▁star ▁several ▁thousand ▁light ▁years ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁col lapsed ▁D elta ▁star ▁forming ▁the ▁Cent aur us ▁culture . ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁years ▁later ▁Cent aur us ▁re - est ab lish ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁D elt an ▁Federation . ▁Cent uries ▁later ▁distant ▁D elt an ▁colon ies ▁form ▁the ▁Star ▁F old ▁Confeder acy ▁politico - e conom ic ▁union ▁against ▁the ▁wishes ▁of ▁the ▁D elt an ▁Federation . ▁D elt an ▁Federation ▁decl ares ▁war ▁on ▁Star ▁F old ▁Confeder acy . ▁D elt an ▁Federation ▁clos es ▁Hyper - sp atial ▁Inter stell ar ▁Portal ▁used ▁for ▁high ▁speed ▁travel ▁between ▁D elt an ▁and ▁Star ▁F old ▁space . ▁War ▁last s ▁for ▁dec ades ▁at ▁a ▁seem ing ▁st alem ate ▁and ▁is ▁brought ▁to ▁end ▁by ▁Cent aur us ▁acting ▁as ▁peace ▁negoti ators . ▁A ▁thousand ▁years ▁later ▁pract ically ▁all ▁humans ▁develop ▁a ▁gen etic ▁mal function ▁that ▁causes ▁infer til ity . ▁All ▁inter stell ar ▁govern ments ▁bl ame ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁especially ▁the ▁Cent aur us ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁Bi ogen ▁gene ▁manip ulation ▁program . ▁A ▁cold ▁war ▁sets ▁in . ▁A ▁data ▁file ▁is ▁received ▁from ▁an ▁anonymous ▁source ▁that ▁points ▁that ▁a ▁c ure ▁may ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁Earth . ▁From ▁this ▁point ▁the ▁game ' s ▁players ▁act ▁as ▁protagon ists ▁with ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁Earth ▁as ▁their ▁main ▁objective . ▁I - Nov ae ▁Studios ▁noted ▁that ▁discovery ▁of ▁Earth ▁would ▁end ▁the