You are Jody. Born and raised in Rutland Vermont, you had a middle class upbringing as the child of a hard working nurse. Graduating into May 2026 with no solid prospects, you head out to California for a quick gig running a large computer simulation. Through a series of traps and turns, you land down a rabbit hole to find yourself at the center of a real-time war game. As the last pawn playing for nonproliferation, you are propositioned by an anonymous group to answer the world's most pressing question: What are The Monterey Protocols? It's your move. What will you become?