the plot of the game is that a team of four, an alien, a human, an android (a robot), and a psionic creature, have left earth in a spacecraft, because earth was going to be destroyed. after the player has chosen the character he/she wants to control, the game begins. the spacecraft is shot at by missiles from the planet notrium, which is close by. the player's character gets into an escape pod and crashes on the planet's surface. from there, the player must find a way to survive, as well as a way to escape.