Story Thus Far

This and related pages are considered story spoilers. Be advised.

Prologue

The vast region of Darkspace - Ara Martis and beyond, which became known as the Conquest, within the Canis Majoris dwarf galaxy, was controlled by the Darkspace Compact. At some point in time the major Factions decided to invade - they are commonly referred to as "the invaders" by the local population.

Having reached the vicinity of Ars Martis they realized there were no gates into Darkspace. Darkspace itself was connected with gates, but as there were no gates towards the Great Gate - which is the sole connector into Canis Majoris - it was assumed Darkspace Compact used wormholes or alternative travel methods. Major factions started building their own way in, working on a common gate to connect the Canis Majoris' Frontier sector to Darkspace. However, due to mutual hostilities, work was slow and tedious.

Mysterious Employer of the Umbral Reach had an alternate plan. He hired mercenary captains; Captain, John Raythor and Keril, to bring the Command Cortex to the Frontier. Goal was to take over the ancient fleet of gate constructors and enter Darkspace that way.

However, all three were waylaid - Captain was stuck in Galaxy's Edge sector, among many similarly waylaid Stranded, John Raythor was captured by Luminate Combine, and Keril manage to avoid capture, until his ship broke down and was salvaged for scrap by Steel Vultures - which unwittingly looted the Cortex as well.

Frontier

Command Cortex

Having reconnected the Galaxy's Edge to the Frontier, Captain arrived and managed to rescue John Raythor, who joined their crew. After locating Keril, who instead decided to join the Kolyatov Collective (in thanks for their rescue from the Vultures), Captain found the Cortex itself.

Next step was to gain control over the old fleet, where the Captain talked Stellar Industries into giving over Constructor Drone Schematics, under false pretenses. With the Schematics and the Cortex in tow, Captain was instructed to enlist the services of Steel Vultures, who would be providing the actual labor, while Captain was supplying them with drone parts from a local Graveyard.

Meanwhile, and seemingly unrelated to Captain's work on the Darkspace project, a Void drifter contacts the Captain asking for help. Through a set of events Captain meets more Drifters and ends up delivering supplies meant for construction of the main Darkspace Gate - the one being built by major factions.