Hellbender - Intro
Six years ago, the Coalition of Independent Planets defeated their most fearsome enemy, a race of warriors they had created --- the Bions. Their army in ruins, the few surviving Bions fled to the safety of deep space. Thanks to your efforts, Coalition citizens could finally enjoy peace. But the universe was forever changed.
Destruction of the Bion stronghold on planet Fury touched off stockpiles of red sheol and the hyper-explosive carbonium. This gave birth to a network of rift wormholes spanning the universe, a mammoth superhighway linking the Coalition of Independent Planets. Business and commerce boomed everywhere --- except on Terran.
Exhausted by war and locked in the iron grip of poverty, many Terrans felt victory had come at too high a price. Anti-military sentiment flourished and civil unrest abounded. The Bions are at the root of this turmoil.