Game has a story to tell, and the races in the game are important actors on the stage.
Pick a race that accentuates your style, discover a lots extraordinary technologies, colonize distant stars, conquer your enemies with war machines that you design, and read the story that game tells. The beauty is, you should be able to examine every decision and see what was compelling reason it was made. This program is designed to beat 'Contacts' limitation - one contacts book only. In this case the current book will be chosen.