In the 23rd century, mankind faced its darkest hour. In the middle of a war of proportions never seen before, humanity was torn. Fighting had gone on for so long that neither side knew what they were exactly fighting for anymore. The only thing that was known was that there were two sides, The Coalition and The Alliance. For decades and decades to no end, the two sides fought over the same piece of rock; ranging from nearby planets, to other solar systems altogether mankind was locked into a giant competition for land. After so long, one side eventually gained the upper hand: The Coalition. In a desperate attempt to save what was left of their people, the Alliance launched five large sleeper ships with enough survivors to start over. The catch: they would have to break their way through a Coalition blockade right outside of Uranus. The goal was for them to start over and to rid themselves of the greed that had befallen them for so long. Each sleeper ship was named after the nation of which its inhabitants it carried: the Bretonia, the Rheinland, the Kusari, the Hispania, and the Liberty were the last hope for the Alliance as they attempted to start anew. In a miracle that can be described as only that, the colony ships broke through the blockade and headed for the Sirius System. One by one, the remaining Alliance bases fell, until the last base that was settled on Pluto was left. Gathering all their remaining forces, the Alliance prepared for one last valiant stand. The battle had just begun, but the war was not close to being over.

Just after the battle had started to take place, they had arrived; a new species of life that had never been discovered by humans. The ship that appeared to the two fighting sides was a beautiful work of technology that ranged from a dark violet, to a sky blue in color. The components of the ship shone brightly as pulsated with each passing second. The engine and structure of the ship gave the inflection that it was a giant jellyfish. For a period, the two fighting sides were awestruck. All the differences that were once held onto by humans seemed to have disappeared. That however, was only for a few linking seconds as they realized the new creatures were not friendly. With one loud screeching noise and a giant flash, a projectile launched from what appeared to be a mouth of the ship. The missile flashed past through the Solar System in the blink of an eye straight into the Sun. Before anyone could react, the ship cloaked itself and disappeared. What it left however was enough to rid life in the Milky Way as humanity knew it. The missile ripped a large hole in the Sun itself, causing an explosion that sent millions of tons of molten material and solar energy that destroyed everything. No ships, moon, or planets were able to survive. Well, there of course was an exception. By sheer luck, a man by the name of Atticus Rockford survived. Being the only living member of humans to see this new alien menace, he knew what he had to do. Someone had to warn the colonists in Sirius what had just happened. Someone had to tell them that humans had found its true enemy: The Nomads. Rockford had been spared for a reason, whether by God's will, or sheer karma, he was destined to be the messenger of humans… that was over 800 years ago when human beings came to Sirius to rebuild their lives and preparing for the nomad invasion of the colonies.

About thirty years ago, a station known as Freeport 7 in the Sigma 17 system was suddenly destroyed by unknown ships that had appeared out of nowhere. The few survivors were immediately taken to planet Manhattan in the New York System and their history was varied. People from Kusari, Bretonia, and even the Border Worlds were all shoved into an armored transport and taken into Liberty space. It all started in the New York System nearby Planet Manhattan. "Attention Newark Station, this is the RNC Donau, requesting clearance to dock with your station over." "Affirmative Donau, you are cleared for docking point 6, Liberty welcomes you and Admiral Schultzky." It was the beginning of what was supposed to be a peaceful talk about the discovery of alien artifacts found on distant planets in the Omicron System between Rheinland's chief Admiral and President Jacobi of Liberty. Artifacts were insanely valuable in Liberty because they were believed to belong to an alien civilization and they consisted of everything from pots and idols to the most eye-catching jewelry. The discussion between the two officials was classified but it was believed that the new artifacts found by the Rheinland exhibition were different from previous artifacts. They showed signs of being active and were extremely dangerous. Before the Donau could dock however, a wing of fighters belonging to a terrorist organization known as the order took it out, killing Schultzky and everybody aboard. One man on the scene was a Freeport 7 survivor by the name of Edison Trent.

"Great, first Freeport 7, now this happens. Is it just me or am I some sort of bad luck magnet that brings destruction everywhere I go? Here I am, just after I accepted a mission that was given to me by some Liberty Security Force Officer name Jun'ko Zane (what kind of name is that anyway) and now the one organization that was supposed to be Liberty proof somehow gets through and takes out the one ship that should have been untouchable. It seems like my life just keeps getting better and better the longer I'm away from Bretonia." Trent was no stranger to accidents, but that never made things any easier. Many things continued to happen to Trent, it was as if he was the Atticus Rockford of his generation: the one who was destined to lead humanity against the nomads. As Trent continued to help around Liberty things not only began to happen to him, but also to the people around him. Freeport 7 survivors were disappearing, government officials acting more extreme on every level, and people broke into sides about the artifact problems in Sirius. One side wanted to take control of alien artifacts and disperse them evenly amongst their people. The other group of people wanted to keep artifacts out of the systems and ban them altogether. Although never mentioned specifically, legend has it that when the Rheinland found the active alien artifacts, it released the nomads into Sirius as well as let the existing fleets know of where the rest of humans was hiding. Poor Trent was caught in the middle of all of it. People from every which way started to hunt him and his friends. Michael King, who was there at the scene of the Donau with Trent and who ended up showing him the ropes on crime fighting and Liberty in general, and Jun'ko Zane who had been his partner in crime throughout the entire chase by Rheinlanders. When the last Freeport 7 survivor was killed in front of Trent by a Liberty Navy Officer, he had dropped what looked like an artifact. This is where all the trouble started. Before he knew what, he was doing, he picked up the alien rock and fled Liberty with Juni (Jun'ko) as they were hunted by Liberty, Rheinland, and even Bounty Hunters. After making it to Bretonia, they had found two doctors who had worked with each other back in the day when the new artifacts were discovered. Constantly being chased by Rheinland out of Bretonia space and into Kusari, Trent and the gang finally settled down in Tau-23, a system that is bullied within an asteroid field known as The Barrier. With the scientists safe, Trent and Juni moved into Kusari space and recovered key items to the artifact and overthrowing the corrupt Governor Takegi. "Blah Blah Blah Clayton, enough of the *hic* Hi-hic-story lesson. Yak know, you li' ta ramble when your drunk."