A thousand years before the events of Alien Skies, there was a galactic conflict that lasted for hundreds of years. With each side escalating their weaponry, until one side, the Q’ex developed a fleet of planet-destroying super-weapons that brought an end to the war. But something went wrong and both sides were destroyed.
Humans have so far encountered two surviving alien races just beyond The Rim, both now xenophobic and unwilling to either travel beyond their worlds or entertain visitors. The Planetary Union has declared these worlds off-limits. Anyone caught visi