After the tenuous agreement between Zion and the Machines which ended the last of the Matrix movies, humans snared in the vast data networks of the Machine world were given a choice. Do they take the Red Pill or the Blue Pill? Those rooted in the order and familiarity of their home inside the Matrix chose ignorance and were left alone as Blue Pills. Those willing to take leaps of faith in the pursuit of truth and understanding, however, were unplugged. These are the Red Pills, and this is the identity the newly initiated player takes in the world of The Matrix: Online (MXO).