He is an astronaut and test pilot named Colonel Steve Austin. He crashes while testing an experimental plane, and he hurts himself very bad. In the crash, he lost an eye, an arm, and both legs. A secret government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics that will replace them. People who have Bionics built into them will make him faster, stronger, and better than he's used to being. As a trade, they want him to be a secret agent for the OSI. Getting Steve Austin back together will cost $6,000,000.