Uplink/Walkthrough

The main storyline of Uplink takes the form of a series of special missions. It is foreshadowed by several articles appearing in the news feed on the Uplink Internal Services System.

On March 25th, the first article tells of a mysterious research and development project being run by the Andromeda Research Corporation (ARC). They have been hiring a large number of Uplink agents to work on this project, while remaining silent about their ultimate goals.

On March 29th, an article features an Uplink agent warning that ARC's project could potentially be used as a weapon. He cautions anyone against working for them.

On April 1st, only two days later, another Uplink agent speaks out in support of ARC. He says the code couldn't be used for anything dangerous and that ARC will reveal its product soon.

The player will receive an email from the dead agent. The email states that ARC is up to no good. The agent tried to break into their files and find out what they were really doing, but was nearly caught. The email provides a username and password for the ARC server, so that the player can continue the investigation.