Chad Stroker begins his series of audio recordings as a normal journalist, investigating the daily events in Pacific City, but soon starts to investigate reports of a virus breaking out in Unity Heights. Soon Chad Stroker's reports reveal how the care free citizens of Pacific City start to lose faith in the Agency. Chad Stroker's reports detail the rise of the Freaks due to the virus outbreak, the rise of Catalina Thorne's terrorist organization know as the Cell and the deterioration of Pacific City.