Plot

The story of Total Chaos takes place on the fictitious island of Fort Oasis - once the most secret and isolated place in the world. It is believed it was once run by a community of coal miners, which one day disappeared without a trace, leaving behind the abandoned concrete jungle to waste away.

The story begins sometime during April of 1972 when the protagonist - a coastguard, receives a distress signal from an offshore boat. He then promptly packs his belongings and sets off in search of the source. During his voyage, a violent storm damages his boat. During this time he decides to wait to see if anyone will arrive to rescue him. Nobody comes to save him, and, when he awakes he finds his ship and himself washed up ashore Fort Oasis. The protagonist notes that he has been here before, and that something terrible happened to the mining community which once resided at Fort Oasis and has since disappeared. After repairing most of the damage to his ship, the protagonist begins receiving strange transmissions on his radio and figures that whoever is at the source of these wants to be found. The protagonist then decides to search for the source, and this is where the playable portion of the story begins.