Far out, beyond the furthest visible stars, space is not quite as empty as it is supposed to be. Galactic powers fight over limited resources. Fortunes are made and lost; empires rise and fall.
You move in a shadowy world, moving pieces on a board larger than most can imagine. While many strive to triumph on their continents, or worlds, you alone have the power to control entire sectors of space — to forge an empire spanning whole planetary clusters.
Well, almost alone... There's that strange radio echo, and one of your pilots saw a strange ship last year. But I'm sure it's nothing... Isn't it?
Then contact! The enemy has amassed forces from many planets, built warships equal to your own! Can you survive? Can you dominate?
Or do your ships go down in a burning orbit, never to bridge the gaps between planets again?