In 1999 a North American defense network malfunctioned, triggering nuclear devastation and forcing survivors underground. A group called New Hope rose, promising better living conditions in exchange for freedoms and eventually built SKYNET CITY — a tightly controlled space-station capital that eliminates dissent. You are Jet Hunter, whose scientist parents were killed by New Hope. Recruited by resistance leader Mars, you learn New Hope is hunting you; armed with an Uzi, you set out to uncover the truth.