Long ago the battle for control of the cosmos was lost.
When the first great civilization in the universe at last solved the problem of interstellar travel,
they did this not with colossal space ships, but rather wondrous machines that could transport people
across the vast distances of outer space. With great excitement, they set out to explore, fully expecting
to find other races more advanced than their own.
They never found such a race and soon came to believe they were the first interstellar travelers.
However, they did discover beauty and wonder throughout the cosmos. They contacted other civilizations
and shared with them the mighty secrets they had discovered. Happy to act as mentors and teachers to these younger
civilizations, the race that called themselves the Eloh became known as the Benefactors.
Over time, events unfolded that led to a tragic rift among the Benefactors as a malevolent
rebel group festered and grew into a splinter faction known as the Bane. The sparks of that schism
erupted into a war that ultimately resulted in the disappearance of the Benefactors. With an insatiable
hunger for absolute power, the Bane now search the galaxy for races advanced enough to exploit or dangerous
enough to exterminate. |
