, ▁an ▁influ ential ▁figure ▁in ▁a ▁company ▁called ▁Pro g tech , ▁becomes ▁the ▁player ' s ▁spons or ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁R aven ' s ▁N est . ▁With ▁these ▁al lies , ▁the ▁player ▁r ises ▁through ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁R aven ' s ▁N est . ▁After ▁the ▁player ▁has ▁completed ▁several ▁miss ions , ▁Pro g tech ▁facilities ▁begin ▁to ▁come ▁under ▁attack , ▁and ▁later ▁some ▁high - ran king ▁pil ots ▁are ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁involved ▁in ▁ste aling ▁secret ▁materials ▁from ▁the ▁company . ▁A ▁major ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Pro g tech ▁corpor ate ▁headquarters ▁reve als ▁that ▁El an ▁is ▁being ▁target ed , ▁and ▁the ▁attack ers ▁follow ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁labor atory ▁deep ▁in ▁Isaac ▁City . ▁ ▁The ▁attack ers ▁are ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁led ▁by ▁H ust ler ▁One , ▁who ▁confront s ▁the ▁player . ▁After ▁his ▁N ine - B all ▁me ch ▁is ▁dam aged , ▁H ust ler ▁One ▁retre ats . ▁The ▁player ▁takes ▁the ▁fight ▁to ▁the ▁Arena , ▁seem ingly ▁defe ating ▁H ust ler ▁One . ▁A ▁myster ious ▁message ▁from ▁L ana ▁brings ▁the ▁player ▁to ▁an ▁abandoned ▁factory ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁she , ▁like ▁H ust ler ▁One , ▁are ▁actually ▁components ▁of ▁a ▁master ▁A I ▁that ▁is ▁cont rolling ▁numerous ▁N ine - B all ▁me chs ▁and ▁created ▁both ▁the ▁corpor ations ▁and ▁the ▁R aven ' s ▁N est ▁to ▁re