Campaign Primer

For over two centuries, the Flurnum Imperium ruled most of known space - a militaristic empire that conquered the old Pact Worlds alliance and dismantled its democratic institutions. Originally led by elves, a catastrophic event called the Fleetstravaganza allowed Azlanti human supremacists to seize power, imposing "Human First" policies for the next century.

A year ago, a bioweapon crisis nearly ended everything. Species-targeted neural phages - part of a genocide program called Project Echo - were released across Imperial space, infecting millions. A legendary crew called The Dicks tracked down the cure by uncovering ancient Thri-kreen memory vaults, with numerous shapeshifters on Veridia sacrificing parts of themselves to synthesize it. They made a heroic stand against The Plasmoid Collective at Trellis, defeating their leader Carlito. Their pilot Ray gave his life in the battle. The cure was distributed, but the Imperium shattered in the aftermath.

If you've been scanned at a checkpoint, you can thank the Plasmoid Collective - a faction of shapeshifters that spent decades infiltrating the Imperium by replacing people in positions of power. Their leader Carlito is dead and the Collective is nearly extinct, but the paranoia they created lives on. Bio-scanners are now a fact of life at every spaceport, government building, and half the bars in Veridia.