In the year 2222, humanity has reached for the stars in a way no one previously thought possible. Faster-than-light space travel has been democratized to the point that almost anyone can afford it. But history is doomed to repeat itself, and economic slavery is perpetuated by The Guild, a collective of traders and mercenaries who control the flow of resources — including human workers. Few strike out on their own however, and open up a new world of planetary exploration which sustains livelihoods outside of the authoritarian grasp of those who seek to control the interstellar colonies.