Humanity stumbles into a galactic war??a war of survival, a conflict with no endEarth has united under the banner of the Republic. Humanities brightest minds have deciphered the secrets to the alien technology and begin to reverse engineer it. An elder race takes notice of humanities strides and intervenes.Humanity is brought into the fold of a galactic alliance, and learns they are not alone in their war against the insidious Zodark empire. Humans now fight alongside friendly alien races to end the bondages of slavery.Earth leads a planet hopping campaign to destroy the Zodark empire and liberate tens of billions of people across the Milky Way galaxy.