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HUMANITY'S GREATEST TELESCOPE SPOTTED THE ALIENS THAT WILL MAKE US EXTINCT
Our greatest telescope found a vicious, unstoppable enemy 386 lightyears away. Humanity watches in vain as monstrous invaders destroy an unknown alien civilization. The invaders follow a path down the arm of the Milky Way toward our solar system. Humanity's countdown to extinction has begun.
The Martian War for Independence has ended and Earth is in a state of turmoil. A new president has just taken office and the Ceres colony is close to open rebellion.
Can Heda Von Nechtwahl, who created the telescope, make a space station quickly enough to give humanity hope? Earth's station will shift the balance of power in the solar system. Mars and Ceres won't let that happen. Can Heda establish a foothold in orbit and then a fleet to defend it before war is rekindled and her station taken?
Humanity is trapped by our own instincts for war. Can we unite and use those instincts to fight the aliens? We need space stations, shipyards, and then a fleet. Is humanity capable of making ships big enough to fight the alien horde? The aliens wiped out a multi-planetary civilization with ease. Will humanity fare any better?