It is an age of anarchy.
Ever since the reign of the Mantis began three generations ago, mankind has been struggling for survival.
The gigantic battleships, superior to human spacecraft by means of technology as well as sheer size and firepower, took the galactic sector by storm. System after system fell victim to the onslaught of the merciless aliens, leaving human colonies all throughout the galactic devastated and lifeless. Like locusts in a feeding frenzy, the invaders exploited the once peaceful worlds in pursuit of the valuable Cryonite Crystal. This being the single source of energy and the key raw material to their entire technology, their appetite for the rare crystals seems unquenchable.
Today, what is left of human civilization is banished to a life of despair and agony in the remote and inaccessible regions of the galaxy. Constantly on the run, hiding in abandoned space stations and hollowed-out asteroids, for the few human refugees the only way to survive is to feed on the carrion of the Mantis. A corrupt and decadent aristocracy (Known as the Imperials) rules over what is left of human civilization, unwilling and unable to defy the Mantis. Only a handful of outlaws has the determination and the cunning to take on the fight.
The humans no longer have the means to mine Cryonite themselves. Their only hope is to steal the needed Cryonite from the Mantis. With small, agile fighter ships, the outlaws ambush mining facilities and transport vessels, disappearing as quickly as they appear and capturing booty of Cryonite.
Can the small group of outlawed fighters turn the tides of war in their favor?
Game Story
The story revolves around mankind's struggle to overcome the reign of the Mantis, an evil and technologically superior alien race. On a few barren colony planets at the outskirts of the galaxy, humankind has managed to survive and establish makeshift hide-outs. Operating from these secret bases and using guerrilla tactics, the humans must make their way into Mantis territory, hoping to find and destroy the MANTIS QUEEN who is the center of their power.
The key to victory is the technology of the mysterious Ancients, a long-perished alien race. It is believed that by means of this powerful technology, the humans can defeat the Mantis.
To obtain this technology, you must first collect all the alien Artifacts that the Ancients have left behind when they disappeared mysteriously many eons ago. These are scattered throughout the galaxy, hidden in temples and pyramids. It turns out that one of these Artifacts is hidden on Earth. It turns out the Ancients helped the early civilizations of Earth (Atlantis, Aztec, Egypt) grow and prosper. The Mantis are occupying Earth so it is not easy to get this Artifact.
All Artifacts together form a strange alien device. What exactly this device is capable of, is unknown.
History of the Human Empire
2120 AD: First permanent human settlements on the planet Mars.
2213 AD: Interstellar probe “Venture 8” reaches the Alpha Centauri system after a 12-year journey, using what in the future will be called the interplanetary drive
2289 AD: Intersteller probe "Venture 9" reaches the Mizar System, a few years later the Mizar Colony establishes.
2322 AD: Mizar Stargate has been discovered floating between Ob and Baumar.
2389 AD: Nuclear begins, almost completely sterilizing Earth of wildlife. The two major factions are the Imperials and the Democrata.
2397 AD: The Sol Stargate is discovered floating in space by an Imperial Battleship patrolling the asteroid field.
2402 AD: Some humans flee to the Mizar System.
2711 AD: Emperor Aganon I. ascends to the throne, sets end to a over 300 year war.
2763 AD: Gemini System and Antares System colonies established, first by Imperial control, but the Imperials fail to keep authority, and the system create the Colonial Federation ( UCF )
2770 AD: Vega System colony established.
2786 AD: Colonial Systems disable their stargates, afraid of Imperial invasion.
2928 AD: Early scientific experiments with Cryonite technology.
2944 AD: Antarian Stargate scientist finds a way of changing the Stargate's astrogation chip code, making it possible to enable the gates, but is unable to contact their fellow Colonials, as their gates are closed.
3006 AD: Antarian deep space expedition Galatia III encounters ´´silicon-based insectoids´´, later named the Mantis. They have little interest in the expedition.
3010 AD: Deep space expedition Galatia IV, whose goal is to reestablish contact with the Mantis disappears. Mantis are not blamed until much later.
3022 AD: Antarian Colony on Formalhaut completely obliterated: Scouts find wreckages of biological ships.
3025 AD: Gemini scientists make the same discovery as the Antarian, and soon the two kinds of Humans are once again one.
3027 AD, December 18th 23:00: Gemini is attacked by the Mantis. The GDF falls in only a matter of hours, and the complete capitualtion comes after 1 day.
3027 AD, December 19th 02:35: Colonial system Caprica is attacked while most of the fleet is battling the Mantis in Gemini. Caprica Prime is bombed by thermobaric bombs and all life is wiped out.
3027 AD, December 23rd: Antares, Vega, and Mizar is attacked, falling quickly.
3028 AD: Emperor Aganon IV signs a trade treaty with the Mantis, allowing them to mine for Cryonite within the Empire's territory and on the colonies.
3032 AD: Assassination attempt on Emperor Aganon IV fails. Colonial resistance forces outlawed.
3035 AD: Human population in the Gemini System drops below 5.000 survivors.
3037 AD: Imperial bounty put on the head of Admiral Hornblower, the leader of the remaining freedom fighters.
3052 AD: First Ancient Artifact discovered in the Vega System.
