

He discovers an office closed for remodeling, with no one at the front desk. After locating and taking the fluid, he departs for PACE Laboratories. He wakes up in his apartment and receives a phone call from David Munshi, who reminds him that he has to drink Tracer Fluid before the scan.

The game begins after a brief cut-scene in which Simon has a nightmare of the aforementioned crash. Because of the lingering effects of the crash, Simon agrees to an experimental treatment involving a brain scan. Simon survived the incident but was left with permanent brain damage. The main protagonist of SOMA is Simon Jarrett, who, prior to the events of the game, was in a fatal car crash that killed his friend and passenger Ashley Hall. The only way out is to do something unimaginable. The world around them is turning into a nightmare. Machines are taking on human traits and alien constructions have started to interfere with routine. As isolation bears down on the staff of the remote research facility, strange things are happening.
