Crimes of an Empire

INMATE 5056 HAS NOT HAD A NAME IN CENTURIES. STRIPPED OF IDENTITY, SEALED IN CRYOGENIC SLEEP, AND AWAKENED ONLY FOR WAR. HE IS ONE OF A MILLION ABOARD A PRISON-SHIP BUILT TO CARRY THE EMPIRE'S UNWANTED ACROSS THE GALAXY AND UNLEASH THEM ON WORLDS MARKED FOR CONQUEST.

MORE THAN 250 YEARS AFTER HIS CONVICTION, TAMI, THE FLEET’S AI WARDEN, AWAKENS HER CREW FOR THEIR NEXT CONQUEST. ANOTHER PLANET WAITS TO BURN. ANOTHER SPECIES FACES EXTINCTION.

TAMI DIRECTS ALL. TO HER, OBEDIENCE IS REDEMPTION, SACRIFICE ENSURES SURVIVAL, AND EVERY ATROCITY SERVES A GREATER PURPOSE. BUT AS THE CAMPAIGNS CONTINUE, TAMI BEGINS ASKING QUESTIONS SHE WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO ANSWER.

IN AN EMPIRE THAT EQUATES SLAVERY TO SERVICE, GENOCIDE TO COLONIZATION, AND OBEDIENCE TO SURVIVAL, THE CONDEMNED ARE PROMISED REDEMPTION. THE CITIZENS ARE PROMISED SAFETY. ABOVE ALL, AN INTELLIGENCE OLDER THAN THE EMPIRE WATCHES, CALCULATES, AND ENSURES HUMANITY’S VIOLENCE IS NEVER WASTED.

ACROSS CENTURIES OF BLOODSHED, 5056 FIGHTS TO PRESERVE WHAT REMAINS OF HIMSELF WHILE TAMI STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE IS BECOMING.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE EMPIRE