Welcome to Star Fighter 3000, The highest rated gameshow ever on a Fednet universal satellite channel. The year is 3037, and peak-time TV has acquired its most successful audience participation show ever.
A result of the intensified battle for advertising revenue and military hardware between the two rival broadcasting companies, Fednet and TrashTV, lucky viewers were selected from thousands of applicants to take part in the Star Fighter UEP [Ultimate Expansion Programme].
The idea was simple ... Assemble an enormous military attack force around progressively difficult strategic locations (mostly belonging to TrashTV), invite viewers to take part in the ensuing battle, and broadcast the results ...
Unfortunately, the battle soon escalated into a universal conflict. TrashTV quickly made a number of allies, (mainly on the promise of cheap advertising), each being a powerful military force in the galaxy.
The Dark Lord, 'He who is master of all that is evil' as he likes to be called. The commander in chief of a synthetic super-race based on several artificial death stars and leader of a brutal regime.
Thorg, an egotistical tribal warlord and leader of a primitive civilisation, hell-bent on sculpture and universal destruction. Intelligence reports indicate he is highly unstable as the result of generations of inter-breeding, and likes to dress up in a squirrel costume and play conkers in his spare time.
The I.C.T. Corporation - Pioneers in experimental terraforming for military research. Previous customers include both Fednet & Trash TV.
It's your job to eliminate them, and everybody else that stands in the way of Fednet's rightful position as the only purveyor of quality entertainment through the known universe. Destroy their buildings, Exterminate their armies, Grind them into the dust, all for points and prizes.