Joanna Dark's assignment at dataDyne grows from a covert extraction into a conspiracy with distinctly extraterrestrial stakes. Missions give you specific tasks, so locating people, operating equipment, and protecting an objective can matter as much as surviving a firefight.
Higher difficulties alter what a mission demands, encouraging a return with better knowledge of its spaces. Weapons have secondary functions that may radically change their purpose, and gadgets add further possibilities. The Carrington Institute offers a place to practice between operations. Its appeal lies in the density of useful details: an unfamiliar room or gun often contains another solution once you stop treating it as mere scenery.
