The century of "Isolation" has passed in the Inhabited Galaxy. No one knows what exactly happened in the vastness of the space mastered by people, because the connection between the planets was broken, as well as hypersphere navigation. Mysterious creatures that open bridges between universes attempted to invade the First World, but were stopped by a handful of Tiberians. Somewhere in the depths of unexplored space, the Shadow of the Earth cruiser was lost, seriously injured in a collision with skelch armadas. But history does not stand still. The cancellation of the "Isolation" mode and the disappearance of Logris led to a new round of events...