Introduction: The year is 2552. Over 40 years have passed since the hijacking of the human S.F.S. Leviathan. Random strikes of the Ghost Ship have sown mistrust and hatred between the six carbon-based races. The power of the Suul鈥檏a is growing; unprotected worlds groan under the slave raids of the Zuul Horde and demands for Tribute. Winter Wars are breaking out on every front. Desperate factions try to hold onto their territory and people as the grip of the Masters keeps getting tighter upon the sector. Among this turmoil a joint mission is prepared to deal with the illusive warship, but is that all that that is happening or is there more than meets the eye to this operation. Time would tell....