The story's inciting incident is the tragic, and suspicious, death of Alex's mother and her husband, James Campbell. Alex is called back home by his estranged step-sister, , to settle their parents' affairs. Upon returning, they discover that their family's company is being legally targeted by a rival pharmaceutical titan, Prizer, and their parents' deaths may not have been an accident.
Every major release comes with its fair share of hiccups, and the debut of Chapter 9 (version 1.0) was no exception. was designed primarily as a polishing and bug-squashing patch. Key improvements in this version included: