In the year 2188 the human fleet, led by Admiral Emina Gailis, ventured out of the Sol system, our system, to the nearest star. There we began colonizing worlds like the planet of extreme cold known as Thatcher Beta. Further explorations a year later revealed vast, mined caverns underground with alien language and technology that us humans knew nothing about. Admiral Gailis and the tenth fleet, on an exploration mission months later, discovered Salodaci ships in space. When the ships fired, December of 2189, the war began. But, did this war every really end? Twenty-four years later, relations are still tense and communications spotty, there have been multiple unexplained attacks, and perhaps, most importantly, no true peace treaty was ever signed.