As test pilot in the "Space Force" you have been ordered to test a new and revolutionary drive system. After completing routine checks, the hyperspace engine carries you into a galaxy many lightyears away. But something goes wrong... alarm sirens howl and red warning signs dip your cockpit into a dire light: the ship computer automatically blew up the test drive!

Investigate the unknown space sector and fight for your survival. Travel as a free merchant, or start a career as space pirate! Use events or natural catastrophies on various planets to maximize your profits. Build your own factories in order to be able to manufacture goods more favorably, and improve your experimental space fighter so it becomes an effective weapon against your enemies. How you survive in this foreign universe is entirely up to you... you have full freedom!