Uplink Storie Lines

[TechnoGoth]

Sub Plots:

-Two rival hacking agencies ploting to destroy the other.
-An internal power struggle within Cappella Optical
Technologies
-A corporate cosipracy to destroy a major dam and kill
millions of people

once again if anyone has any suggestions and comments let me know.

[Mastercheater]

how about you run a goverment agency that has hundereds of spy satellites and is planning a war. you have to kill them by sending the police round to every one of thier houses and arrest them for fraud and racism. it could look somin like this:
=name?
=Andrew Joe
=Fake Occupation?
=Window Cleaner
=Real Occupation?
=secret double agent
=Health Status?
=Dead
=Cause of Death?
=Stabbed by Self
=Marrige Status?
=none=
=Money Status?
=none anymore
=Hobbies?
=Lisening to opera=Stabbing self=Dieing
=Thank you.
=
=
=Modifing Database on Andrew Joe
=
=Completed
=Sending Secret agents to change Status of Andrew Joe
=
=
=
=
=Comleted
=have a nice day
=Deleting Logs
=Deleting User information
=Deleting System information
=Done
=Shutting Down System
=Rebooting
=loading kernel
=[FAILED]
=Systemwide faliure, disconnecting remote users.
=
=Disconnected by remote host
=Running Revelation
=Computer self destruct in five,four,three,two,one.
=just kidding. have a nice day Andrew Joe.
=
That is my idea. Hope u like it MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

[CyberNetic]

You should eventually recieve an email or read in the News that ARC has completed it's project (perhaps through a terminal that was unknown to the public and/or even it's major servers). The project consists of a very advanced form of hacking (at this time, Uplink agents are unaware of what this form of hacking is). ARC opens a new public server for hackers, greatly putting Uplink at risk of shutting down (Uplink is now their prime target because ARC no longer have a use for them and Uplink is the most informed company about their project). Since missions for Uplink now greatly decline (ARC is getting more business), agents have more time to focus on the destruction of ARC's new project (which they know relatively little about). Over the following weeks, you discover in the news that more and more companies are going out of business due to ARC's new project and that even uplink is being threatened. Your only option is to band together with other Uplink agents and group-hack ARC. With the additional help, it buys you time to access their database and take what you need (accessed files can be read). Deleting the files in this "easy-system" will do no harm because the files will resurface (backups are stored among several secretive servers). Your real mission is to find the secret servers and destroy those files (each secret server consists of different applications of the project - One for AI, one for Viruses, one for Tracing, one for a LAN, and others if necessary). When you attack each server, you will have to face the specialized version of each application and resist with a group-hack assembly.

AI Server - Main application of the Project (This is basically the "Boss" Server - the hardest one; and the one you will probably fight last). The AI can detect any bypass programs, and will shut them down. Disable programs will work only for a limited amount of time (roughly 10 seconds) until you have to re-disable them. You are noticed the instant you connect to the computer, even if you haven't attempted a crack. Once you have cracked the intial password and Eliptical-Curve Graph, you have to crack another Eliptical-Curve graph to access the AI file (like the admin in Uplink Internal Server).

Virus Server - If your computer is traced, it will begin to delete all of your programs.

Tracing Server - Begins to trace you the instant you log onto the server, even if you haven't attempted a crack. Traces extraordinarily fast. The more hackers on the server, the slower it traces, but the slowest it will trace is about as fast as the Global Criminal Database.

LAN Server - This might go hand-in-hand with the AI server. You may have to gain access to the AI server through this, thus greatly diminishing the amount of hackers that could access the AI server to help you.

Attempting to join ARC's hacking system is difficult, but possible. ARC is very wary of any candidates they choose. They will only accept people that they believe have never worked for Uplink. Since they have a list of all Uplink agents, you are forced to create a new identity. If you make it, they keep you in the dark as to their ultimate goal (unless you have really proved yourself, which is extremely difficult to do) and implement many security systems to ensure you are not dealing with Uplink. This new security system has their AI programed into it, and will constantly check to see if any Uplink Gateway has been accessed (which means you will have to constantly battle the AI - of course, in order to do that, you would have to design an active hack between two sources). Other security measures are taken as well.

If you finally manage to destroy all of the secret servers, the ARC project will die and be left to the hands of Uplink.

Edit: I changed my mind. In order to access the three secret servers (Virus, Tracing, and AI), you have to do so through the LAN server (you can get the link for the LAN in the new ARC Internal Services Server). Once in the LAN, you should be able to access the Virus server the easiest, the Tracing server the second easiest, and the AI server the last (allowing a progression of difficulty). Uplink group hacks will take place on the LAN.

(Edited by CyberNetic at 2:52 pm on Jan. 1, 2003)

[TechnoGoth]

Looking For a new uplink story to implement with dev CD? or if you've got an idea for a story this is the place to post it