Playing as Faith Connors, you are a runner, a type of courier who transports physical mail from the sender to the destination, running and jumping from building to building using the talents of Parkour. The city experiences very little crime due to a ever present totalitarian military regime, but on the break of an election, Robert Pope, a mayoral candidate, is found dead, and beside him, Faith's sister, Kate Connors. The story proceeds from their as Faith tries to prove her sister innocent and uncover the conspiracy hidden below the veil of secrecy.