= Synopsis =

Our [wiki:protagonist] is an investigative reporter in the northern Unites States during the year 2021. She receives a tip from an [wiki:mt anonymous source] (MT) that a local media conglomerate, the [wiki:hbc Harland Broadcasting Corporation] is undertaking an unspecified conspiracy. The two infiltrate the HBC HQ and discover the company is a front for terrorist organization [wiki:caecus Caecus Group]. After learning of Reporter's presence, [wiki:badass Caecus troops] begin to flood the building with intent to eliminate her. After fighting through and escaping the building, Reporter finds police surrounding the building and is taken into custody.

= Floors = 
Gameplay and story in ''403 Aurelius'' are broken up into different floors of the building. This list includes a very brief description of the floor's signifigance to the story as well as the player's goals on each floor.
||'''Act I:''' First half of the mod, where stealth is the focus.
||'''[wiki:aur_00 Apartment/Basement Parking Garage]:''' Prologue. Meet MT, retrieve disguise, enter lobby.
||'''[wiki:aur_01 Floor 1 - Lobby]:''' Find mail room, retrieve remaining equipment, access floor 20.
||'''[wiki:aur_20 Floor 20 - IT Operations ]:''' Gameplay establisher. Install backdoor to HBC's main web server, bypass security, reach floor 19.
||'''[wiki:aur_19 Floor 19 - Mechanical]:''' Reach elevator shaft. 
||'''[wiki:aur_25a Floors 25/26 - Food Court]:''' Backdoor floor server to unlock kitchen, use vent in kitchen to access floor 27.
||'''[wiki:aur_27 Floor 27 - Animation & Rendering Farm]:''' Jif's done some shit. Backdoor floor server to unlock lead animator's office, steal keycard to floor 28.
||'''[wiki:aur_28 Floors 28/29 - Copy Writing]:'''  Lore-heavy. Backdoor floor server to unlock dept. manager's office, use vent in office to access next floor.
||'''[wiki:aur_30 Floors 30/31 News Studios & Editing ]:''' Hope you brought nice sneakers. Steal keycard to floor 32 from sleeping dude.
||'''[wiki:aur_32a Floor 32 - Accounting ]:''' Conspiracy reveal, floor seems small. Get evidence of HBC corruption.
||'''[wiki:aur_33 Floors 33/34 -  Executive Offices]:''' Find incriminating evidence against executives, find entrance to secret area.
||'''[wiki:aur_32b Floor 32 - Caecus Operations]:''' WHAM FLOOR HOLY FUCK WHAT. Collect all of the evidence ever, find taser, gtfo
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||'''Act II:''' Second half, with lots of firefights and dead things.
||'''[wiki:aur_33b Floors 33/34 - Executive Offices Pt. II]:''' Action introduction. Fight baddies, don't eat baddie bullets, reach rooftop.
||'''[wiki:aur_35 Rooftop]:''' Restore power, don't eat chopper bullets.
||'''SKIPPING VAGUE FLOOR PROGESSION'''
||'''[wiki:aur_25b Floors 25/26 - Food Court Pt. II]:''' Fend off baddies, acquire explosives, boom goes the dynamite, enter secret elevator.
||'''[wiki:aur_01b Floor 1 - Loading Dock]:''' Escape building, fuck the police.

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