In 3721 AD, humanity entered the age of interstellar colonization. The core regions of the Milky Way were controlled by the Interstellar Alliance, which championed mechanical mechs and genetic engineering while branding the ancient Summoner civilization heretical and destroying most of its legacy. The frontier regions became abandoned planets, colonies, and war zones, where drifters, gangs, and alien races lived side by side, and ancient ruins lay scattered everywhere.
