The mighty Roman Empire has fallen...again. History tends to repeat itself as it did with this star spanning empire. Thriving republics become expanding empires, empires fall, and new struggling republics rise again. Where do patriots of the old nation go? Do they fight and die with the old regime? Join the new regime? Or carve out their own place in history?
Lines are drawn in imaginary ether of space even as Admiral Jendarm meets with the alien probe makers. A tentative acceptance by the greater interstellar powers is given to the new burgeoning offshoot of the old empire on the edge of the galaxy. Why was it so easy? What did the republic want in return? A new mission deep in enemy territory? Could they disregard the Graks, the local fighting and the diplomatic relations with a new alien species. While Hyperfleet did not have to fight the quadrant spanning Terran Republic to keep their new home, the price may be too much for Hyperfleet to pay.