The closest thing CF has to story chapters are the quests, which require the discovery & retrieval of various datadisks & blackboxes scattered thoughout the game. these give clues (as do NPC characters in the station bars) to find new regions of space in CF (different than vanilla FL). There are new challenges, and new stuff to be salvaged from new wrecks the deeper you go in the storyline. Play also be comes harder, especially if you are working alone, without wingmen! Have fun exploring...