The Rim

The galaxy teeters on the brink of collapse. The Federal Colonial Authority (FCA)—a corporate empire ruled by profit and propaganda—wages a brutal war against the United Sovereignties of the Outer Reach (USOR), a collectivist alliance born from rebellion and desperation. Between them lie the fractured systems of the frontier: pirate moons, scavenger worlds, failed colonies, and drifting ships where law is just another currency. But something far worse than war festers in the dark. The Scourge, a mutagenic plague of unknown origin, spreads across the Reach—infecting the living, warping flesh and mind into necrotic horrors. Some call it a weapon; others, divine punishment. Governments bury the truth, but the infection seeps through blockade and quarantine alike. You are one of millions caught in the storm—soldier, smuggler, scavenger, convict, or drifter—struggling to survive the endless war and the hunger beneath it. In the Outer Reach, empires fall, bodies rot, and only the ruthless endure.