However, before he can succeed, the Project captures a NASDA missile site, and shoots down the orbiting laser weapons. After the player discovers that most of Gamma Team has been 'absorbed' by Nexus, it takes control of the remaining NASDA satellites and attempts to destroy the player. In the final campaign, the player fights Nexus head on. At the end of the campaign, Nexus launches nuclear missiles at Alpha and Beta bases, prompting the player to abandon the facility in the final mission of the second campaign. It is again discovered that Nexus is controlling this faction too. Again, the player starts out less advanced than 'The Collective'. Later however, it is discovered that a self-aware computer parasite named 'Nexus' is actually controlling the New Paradigm.Īfter the player defeats the New Paradigm, Nexus vows revenge, and begins attacks on Team Beta, which is based in an urban zone in the Eastern Sector. While gathering said "artifacts", the Project fends off attacks from an organization called the New Paradigm, another major survivalist organisation, which is more advanced than the player's forces. The game begins with The Project sending three teams (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma) to gather technology that would help with reconstruction the player assumes command of Team Alpha in Arizona. While most of the survivors form scavenger bands to survive, one group of people, who refer to themselves as "The Project", seeks to rebuild civilization using pre-war technology.
In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, caused by a network of satellites created by North America that have the task of protecting the US from any nuclear threat, known as NASDA.