The Hyades Cluster was once a densely populated region of space, comprised of nearly 400 stars and dozens of intelligent alien races. That was 1000 years ago, before the arrival of the Empire of Terra. A series of genocides from this hostile and xenophobic empire left the invasive humans as the sole rulers of the region, and for awhile all alien life was thought lost. Now, 300 years after the collapse of the Empire of Terra, alien life forms have begun to resurface. And though they are small in number, they seek to reclaim their place in the galaxy.