Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is there." Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.
- John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1962
Equestria was a once rich and beautiful world, where benevolence prevailed and corruption was destined to crumble before the forces of harmony's reign. The magical nature of the planet dictated a society where good and evil were recognizable with approachable issues. Rarely was there a gray dominion of complicated matters beyond the internal turmoils of one's self.
Then one shivering night, "they" arrived to change pony lives forever. They came one-by-one from a faraway world, light years beyond the most distant star in the gulf of space. The humans.
Tales of woe and misery followed in their wake as they told the legend of their homeworld and its tragic fate. Homeless for many years in the alien darkness were these advanced, outland beings as their planet as well as the system where it existed were long ago destroyed by brutal conflict. The world of Equestria would be their destination and soon to be their new homeworld, as ponykind accepted them with open arms.
For years that followed the ponies learned from the humans, becoming technologically equal in many respects, achieving what not even the magical elements could surpass: interplanetary travel and colonization by the use of "Light-Drive" FTL engines and cryotechnology, among other such advancements. Together the species had aided ponies in their endeavor to finally conquer space, for the good of equinity and others that allied with the Equestrian Empire.
But it was not without the cost of tainting the once innocent image of a utopian world. Technology had overshadowed the principles of magic. The cerapter rulers in their grand Canterlot palace were puppets to the reign of corporations, as their vile byproduct poisoned the skies with eternal gloom and rainfall. Human corruption was rampant among Equestrian lives, with political friction and racism growing by the years. But it was nothing compared to what followed.
Several human extremist groups began forming offworld, determined to conquer the planet by extermination of its "inferior" inhabitants. The growing disharmony made it difficult to suppress various movements emerging throughout the system, as more and more made their presence known to all who opposed. Terrorist organizations unified in their common goal, growing into a formidable force in power that shook the hearts of those that sought peace and unity.
The Consolidated Rebel Alliance for Incursion Forces, commonly referred to by the acronym of CRAI, was the result of such extremism, an antagonistic coalition bent on the annihilation of nonhuman xenointelligence. They viewed themselves as the superior rulers of the galaxy, advanced and militarized, with unmatched resistance.
That is until select human naval forces and Royal Guard factions of the two princesses combined resources to form a specialized defense force in response to this severely growing threat. A dauntless military branch of all species that specialized in the superiority of both land, sea, air, and space to a galactic level, with special emphasis on aerospatial capability. That branch came to be known as the 125th Stellar Defense Force. Also known as... Battlewings.
Now, in the year 2241, the ultimate battle for Equestria and the good of humanity will be fought, to preserve harmony and freedom throughout the galaxy.