The galaxy is ruled by a ruthless species called the Ipis while Humanity clings to survival on the fringe of that empire. Dante Carloman, cobbles together an alliance of polyglot species and wins a decisive victory over the galaxy's dominant power. Leveraging that success, he persuades, the Ipis empress, Fravashi to fashion a bizarre treaty allowing the human planets, along with their allied species to become a semi-autonomous sector of the Ipis empire. This does not sit well with the Ipis nobility. Humanity and especially its usurper leader, Dante, must be destroyed, and no law or technical barrier would impede that endeavor. The exotic and lethal weapons created, unleash an uncontainable catastrophe on every sentient being in the galaxy. The Empress' vast armadas are shattered and she flees with the remnants of her once dominant fleets to the remote human planets. That sanctuary is only a temporary reprieve. The same maelstrom devouring the rest of the galaxy is not far behind. The empress, with a glimpse of prescience, sees Dante as the solitary chance for everyone's survival. He has no clue how to succeed. To have any possibility of saving those he holds dear, he must.