Defender: Red Horizon

You are a rookie pilot in the Galactic Stargate Authority’s Defender Corps, barely out of training when the Mars Stargate breach throws you into humanity’s most desperate war. On your first day, the Manti swarm overruns Cydonia, burning through cities and tearing open the Martian sky. Aboard the battleship Memory, you’re ordered into the thick of the fight — escorting evacuations, striking hive nests, and buying time against an enemy that adapts to every weapon you throw at it. But the war isn’t just against the swarm. Mars’ colonies are fracturing, GSA command is hiding something about Erevos Prime, and whispers say the Hive Matriarch can reach into your mind. Every battle brings you closer to the truth — and to a choice that could save humanity… or seal its fate behind the Gate forever.