Cybernaut

In the early 21st century, a global computer network called the Net is openly used by the STATQUO (government, corporations, organized crime, ``the system'') to maintain global domination. STATQUO's power is challenged by computer hackers called Cybernauts. The game revolves around the struggle between Cybernauts and STATQUO for control of the Net. One side, called the Netrunner, represents a group of active Cybernauts. The other side is the NSA, STATQUO's Net Security Agency. The object of the game is for the Netrunner to destroy or take control of as many electronic files on the Net as possible. The NSA uses its computer resources and agents to preserve the Net's integrity by blocking Netrunner activities and by discovering the whereabouts of Cybernauts and eliminating them through execution.