While the Solar Union Fleet is partially successful in fighting the Circle of Victors, Toiber Arkroid and his team are still in the Delta Trianguli system, unaware of the events at home. In Ray-Mainai, the sub-terrain metropolis on the planet Equinox, scientists are trying to solve the mystery of how the Progonaut flagship Atlantika was able to reach the Neo-Sapien system without a functioning faster-than-light propulsion system. How was it possible that the Progonaut crew was able to live through thousands and thousands of years without aging? Was the defeated humanoid gnome, who suppressed the will of the Progonauts with his strong mental powers, a member of the Dark Brotherhood? Toiber Arkroid makes a decision with far reaching consequences by flying to the other side of the Milky Way. Now, he begins to understand what kind of danger is looming as he is confronted with the Panic in the Galaxy …

The appearance of an aggressive extra-terrestrial species, residing inside the Kuiper Belt, makes Humanity aware that other, entirely strange civilizations and life-forms, exist in the universe. The Soulwalker, also known as the Globuster Lord, is defeated and the Stinger is destroyed. After the Soulwalker’s demise, the Globusters are falling into a stasis and no longer attack the terrestrial colonies. Heads of the Solar Union are assuming that Humanity has become the focal point of a cosmic power which had influenced the development of the people on Earth for a long time. However, not all alien encounters are hostile. Scorge, a Shwakan, visits Earth and trades some much wanted technologies for bio-mass which he wants to trade with other Shwakan traders. In the Globuster aftermath, scientists find a strange object inside a sub-terrain cavern underneath the eternal Antarctic ice. It turns out to be a sarcophagus with a Human-like being inside. The sarcophagus is then transferred to Uluru, Australia for further tests. In the meantime, Scorge re-appears after his flight from the Globuster Lord. He needs Humanity’s help! In return for the aid he agrees to help Toiber Arkroid on his quest to undertake ... The Expedition

NEBULAR, takes us into the year 2113 – a time when nationalistic interests and blind patriotism are things of the past. The scourge of international wars is no longer a threat. By combining resources and knowledge, Humanity has almost conquered disease and poverty. United as the Solar Union, Humanity faces the challenges of the last unknown realm – space! Thriving colonies on the Moon and Mars are part of everyday life. Around ten billion people live on Earth while two hundred and fifty million have settled in the Moon and Mars colonies. Scientific outposts are being established and operated on the moons of the gigantic outer planets. Human explorers have already encountered the ice deserts on Jupiter’s moon Europa, the dust storms on Mars and the primeval hydrocarbon oceans on Titan. Prospectors search for crucial natural resources in the asteroid belts and manned spaceships fly not only between the planets but also to the outer edges of the solar system to further the reach of exploration. Humanity’s most distant outpost is on Neptune’s moon Triton, an ice-cold world, where scientists and private mining companies are braving the harsh conditions. About 2000 men and women of the Solar Union are part of the contingent, accepting a life of solitude, far away from home. They are exploring the outer regions of the solar system to find much needed raw materials for Earth and her colonies. Astrophysicists utilize the unique local undisturbed gravitational conditions on Triton, aligning the large antenna arrays of the new SETI project onto nearby stars. However, Humanity has not yet found alien life forms. Establishing contact with fellow alien civilizations is one of the greatest remaining objectives of these times. Unconsciously, most Humans hope these foreign cultures will be similar and that Humanity will be able to learn from these beings in a peaceful exchange of information. However, so far the SETI installation on Triton has been unsuccessful to intercept signals from an intelligent origin. It is as if alien civilizations don’t want to communicate with Humanity – but that doesn’t mean these aliens don’t exist … and haven’t been listening … and watching Humanity all along!

The Yax K’uk’Mo’s expedition team has learned the coordinates of a central Portal planet from the Myzel. Flying to this mysterious world, though dangerous, is vital because it seems to have a connection to the Dark Brotherhood. Arkroid and his crew fear that another portal is secreted somewhere in the Earth’s solar system – one that the unknown enemy could use to invade Earth and its colonies. Unknown to Arkroid, Triton Base’s new commander Nok Daralamai is facing this very threat. It is up to her to penetrate the veil of the hidden base in Neptune’s atmosphere. Simultaneously, she must watch out for agitators in the system as well as the Globusters, who are suspected to be hiding within the Kuiper Belt. Maya Ivanova and her new friend Paafnas are in Morgotradon’s hands in the Crystal Palace. The Pleunatan’s fate is unknown and Maya is faced with an almost hopeless situation. Morgotradon, whom the Treugolans call: The Lord of the World, has revealed his identity to Maya, and seems attracted to her. The Dark Brotherhood’s agent is a near immortal, pursuing strange plans of his own. He wants to make Maya his companion and partner, whether she likes it or not. Maya Ivanova is not very amused ... Morgotradon

On the 21st of January 2114, a being calling himself a Genorantan Prophet has appeared in the solar system, setting off a storm of speculation and anticipation. The message from the Genorantans is ominous: Chiropter First Class Kuster~Laap has asked Humanity to live up to their destiny as Protectors. Kuster~Laap and the ZyClonians, Naad and Nood, agree to go to Earth for a conference where all is to be resolved. While Maya Ivanova, Lai Pi and the extra-terrestrial visitors are transferring to Earth via a mini tachyon portal, journalist Patricia Lok is doing some special research. The freelancing reporter is investigating the Amish, a religious society that still lives as if they were in the eighteen hundreds. While she makes a strange discovery, Solar Union officials are gathering at a conference …

15 April 2120. There is peace in the Solar Union. Six years have passed since the activation of five Jamal-Combs and the successful defense of the parasites galaxy. Six years in which Humanity realized that complex, cosmic entanglements were linked to this sinister threat and how close the Milky Way galaxy had come to be destroyed by a devastating disaster. Over a period of a million years, a counter-plan was carried out, which finally resulted in the activation of the solar energy matrix. The higher-dimensional energy field, initially abused by the Globusters and unknown assailants, stimulated a cosmic force, which alone was able to stop the dimensional transfer of the parasite galaxy. This cosmic force, referred to by many galactic nations as Nebular, is six years later still a mystery. It has become apparent over the recent years that there is the need for a galactic cooperation of all nations to counter such threats in the future. Although the Galactic Brotherhood has fallen apart in the meantime, it nevertheless, laid the foundation for the establishment of a new alliance of galactic civilizations. The Solar Union and many allied and friendly galactic nations agreed to establish the Galactic Cooperation Council, an organization intended to serve the exploration of the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies. Still, our galaxy, with its billions of stars, is not yet fully explored and holds many mysteries and secrets. Humanity is making sudden technological advances, aided and supported by Cooperation Council. This is the time for venturing to explore new solar systems and make new discoveries. Humans, Progonauts, Shwakans, Krolakans, Neo-Sapiens, Chiropters and other nations begin intensive exchanges of knowledge, share new technologies, developing together new technologies and conduct research to find answers to previously unexplored questions. Within the GCC, Humanity benefits most from the galactic cooperation since the Solar Union now faces a new era: The Tachyon Era

Tensions remain high, even with the hasty retreat of the Circle Invaders from the solar system. The sudden appearance of the Techno-Center and panic from the cuckoo-gene may have given the Solar Union Fleet the upper-hand, but there are still many questions left unanswered. Will these aggressive opponents attack again? Can the Solar Union survive another attack? What can Earth do to thwart off an opponent capable of annihilating all of Humanity? Sensing the need for a strategy, Admiral Friedberg deploys the best men and women the Union has to offer, calling them … THE HOT