The occupants of the facility are the last survivors of the human race, scientists developing a Project known as ARK, which is a black box loaded with the consciousnesses of the scientists, the ARK is to be launched into space via space gun to a satellite where the humans can live in a digital world. Furthermore much time has passed, the year is 2104 and the surface world was destroyed by a comet the previous year. From what he can determine the place is PATHOS-II, an underwater research facility in the Atlantic ocean, it was built as a thermal mining site in the 2060s by a Japanese conglomerate Haimatsu and European conglomerate Carthage Industries and he is currently in Site Upsilon. Simon wakes up some time later in an unfamiliar location, an underwater facility that is in disarray. Simon is invited to partake in an experiment operated by a university graduate, David Munshi, David's experiment is presented as a simple brain scan and Simon takes a seat in the scanning machine, a visor covers his face and takes a snapshot, Simon blacks out. The story begins in 2015 where Simon Jarrett, a Toronto resident and book store worker is injured in a car crash that kills his passenger and leaves him with chronic brain hemorrhaging.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
