> Ever since the great space war, nearly a thousand years have passed without any more contacts from beyond the stars. Predators haven't been heard of anymore since their last assault in 2020. the world has seen the venue of a new era. The age of the machines. In the future, manual labor has all but dissapeared. Intelligent computers, a million times more powerfull than ever imagined can come up with new inventions more efficiently and much faster than human inventors could ever do. This lead to a new chrisis, as in 2070 the general enthousiasm for renewal and innovation dropped. The machines were doing all the work, and we were getting weaker and weaker by the minute. UN. PDF was scrapped in 2090 and it's glorious fleet disassembled and dumped on asteroids in the outer reaches of the solar system.

> For nearly 800 years, life went this way. Humans, too weak both mentally and physically, were litterally at the machine's mercy. Fortunately, the machines had inherited the best part of us, and still saw us as their creators, thus, to be treated with respect. Despite our sorry selves.

> And then "It" came. In 2890 something from outer space came down from the sky and passed over our countries, cities, ocean, ect. After it's passage, the great holocaust came. All silicon based technology died. It was the mass extinction of the machines... The world fell back to a state of pre-industial revolution, and remainded so for 20 years. Only the basic mecanical equipment could still function. Fortunately, a few whise men were still around and could understand some of the greater technology we used to hold. A central computer, who was the core of our knowledge in 2050 had survived, but it was buried deep in the rocky mountains. A site long forgotten. The wise men managed to bring it back online, and start all over, practically from the year 2050. 840 years lost. All due to our incessant drive to have everything the easy was. Easier and easier.

> And then came the signal. In 2920 a new menace from space came. Named the Meganoids, these aliens apparently had something to do with the ancient war machines that almost destroyed our planet in the great space war of 2010. UN PDF was brought back online and the ancient SDFs were restored and upgraded with left over technology from our early past. A new generation of young warriors would take the stand in this new stand. But are we strong enough to halt the approach of the Meganoids. Unfortunately, we are not.

> As a young but revered commander of the fleet, your job will be to try to create an aliance with the Predators. Even with 20 SDFs, we will probably not be able to win this war. Only an allied defence with the Predator's imperial fleet, and UN PDF can prevent our the final end of our planet. If you succeed, we await you with the reinforcements, if not, there may not be any place to come home to.

> > > > ...and if we survive the current crisis, we will never again underestimate the value of our inheritence, our loved ones, and our home planet, mother to us all. We shall never again let her down, nor omit to respect her. We shall do everything and employ all ressources possible to enshure the safe survivial for us all...

> > > > U.N. PDF head commander, just before operation "New Begining", May 15, 2921.

> Technical info:

> This incredible operation, you will hopefully be able to live out in the near future, in the form of a Skynet game. Here again, the engine used will be the best at the time.