Set in the heavily computer-dependant future, you fill the boots of a hacker who must work their way up the 'Uplink' hierarchy: 'Uplink' being an apparently licit organisation whose underbelly is a hub of hacking activity. With their endorsement, you are a credit-pilfering, information-appropriating Internet pirate, riding on the high seas of government databases, banks and mainframes, armed with trace-trackers and proxy-disablers. No file is beyond your grasp as you flex your hacking muscles, earning reputation and credits for future missions.