I t's 2160, and human civilization has stretched to the neighboring planets in the solar system.
Ships equipped with jump drives are able to travel quickly through space.
Mars is terraformed. Old habits die hard, however, and ingrained in human nature is the capacity for self-destruction. Peace looks to have arrived, though, as the Eastern Coalition and the Western Alliance meet in space to sign a treaty. This is where Starlancer , a space-combat simulator from Digital Anvil and Microsoft, begins. In the game's opening cinematics, a sinister Coalition admiral orders his fighters to de-cloak.