Uplink focuses on emulating highly stylized, Hollywood-esque hacking, as seen in movies such as Hackers, Sneakers, WarGames and Swordfish. While the ending of ARC's storyline ends with the destruction of the internet due to Revelation (including the players gateway,) and causes Uplink to cease operations.
It is also suggested the government is oblivious to the possible hacks available within Uplink. Andromeda then shutdowns operations while shares rise to a new high for Arunmor as they release "faith" to the public.
He is then sentenced to 8 years in prison. He goes on to that people's lives are being destroyed by computer technology despite its perceived benefits. Saying that people's lives are on file and waiting for people to tamper with. He also says that you will never be safe on the web.
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Which leads to a federal raid of Andromeda leading to the arrest of suspected staff members in the company along with a number of Uplink agents, the leader of Andromeda then issues a statement, making no apologies for releasing Revelation, as he argues that the internet became more of an extension of Western capitalism to serve the interest of elites, rather than promote free speech and anonymity. The Arunmor storyline ends with the destruction of Revelation. The government is also said to be helping fund Arunmor's "faith" anti-virus and is looking to raid ARC and arrest people involved yet lack the evidence to do so before the launch of "Revelation."Īfter, the Revelation virus is released the final mission of the game begins and the storylines playout. Including a mission leading the chief technical director of Arunmor being framed for bank fraud. Numerous attacks on ARC and Arunmor systems also occur in the storyline. Thus allowing it to behave like a normal human virus allowing it to spread quickly. The player can choose to side with ARC or Arunmor or even ignore the plot in its entirety, concentrating on freelance hacking, in which case the storyline plays out without the player's participation.ĭuring the missions Andromeda uses stolen information about "The Darwin Project," digital lifeforms that exist and reproduce on the internet and puts it into the Revelation virus.
One of the companies, Arunmor, attempts to cross their plans by developing Faith, a counter virus that can purge Revelation. It is constructing a computer virus known as Revelation using artificial life research as a base in an attempt to destroy the Internet. The storyline of the game begins with the player receiving a delayed e-mail from a deceased top ranking Uplink agent concerning the research done by the Andromeda Research Corporation, related to the Andromeda organization a " Anti-capitalist, Techno-anarchist" group which proclaims the destruction of the Internet (however, this email can be cancelled by player). The player amasses money, software, gateway hardware and skill in the course of performing jobs for various clients, and hacking servers of global corporations for profit.
In the game, the player assumes the role of a hacker in the year 2010, who begins work for the Uplink Corporation, which is a worldwide company providing work for hackers.
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