||= '''403 Aurelius''' =||
||[[Image(http://i.imgur.com/87Mx3jh.jpg, 128px, left)]]|| ''403 Aurelius'' is a Source Engine Total Conversion mod and experimental project by [wiki:team PSR]. Taking place in the year 2021, our nameless [wiki:protagonist] - an investigative reporter - acts on the instructions of an [wiki:mt anonymous source] and infiltrates the [wiki:hbc Harland Broadcasting Coproration] HQ building. After some super-sleuthing around, they discover that there's additional layers to the corporation beneath the surface. Like an onion. And that the deeper you look, the more you want to cry. Like an onion.
||= '''Developer:''' =||[wiki:team PSR]||
||= '''Release Date:''' =||TBD
||= '''Writers:''' =||[wiki:team#JeffMOD Jeff "JeffMOD" Lyons], [wiki:team#Writing Stephen Wimmer]
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= Experiment =

''403 Aurelius'' was initally thought up of as a way for PSR to run an [wiki:experiment open-development experiment] without spending years on a full-scale project. As such, it is expected to be a relatively short mod.

= Synopsis =

An investigative reporter receives a mysterious tip from an anonymous source claiming to be able to provide controversial inside information regarding the Harland Broadcasting Corporation. Little does she know, the conspiracy goes far deeper than anyone could have ever imagined...

= Gameplay =

The first half of the game is expected to be focused primarily on stealth and achieving objectives by infiltration. The player will need to avoid the security guards patrolling the HBC Building, while collecting information about the mysterious company and performing strange hacking tasks for the Mysterious Tipster.

The latter half of the game is expected to have more traditional, guns-blazing FPS gameplay. Once the Caecus Group realizes what the player has done, the militant Caecus Troopers will be sent in to the HBC headquarters, bent on taking down the player, and their secrets along with her.

= Story =

To be filled in once finalized.

=== Characters ===

* [wiki:protagonist Protagonist]: A nameless, faceless investigative reporter.
* [wiki:mt Mysterious Tipster]: An anonymous source with an unclear agenda.
* [wiki:paulblart HBC Security]: HBC's rent-a-cop-esque nightshift security.
* [wiki:badass Caecus Troopers]: The high-tech, highly trained militant forces of the Caecus Group.

=== Trivia ===

* The original idea for the story stems from JeffMOD's floor in [http://www.moddb.com/mods/twhl-tower TWHL Tower], an unrelated Half-Life 1 mod.

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