation Harvest Red campaign.

Background[]

Known only by his alias of "Kostey", he was a senior official of the Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star (ChDKZ) group and was a subordinate to both Mikola Bardak and Gregori Lopotev.[1]

A key figure in the paramilitary wing of the ChDKZ, Kostey was a small time criminal and poacher who served a manslaughter sentence for shooting and killing a gamekeeper in the late 1990s.[1]

During his time in prison, Kostey came into contact with Bardak and upon release, became a member of the then-burgeoning ChDKZ movement. Quickly establishing himself as a quick and unscrupulous fighter within the organisation, Kostey was fundamental to its growth in its early years.[1]

Operation Harvest Red (2009)[]

On October 9th, 2009, U.S. Marines from the 27th Marine Expeditionary Unit (27th MEU) successfully invaded and overran all coastal cities throughout the South Zagoria province.[2] The ChDKZ were forced to pull back on every front, with Lopotev, Bardak and Kostey retreating to the provincial capital of Chernogorsk in the hopes of formulating a plan to counter the offensive.[3]

However, Lopotev and Bardak are captured by members of USMC Force Recon Razor Team when the warehouse where they were hiding in was raided.[2]

Before the Americans could take him away, a CDF double agent, Nikola Nikitin, arrives at the warehouse to rescue Lopotev and Bardak. He succeeds in fooling the Marines' team leader into handing over Lopotev and Bardak.[4] When the truck they are being carried in gets "ambushed" by his allies, Kostey proceeds to tie up the members of Razor Team whilst Lopotev and Bardak make preparations to flee.[5] The Marines' team leader is executed by Lopotev[6], and Bardak tells Kostey to finish off the rest of them as well.[7]

Death[]

« OK gentlemen. I'm sorry we don't have more time to get to know each other. You fucked up so much for us, all our careful planning of the putsch, I wanted to return the favor. Now don't worry, I'll be gentle...
Kostey taunting Razor Team moments before his death
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However, before Kostey could begin his "work"[8], another Force Recon fireteam, callsign Sabre Team, breached the warehouse and gunned down Kostey along with the other ChDKZ that remained behind.

Personality and Appearance[]

A middle-aged Slavic male, Kostey has a heavily bearded face and a short, mostly grey head of hair. Kostey wore the standard attire of a ChDKZ officer with Kamyshovy risunok (podlesok)-camouflaged fatigues, an olive green-coloured shemagh, chest rig, and a Flora-camouflaged field cap.

More than just a simple thug, Kostey is widely acknowledged to be an intelligent and able leader. This is not to say that the self-styled "General" is a mentally stable person, however.[1] Far from it, Kostey is an extremely unpredictable individual who, despite being fiercely fanatic to his ChDKZ masters, is an extremely sadistic person who enjoys brutally torturing his prisoners before killing them.[7]

Trivia[]

  • Kostey is one of the few named antagonists in the entire series that is both introduced and killed shortly afterwards in the same mission.
  • For unknown reasons, the official Armaverse Timeline erroneously states that Kostey was the one who had double-crossed Razor Team after Lopotev is captured the first time around.[2] This completely contradicts canonical in-game events that show Nikitin as the CDF double agent, not Kostey.[5]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Razor Two, "Name: Kostey (real name unknown) Date/Place of Birth December 12th 1974, Tulga, Chernarus (then CSSR). Position: Key figure in the paramilitary wing of The Chernarussian Red Star Movement (ChDKZ). Background: Kostey was a small time criminal and poacher who served a manslaughter sentence for shooting and killing a game keeper in the late 90's. During his time in prison Kostey fell in with Mikola Bardak and upon release became a member of the then-burgeoning ChDKZ movement. Quickly establishing himself as a quick and unscrupulous fighter Kostey was fundamental in the growth and organisation of the early muscle behind Lopotev's party. More than a simple thug, Kostey is widely acknowledged to be an intelligent and able leader of men. This is not to say the self-styled 'General' is a stable man, far from it, Kostey is extremely unpredictable though fiercely loyal to his ChDKZ masters."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mořický, K et al. 2011, Armaverse Timeline, Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki, viewed 26 June 2023, <https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Armaverse_Timeline>.
  3. ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "The USMC performed a successful amphibious invasion of Chernarus. The ChDKZ resistance was quickly eliminated and the USMC rendezvoused with the Chernarussian Defense Force (CDF). Together they push the "Chedaki" inland to the north. However some elite Chedaki forces - Grupa Chernogorsk – together with the key insurgent leaders Lopotev, Bardak and Kostey have fallen back to the provincial capital of Chernogorsk and are digging in. Allied forces are now set to attack Chernogorsk. Razor have been deployed to perform SpecOp missions."
  4. ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "Good job Razor team. In the name of Chernarussian government I thank you for you outstanding cooperation in finding these prisoners, we will take them from here. [...] Sergeant, this entire operation is under Chernarussian command, they are ours to question. Please, stand down. [...] This is not meant as a slight to you Sergeant, our people need to see their own army in control of the situation. These are famous, notorious men, they must be seen to come with us, not you Marines. [...] Please, we have a URAL outside, we will take them from here."
  5. 5.0 5.1 ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "KOSTEY: So you're awake! Good. Now shut up! [...] RODRIGUEZ: Nikitin you filthy mother fucker! I should've fucking known!"
  6. ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "BARDAK: What about these? Where's is their leader? [...] NIKITIN: Haha! What shall we do with these clowns Akula? LOPOTEV: This!"
  7. 7.0 7.1 ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "NIKITIN: We should be moving, the area is not safe. The Marines will already be missing these filth. Oh, sorry to leave you so soon Razor Team. I thought we were becoming friends. [...] LOPOTEV: Have fun with them, Kostey, but don't take too long. The Americans could be here any minute. KOSTEY: Oh I can make it quick Akula, erm, but I'm sorry, I can't do painless. Haha!"
  8. ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "OK gentlemen. I'm sorry we don't have more time to get to know each other. You fucked up so much for us, all our careful planning of the putsch, I wanted to return the favor. Now don't worry, I'll be gentle..."

See also[]

Characters of ArmA 2
USMC 27th MEU Carl DresslerDavid ArmstrongEd Winter* • John MaddoxShaftoe
Force Recon Brian O'HaraChad Rodriguez† • Ian Simmons† • Matthew CooperMartin Zelmanski† • Patrick Miles† • Peter Adamson† • Randolph SykesRobert Johnson† • Sanjeev Raj† • Steve Kaminski
U.S. Army Task Force Knight Ben HerreraC.F. KaneGarry PierceHoward Drake
Delta Force Terry Graves
ACR Bohuslav KoubaJan KristekTomáš VybíralZabu
CDF BegunovR.A. StavovichTomas Marny
ChDKZ Gregori Lopotev* • Kostey† • Mikola Bardak* • Nikola Nikitin
Russian Armed Forces Karelin† • Lev Zotkin* • Mikhail Istcov* • Shagarov
NAPA Prizrak† • Little JohnYidashYuri Olegich
British Army Jack GallagherJames IrvinePhilip Stephenson
Bystrican Militia Andrej KasunBorz KazbekovDragan KasunRadan Miyović
Smugglers Aslan Radayev
ION Brian FrostFrank "Tanny" Radcliffe† • Henry AsanoJames Eckersley† • Mark ReynoldsPatrick Dixon† • Roland Saunderson
Takistani Army Muhammad R. Aziz

Civilians

Anita BakerAntonia LagushinaIvan Ruce† • Joe Harris† • Josef Sova† • Rita EnslerValentina Galkina† • Vojtech Hladik
indicates deceased characters | * indicates character status is unknown
DLCs that the character was first introduced in:
Operation Arrowhead | British Armed Forces | Private Military Company | Army of the Czech Republic
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