the game's cutscenes flesh out the backstory by telling the life story of the master scientist responsible for the disaster. as a young boy, the scientist discovers that he has psychic powers that allow him to control other living beings. becoming a scientific protégé, he develops plans for a massive psychic antenna that would amplify his power and broadcast it across the world, initiating a great transformation of humanity. the scientist also believes that he is a new man, which is not directly stated in the cutscenes but its rather hinted in them because during every cutscene the scientist must master his own limits.