*Hello, and thank you for reading, this is my first fiction, so I really appreciate everyone who takes a look and checks out my work. I still have a lot planned going forward, and again thanks to everyone reading.Michael is a high school junior living in the midwestern United States. His two best friends Ryan and Trey have always been fond of playing strategy games together, so when Riddle Games releases the space civilization game Nova Galactica they invite Michael to play with them. Michael develops a powerful alien race with strong stats and abilities he names ‘Tardigrades’ due to their resilience. After learning of a new strategy for the game Michael decides the fastest way to develop his alien empire is to engage in galactic imperialism and to beat his friends with a superior army. All is going according to Michael’s plan of domination over the galaxy until something goes horribly wrong and his unstoppable fleet of spaceships is teleported out of the game and into the real world. Realizing the grave danger the Tardigrades pose to all mankind due to their ruthless nature and expansionist doctrine, Michael and his friends devise a plan to put the aliens back into the game where they belong. But, when Michael attempts to return the Tardigrades to their game world, he ends up transporting himself into the game while his aliens continue to wreak havoc on Earth. Michael is determined to find a way out of the game and to put a stop to his creation before they continue their damage and destruction. While in the vast galaxy, Michael makes many new friends living within the alien worlds–from swamps, to blazing deserts and cities made of ice. Michael is no longer an ordinary high school student, but a hero on a quest to save his home planet from destruction. He only hopes he will also find a way to leave the fantastic game world and return home.