The known galaxy lies in chaos. The Orion Commonwealth that had stood for a thousand years since the fall of Terra has been torn down by the very machines that built it, the remains of it's society driven into exile.  With their age old rival broken the once moribund Bastion Stars Alliance now drives into neutral space, determined to reclaim the stars they once called empire. At the end of their ambitions lies the Reach, home of the kellians, the last free abhuman nation. Emboldened by it's conquests the Bastion floods into the kellian space, burning entire worlds in their bid to reclaim mankind's destiny. With the Reach besieged only the Corsairs, once feared by man for their appetite for plunder and war, stand to breach the Bastion blockades and strike at the enemy's heart. Where heroism and bravery have failed, their greed and villainy must prevail.