iStory

iStory
iStory is a means to experience Heroes via interactive stories on the Heroes NBC website.
First mentioned:	November 8, 2008
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iStory (or "Interactive Story") is a part of NBC.com's Heroes Evolutions experience that allows players to literally interact and change the story.

Heroes Evolutions

Similar to a role-playing game, each user decides to begin a mission contract with either Primatech or Pinehearst. Each week, a new chapter is released for both the Primatech and Pinehearst sides, and players can choose to play one side or the other or both. The missions are entirely text based with a button to choose an action at the bottom of each scene. Occasionally, there may be video segments to watch and other tasks to perform off the NBC site. If a person chooses the wrong action and dies or gets captured, that person is returned to the beginning of the story and can begin again. No registration is required to participate.

The following summaries are for each chapter as to what must happen to complete the mission successfully.

Pinehearst Research Group Contract

Chapter 201: Operation Bad Blood

Pinehearst was attempting to recruit former Primatech agent Elle Bishop when a mysterious group tried to assassinate her. And Elle is not their last target. Pinehearst hires contractors for a daring mission...

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The player heads into the University of England's crowded main campus and meets with Professor Priscilla Van Cleef at her office. As chairwoman of Pinehearst's Strategic Human Initiatives Committee, Priscilla informs you that Pinehearst recently made contact with Elle Bishop. A small group of heavily armed individuals was planning to murder her, and one of their RARU tactical teams was able to divert her mysterious attackers before she was even aware of them. Priscilla's orders are not to just track down the attackers down; but to infiltrate them, find out who they work for, and what their long-range intentions are. She directs the player to join one of the injured attackers whom they have followed to an underground medical facility inside town. The front of the facility is disguised as a liquor store. To make contact with the target, the player must decide whether to use the front or back entrance. If the player uses the back entrance, the player makes it in to a hallway where the player overhears a conversation. A man says he wants to get on a flight, and a woman discourages him from doing so currently as he's bleeding from a half-dozen holes. Following the voices, the player makes it to a recovery room and find the man alone. If the player uses the front entrance, the player encounters a big guy named Mick, who tries to deny that the attacker is inside. However, a skinny lady with big, bleached hair comes out and asks Mick to take in a bag of meds to Robert Greene. Having been caught lying, Mick tells the player to go downstairs and give the bag to the guy with the baseball bat, to tell him to take the player to the recovery room. The player does so and finds the attacker alone there. The player claims to have been following Elle Bishop, saw him when another group killed his friend, and wants to join him. After threatening to shoot the player, the man says to wait in the hallway while he makes a call to Sean. A little while later, the man beckons the player back inside, and says his name is Lloyd. He says that they are going to run a background check on the player, and in the mean time they are sending the player on a solo mission. Lloyd continues that the player needs to go to a warehouse that belongs to some friends of theirs and bring back a file. He gives the player the file number and sets the player off. Arriving at the warehouse, the player notices a guard at the front entrance, and decides to head in through a broken window. Unfortunately, there's another guard inside that spots the player entering, and that the player is forced to bribe him with some cash to get the file. The guard mentions it being dangerous working for Primatech, and tells the player to make it quick. The player then finds a USB flash drive and heads out to the player's car. Using a laptop in the car, the player discovers the drive contains a video file of a man with red glowing eyes locked in a cement cell. The words "Primatech Level 5" appear on the file properties. After copying the file to the laptop for Pinehearst to look at, the player returns to Lloyd Collins in the clinic. Lloyd asks if the player saw what was on the USB file, and the player admits to doing so. Lloyd isn't surprised, but says not to do so again. He then instructs the player on another solo mission. The new mission is to go clean up a building they don't need anymore by blowing it up. Lloyd says that they used the building as a base while they were pursuing Elle, and that there's a van outside full of explosives that should do the job. After helping him out to a taxi, the player heads to the hideout and finds it is a rundown apartment tower. The player sets the timer in the van and with it reading twenty minutes, heads through the front door to see what can be found. If the player knows that Robert Greene was Lloyd's alias, the player notices a mailbox with his name and heads up to his apartment on the fourth floor. In one of the bedrooms of the Greene apartment, the player finds a marked street map of New York City and a photo, and rolls it up. The player heads back downstairs with it and hears footsteps near the base room. Sneaking a peek inside, the player sees loads of ammunition and weapons in boxes labeled as being from the Primatech Paper Company. If the player does not know Lloyd's alias, the player heads inside and overhears someone on the phone inside the base apartment. The person says that only rifles and remote detonators are missing, and that they think the Kill Squad is planning a long-range assassination. The person adds that this looks like they are going after Maya, but stops talking when a loose floorboard under the player's foot creaks. The player then dives out of the way just in time as the person in the base apartment shoots at them. Doors slam and the player learns that other people still live there. The player tries to negotiate for them both to flee before the bomb goes off, but learns the other person already took care of it. While the other person goes on about the player surrendering, the player jumps out a window at the end of the hallway and escapes. Later, if the player had gone into the base apartment first and overheard a woman's name, the player talks to Lloyd on the phone, informs him that someone else defused the bomb, and that they know Maya is the next target. Otherwise, the player talks to Lloyd on the phone and informs him that someone else defused the bomb, but that the player searched his apartment and took everything they could use against him. In both cases, Lloyd says that the next mission will be coming up within two weeks, to hang tight for now, and that he will call the player back with details.

Primatech Executive Services Contract

Chapter 101: Operation Splinter

Meanwhile, Primatech was about to capture the Kill Squad, a splinter group of former Primatech personnel with a lethal grudge against people with abilities, when an unidentified third party interfered. Now Primatech must go outside the Company to get to the truth...

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Upon receiving an e-mail from Primatech, the player heads to a big gym in Chadspear, a town four kilometers outside of London. There, amongst many people working out, the player meets Agent Jeremy Woo and follows him into the facility. Once inside, Agent Woo briefs the player about the Kill Squad's attempt to kill Elle and shows a related photo. According to Woo, the Company has formed a new team called Task Force KS6 who have been assigned to track down and eliminate the rogue squad. KS6 was to take down the Kill Squad during their assault on Elle, but an unknown third party interfered and killed one of the Kill Squad's men. Since it is unknown as to whether KS6 was compromised, the player sent alone on a reconnaissance mission to find out more about what occurred. As directed, the player heads to a car rental agency that rented out a van that exploded during the incident. The player encounters a skinny man who works there, and based on a selection of interrogation method is able to learn either that the van was rented by Robert Greene or that there is a second identical van that was rented by the same person that has yet to be returned. When reporting back to Agent Woo by phone, he directs the player to head to the local police station and find out what they know. By offering to trade information with one of the detectives at the station, the player gets to see a picture of the Kill Squad's next target that was found at the scene. It is a photo of Maya Herrera. Upon leaving and calling Woo back, Woo uses speakerphone to allow Marie Dunn of Operations to direct the player to head to the Primatech safe house ahead of a Primatech recon team. Marie notes that they think the Kill Squad may have taken supplies from the safe house. Upon arrival, the safe house turns out to be an old apartment building. If the player learned earlier that there were two vans, the player will be directed to disarm a bomb in the second van before heading inside. Once inside, the player heads into the Primatech apartment on the ground floor, notice that only high-tech sniper rifles appear to be missing, and take photos with your cell phone. Just then, an intruder shoots and just misses the player, the bullet skimming the player's leg. The player then has to try and negotiate with the intruder. The intruder will then flee upon the sound of sirens and the player heads back to a hotel room. If the player instead learned about Robert Greene, the player will instead be directed to notice Robert's name on one of the mailboxes. Once inside, the player goes directly to Robert's apartment on the fourth floor. Once inside, the player takes a cell phone photo of a marked map of a large city and of a studio apartment. The player is then shocked onto the ground by a large explosion outside, and the building is on fire. The next step is to flee, and the only safe way out is to jump out the window. Just before the player jumps, there's a large explosion on the ground floor and some of the building gives way. Luckily, the player survives falling four stories with only slight injuries and heads back to a hotel room. Agent Woo arrives to the player's hotel room, takes the player's cell phone photos and informs the player that the Kill Squad has fled the country and that KS6 is right on their tail. He adds that he will need some work done the Kill Squad's next target, Maya, so to keep a look out for a new e-mail.

Notes

• The first chapters for Primatech and Pinehearst were released on Saturday, November 8, 2008.

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