In the year 2044 AD, the human race has amped-up its space exploration and reached out to the stars through the miracle of ROBOTECHNOLOGY, but not without bringing intergalactic war upon the Earth itself. Heroes will die and allegiances will shift. But in the midst of combat, perhaps peace will spring up through the charred remains of battered history. General Reinhardt sends Vince Grant, captain of the Icarus, on a rescue mission to look for Rick Hunter, chief military commander of all REF forces, after an initial assault by the alien Invid is met with unexpected resistance from a young human woman named Ariel who befriends Scott Bernard, and together they try to convince her mother, the Invid Regis, that humans and Invid can live in peace.