It is an uneasy time for humanity.
The UNION of SOVEREIGN STAR SYSTEMS, long a bastion of freedom and justice in the galaxy, now faces threats from beyond the frontier as well as betrayal from within.
Following a disastrous first contact between the Union's Explorer Corps and the Simian Star Kingdom, the Union now finds itself under assault by the invasion fleets of the Totalitarian Dominions.

The Astroguards
The military ground forces that protect Union colonies from pirates and petty warlords, now thrust into a desperate holding action against the onslaught of the Totalitarian Dominions.
Astroguards
The Explorer Corps
Dedicated to science and diplomacy, the officers of th Explorer Corps are suddenly thrust into frontline combat with the outbreak of the Great Galactic War.
Explorer Corps
The Insectoid Coalition
Led by the Monarch, the most human-like of their kind, dozens of species evolved from insectoid forebearers are now the Union's closest allies in the ever widening Galactic War.
Insectoid CoalitionFormer rivals, the Simian Star Kingdom and Eternal Empire now join forces to wage war on a galactic scale against Earth and her allies. Like dominos, colony worlds and outposts across the frontier now fall beneath the jackboots of Dominion soldiers.

Simian Star Kingdom
First of the Dominions to declare war against Earth's forces, the brutal Space Apes of the Simian Star Kingdom lead the initial assault on Union border worlds.
Space Apes
The Eternal Empire
Masters of ancient technology, the cyborg drones of the Eternal Empire conquer the vulnerable worlds of the Union Frontier
Eternal EmpireThe inhabitants of the frontier, now transformed into a battlefield as the Union and Dominions wage war across it, face a choice: align with one of the superpowers or exploit the chaos to forge an empire of their own.

Mutaga Mutants
Those afflicted with the body-warping mutaga virus have been forced to exist on the fringes of the galaxy. With war engulfing hundreds of planets they now strike to carve out a enclave of their own.
Mutants
The Dreaded Dead
Animated by alien energies, the Dreaded Dead rise from mist-shrouded planetoids and stalk derelict ships lost in the nebulae. As their ranks swell their purpose is unmistakable: to wipe out all life in the galaxy!
Dreaded Dead
Humans
Human colonies that have either rejected the Union's influence or have yet to be incorporated within it, strive to survive the perils of the frontier.
Humans
Aliens
The stars have hosted alien civilizations for thousands of years. Now these alien worlds—old and decaying, or resurgent and expanding—are swept into the turmoil of Earth's war with the Dominions.
Aliens
Robots
Utilized by all of the stellar powers save the Apes of the Simian Star Kingdom, robots provide crucial support across the frontlines of the Galactic War.
Robots