By the mid 21st century humanity had stepped timidly into space, but had already lost it's way. Greed was good. Multinationals and the super wealthy owned the world. The planet suffered. Leaders had forgotten what it was to lead. War was inevitable, Then it came. In the aftermath The Long Winter reminded humanity what it was to be human. For survival of the species, against the odds we rose from the ice and ashes fostering an age of cooperation, for the good of all. We moved mountains, and made a new world, laying the foundations for the next steps in our incredible journey. In 2193 The orbital yards at Luna were completed, By 2250 a human colonist took their first breath of clean Martian air. In 2329 The first extrasolar colony was founded on Alpha Centauri 4. Then, In 2364 the Marconi Array on the edge of human space detected the first evidence there was intelligent life out there. So we went to meet the neighbors.