Mankind endures. Twice have alien invaders attempted to force humanity into extinction. Twice they have failed. Now, an uneasy peace covers the galaxy as enemies both ancient and new slumber, or pace beyond the walls. The balance is about to tip. A discovery has been made on a Human colony, faces familiar yet strange move against them, and in the middle of it all, a name. Shepard.

From the ashes of the old world, a harder people have arisen, willing to do what is necessary for survival in a cold, dark galaxy where ancient evils lurk. Yet fate has never been kind to humanity and no change, small or large, will affect what is to come.

[To whom it may concern: Rewrite for R:FoX has been posted]

After Operation Black Eden, Nathan Hale should be dead. But miraculously he is still alive, and he has one more fight left, the outcome of which will determine the fate of the whole galaxy.