The year is 3003.
Although faster-than-light travel, nanotechnology, cloning and other scientific marvels abound, some things don't change.
In a galaxy of scattered alien worlds, political and military conflicts overshadow the astounding potential for enlightenment.
The Orion Arm Treaty Organization, led chiefly by the planet Sivad, declared war against King Colin Neidermeyer's Solar Consortium, which controls a decimated Earth, a liberated Luna, and a restored terraformed Mars. The conflict erupted over the Maltarian Empire's refusal to abandon its foothold in Sol System, on Ganymede.
The opposing forces geared up for a full-fledged interstellar war, which threatened to spread beyond just local aggression.
And, meanwhile, a mysterious flu-like illness spread throughout the known worlds.
Strife and disease: Two contagions that could tear the galaxy apart.