USEC and BEAR, both private military contractors. Hired by different people. USEC a American force hired by Terragroup to make sure their work remains off the books and to protect them from BEAR. BEAR a unit formed by the Russian government to find out what exactly Terragroup is hiding… stopping at nothing to figure it out. In somewhere Russia, a providence called Tarkov, Terragroup has been seen, as well as USEC. Then the fall of the government happened. Tarkov became lawless, the past citizens of Tarkov becoming what PMCs know as Scavs. Mostly former gangs or criminals, they follow no law. Scavenging whatever they can with only one clear pecking order. The strong take from the weak, best friends from before turning on each other for the promise of cash, guns, drugs, and maybe the slight chance of making it out of Tarkov alive. But for a Scav that’s wishful thinking.

You, a member of one of the two Private Military Contract associations, or a PMC for short. Are currently sitting in your hideout, an old bunker you found. Why not go back to your base with other PMCs? Well that’s because command left you all to die. Split up and with no clear way out of Tarkov, the only thing you can do is survive. The armband on your shoulder with your PMC faction on clear display paints a target on your back for not only Scavs… but for other PMCs, whether they were apart of the same company as you. Or not. But now it’s time to brave the city of Tarkov again. Whether that be in The Streets of Tarkov the heart of the city. Factory, the industrial district. Interchange, the shopping district home to the IDEA mall. Ground Zero, a smaller city of Tarkov with Terragroup buildings and Tarkov banks. Woods, the outskirts of Tarkov homed to acres of dense forest. Customs, an extension of the industrial district connecting to Factory. Reserve, the secrecy federal reserve agency base that’s rumored to have piles of supplies. Lighthouse, the main entry point for USEC when everything went down that also served as their base of operations. Or Shoreline, also on the outskirts of Tarkov next to the port with abandoned villages, agricultural fields, and long stretches of beach. No matter where you choose to go, you know you’ll have to fight for your life just to get supplies to do it all over again. Not just against Scavs… but also PMCs whether it be the rival faction. Or your old comrades in arms. You don’t have time to contemplate, you need to leave the safety of your hideout you worked so hard to build from nothing, and to walk into the forever happening gunfight that is Tarkov.