In the late 24th century the Human race finally started to deplete the earth of all vital resources they needed for survival. The world leaders saw the common problem around them and instead of fighting wars for the remaining resources they united. The world diverted the remaining resources towards rocket technology to help secure mineral rich asteroids and start mining operations in low earth orbit. They succeeded in this goal, starting an explosive expansion into space with the new surplus of resources extracted from asteroids. The moon was the next target for complete colonisation and soon mining outposts started to appear. The lights illuminating the colonies could be seen from earth showing the true size of these colonies.
The mining operations from the moon and orbital asteroid mining supplied the necessary resources to research and create new technologies to further help the expansions growth. They built starships to gain access to a wider variety of planets and moons they could land on while offering more controlled space flight and civilian piloting. The moons and planets held bounties of extraordinary anomalies, natural phenomena and data in general that helped further develop new technology, this increased the already extraordinarily fast expansion.
The Human race had fully colonised the Sol system by 3750 so naturally they followed the next logical step and began to move interstellar. The decades passed by before the first functional Faster Than Light drive passed testing, the breakthrough in FTL technology pathed the way for an interstellar expansion. The ships launched with the intention for interstellar colonisation were among the largest the galaxy would ever see even out sizing the modern super carriers. The journey towards the nearest star system would have taken centuries, instead the FTL fitted ships arrived in mere seconds. The new star system soon became a new home for humans featuring new planetary anomalies further improving their technology.
In a few short centuries the Human race expanded into much of the galaxy encountering multiple alien races. These alien races were relatively peaceful making alliances with them fairly easy once the communication gap had been bridged. The aliens helped improve the Humans technology by centuries in mere decades. The Eklan were the greatest help as they supplied most of the technology and happened to have the most advanced technology in the galaxy.
The Human race were roped into wars throughout the galaxy once they had been welcomed into the galaxy. Lacking any official military power or presence the Sol Defence Fleet was formed as protectors for the Sol system along with any system with Human occupation. The SDF slowly grew in size, power and presence over the centuries becoming one of the most powerful adversaries within the galaxy.
The expansions into the galaxy formed new breeds of worker within the Human race, among these was the Freelancer. The Freelancer are almost an extinct breed after new wars broke out across the galaxy resulting in the demise of many. They are among the most skilled pilots but what makes them truly exceptional is their honour. When you have no affiliation in this galaxy it often spells death unless you're a Freelancer.
This story follows one of the most famous Freelancers the galaxy had ever seen, not because he was the most skilled but because he was the strongest willed.