Interstellar Crisis? The Human Federation Crushes the Galaxy

[This story is a bit of a mash-up in terms of its setting: space opera + Infinite Lagrange + Stellaris + Halo + interstellar warfare + development and expansion.]

(If you haven't played these games, don't worry about it. I'm only borrowing some of their setting elements.)

(The protagonist follows the xenophobic and military-junta paths of the Human Federation. I have two ascension paths in mind: psionic ascension and genetic ascension. Which one do you think I should start with? He'll definitely pursue both eventually, and then, at the very end, crisis ascension. As for synthetic ascension, honestly, the author isn't too fond of it.)

The war between the United Nations of Earth and the secessionist forces on Mars has brought the United Nations of Earth to the brink of extinction.

The appearance of a wormhole offers hope that its government can endure.

Four massive colony ships, including the Dawn, are sent on a desperate mission through the wormhole to find a new home.

On the other side of the wormhole, under Yun Mo's leadership, a military junta built on hegemony, xenophobia, and militarism is established: the Human Federation. It gradually becomes the nightmare of every civilization among the stars.

Yun Mo: “What do you mean, that's yours? If I've set my sights on it, it's mine. And once it's mine, it's been mine since time immemorial. As for you damned heretics, I've prepared something special for you...”