Although retaining a storied history as one of the most supreme powers in their galaxy, the Terran Empire’s dominance over the alternate universe has been questioned - and even threatened - on several occasions. Throughout the centuries, there have been prolonged periods of flux and uncertainty as the balance of power frequently shifted between the Empire and other dangerous factions. However, even at their lowest points, the Empire remained home to some of the most fearsome, bloodthirsty warriors the galaxy had to offer. Noteworthy among them was Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a name that was both feared and revered in equal measure. As captain of the crumbling I.S.S. Stargazer, Picard remained a force to be reckoned with among the ranks of the dwindling Empire. Even though his ship had seen better days, Picard was frequently capable of commanding both ship and crew in order to obtain the upper hand in battle with any given adversary. Later, a routine mission to Mars would reveal a project that the Empire had been working on in secret - a new Galaxy-class vessel that would become a jewel in the Empire’s fleet. Finding himself mysteriously drawn to this new ship, as if fate itself was guiding him, Picard would stop at nothing until the captain’s chair of the I.S.S. Enterprise-D was his and his alone. When Intendant Kira Nerys re-emerged from the shadows and used her classified Alliance intel to once again shift the balance of power in favor of the Empire, the Terrans would enter a new age of power and prosperity. With her appointment as head of state, the new Terran Empress would accept nothing less than the unflinching love and loyalty of her new subjects - a price that Picard and his crew were unwilling to pay as they refused to bow down to a Bajoran leader. As punishment, they would be banished and routed from their homeland, with the I.S.S. Enterprise-D cast into a wormhole to be discarded and forgotten. Although death seemed to be a certainty, the wormhole was in fact an interphasic rift, acting as a gateway to a parallel universe. Rather than the cold embrace of death, Picard and the crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise-D have instead found themselves lost and adrift in a strange, new world...