Two friends, Johann and Yohahn, deserters from a war (which is never specified in the game), decided to set up their own country, as a way of  escaping the violence of the world. Sailing lonely, they arrived at Platform 42 and found his country there, since the platform is far and away from any potential interest. Initially, everything went as planned, with both of them busy shaping the ruins of the platform for their needs (housing, water, food, storage, light, etc..).

However, due to long isolation period and the egocentric nature of both, Johann and Yohahn just got crazy. The apex of insanity was when they tried to decide what would be the name their country . Johann wanted the nation had its name, so it will be remembered for posterity. Yohahn wanted the same, with the only difference being the name of the nation should be Yohahn. As they didn’t reach an agreement, the madness and paranoia surfaced and the old friends declared war against each other. As colors of war, Johann took the blue and Yohahn chose the red.

After months of a “cold war”, as they were to coward to make a war in fact, Johann and Yohahn solved they problems hiring the services of mercenaries to end the war. Hiring a group of “professionals” of the continent, both as Johann Yohahn sent similar guidelines for their respective groups:

• Go to the Platform 42
• Eliminate the Blue/Red army
• Find Johan/Yohann for payment

But, as an irony of fate, shortly after engaging the groups, Johann dies, after slipping on the frozen ground on its base. Yohahn dies some time later, buried under a shelf that falls over him. However, the two groups of mercenaries, who were already on their way to the platform, don’t know about the deaths of their contractors, and keep believing that they have to defeat the “threat”.