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After a brief CGI introduction you begin the game as Haun, a small-time smuggler delivering supplies to the Antares System.  Things are going as planned until all of a sudden you are attacked by technologically-superior alien warriors.  You valiantly try to defend your ship, but there are simply too many of them.  You are forced to flee or you will certainly die from the enemy onslaught.  With the help of a cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and a relatively lenient tutorial level you manage to fight your way to safety, but you can only watch as your ship is destroyed.
 
Desperate for answers, you and the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe decide that the best course of action would be to travel to the secret enclave of a group of intergalactic guardians.  You head out immediately, battling a few small groups of fire-breathing imps along the way.  Luckily none of them seem to be too much trouble and in a short time you arrive at the Guardian enclave a few Experience Points richer.
 
You share your story with the Commander of the Guardians, who listens with great interest.  After hearing your tale and observing the strange scar on your forearm it becomes clear that you, Haun, are the Chosen One mentioned in an ancient prophecy;  the one who will either bring lasting peace to the galaxy... or tear it apart.  Next, the Commander of the Guardians informs you that the attack on your ship was not a random event, but rather that the technologically-superior alien warriors were actually looking to eliminate you before you could realize your destiny and the role you will play in shaping the future of the galaxy.
 
Then the Commander of the Guardians informs you that an ultra-advanced alien race has declared war on humanity and will stop at nothing short of complete conquest of the known galaxy.  Currently, the alien commander is searching for four holy devices that, according to legend, will make it and its forces completely unstoppable.  Of course, the Commander of the Guardians says that you and the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe are the only ones capable of stopping this evil force.  Motivated by hatred for those who destroyed your ship, you agree to seek out the four devices and claim them before they fall into the alien commander's hands.  Once you have them in your possession, you can bring them back to the Guardian enclave and the Commander of the Guardians will seal them away forever.  To assist you in your mission, the Commander of the Guardians introduces you to a deep-voiced wayward loner anti-hero who will aid you on your epic quest.  Ready for action, you gear up and head out immediately in a mid-sized starship.
 
Your search for the first device takes you to the steep cliffs of an uncharted mountain range, where you fight through waves of bigfoot-like yeti beasts and giant spiders before finally battling a monstrous bird creature that swoops in and tries to carry you off in its talons.  Along the way, you discover a strange pendant lying on the side of the path.  Not far off you find a dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers frantically searching for something.  You present the pendant to him and he immediately decides that fate has brought you together.  The dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers takes the item and agrees to join you in your mission.
 
With the first boss defeated, your ever-growing party visits a space station where you upgrade some of your weapons and equipment and take a trip to a seedy local bar.  Inside, you see a foul-mouthed crotch-punching battle robot sitting at a table challenging all comers to a test of strength.  Intrigued by the prospect of adding a character such as it to your party, you slip on your newly acquired Ring of Strength +5 and step up to the table.  Using the ring, you are easily able to win the match.  Impressed by your display of raw power, the foul-mouthed crotch-punching battle robot decides to aid you in your quest.
 
After outfitting your team with as many upgrades and healing items as you can afford, you then head off to the Elemental Plane of Water where you face some spike-shooting sea urchins and stronger giant spiders.  The second device is guarded by a giant eel-like sea monster.  After some difficulty, you emerge victorious from this encounter.
 
As you leave this realm, you come across a compulsive military scientist constantly working on creating new and interesting weaponry who has been captured by monsters and is currently being held in their small makeshift camp.  You mount a daring rescue, killing all of the beasts and finally freeing him.  In exchange for your help, he agrees to join up with you.
 
With two of the five devices in your possession, you set off to continue your mission.  However, before you can get far, your entire party is ambushed and captured by a group of traveling performers.  At first things look bad, but their leader, a roguish wandering musician, seems to be smitten with the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and not only lets you go free but agrees to join up with you.
 
With your party now complete, you venture to another space station to replenish your supply of healing potions and learn a few new spells for your magic-using characters.  At a nearby bar you encounter a well-meaning goofy-looking alien who apparently got himself into a little bit of trouble with a local group of thugs.  Talking to him opens up an exciting open-ended side quest where you can either help him solve his problems or sell him out for some extra cash.  Being the evil bastard that you are, you of course decide to take the goofy-looking alien's money, kill him and then kill the guys that were trying to get the money from him and take their money as well.  This quest is simple and ultimately pointless, but for all you know it could have far-reaching potential to the outcome of your story.  You encounter a couple more strikingly similar moral dilemmas along the way, but eventually stop caring enough to waste your time listening to everyone's problems.
 
You continue your quest for the holy device, this time journeying to a dense jungle, where hordes of cunning cannibal tribesmen and a King Kong-sized gorilla that throws exploding bananas are waiting for you.  At first these stronger enemies beat your ass, forcing you to return to the World Map to try and raise your Experience by slaughtering some less-powerful alien assassins.  However, in your aimless wandering you also come across an Enormous Space Cutlass of Butchering +4 in a super-secret hidden treasure chest, which helps you even the odds and recover the third device with little difficulty.
 
As soon as you take possession of the third device, you are shown a brief cutscene where your party is confronted by the underhanded alien ambassador, who was sent by the alien commander to take the devices from you.  There is a brief battle, and you are able to defeat it far more easily than you would have expected to.  However, it is merely wounded and escapes the battle with some witty banter about how it'll be ready for you next time.
 
Unfazed by your encounter, your party pushes on to find the final device, this time journeying to a city in the clouds on the edge of the galaxy.  There you encounter several well-trained assassins before a confrontation with an evil bounty hunter sent to destroy you.  This level is incredibly difficult and insanely long, but you eventually manage to get through it.  With all the devices in your possession, you set out for the Demonspire to kill the alien commander and complete your quest for vengeance.
 
During your journey, you've managed to make small talk with your party members and at various bars and space stations throughout the galaxy you've been able to complete small mini-quests for the deep-voiced wayward loner anti-hero, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers, the foul-mouthed crotch-punching battle robot, the compulsive military scientist constantly working on creating new and interesting weaponry and the roguish wandering musician that have ultimately made their lives complete and made them completely loyal to you and your cause.  After the last level though, you are given a touching cut-scene where the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe finally professes her undying love for you.  Before you can return the sentiment though, your ship comes under attack from the forces of the underhanded alien ambassador.  Your team scrambles to fight off the invaders, but you're hopelessly outnumbered and forced to surrender when the underhanded alien ambassador takes the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe hostage and threatens to kill her if you don't throw down your weapons.
 
Several technologically-superior alien warriors surround your party as the underhanded alien ambassador demands you hand over the holy devices.  Despite the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe's protest, you do so.  When you hand them over the underhanded alien ambassador gloats, 'I'd ask you to join me, but somehow I know you'd refuse'.  When questioned about the items, it tells you that since you're going to die anyways, it'll let you in on what's going on.  The holy devices are actually going to be used to resurrect an Ancient Evil Warlord.  Once the Warlord has been summoned, the alien commander plans to use its powerful dark magic to steal his soul and absorb his power, thus making the alien commander virtually invincible. Having divulged this incredibly unpredictable plot twist to you, the underhanded alien ambassador then takes the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and escapes with her while ordering the assembled technologically-superior alien warriors to destroy you.  You are attacked, but after a difficult battle you manage to defeat them all.  Unfortunately, the underhanded alien ambassador is long gone.
 
Once you have finished off the technologically-superior alien warriors, your attention turns to saving the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and stopping the alien commander before it can complete its nefarious plot.  Luckily, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers is well versed in the legend of the Dark Warlord.  The dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers informs you that the Dark Warlord terrorized the galaxy 1,000 years ago, but was finally defeated by a group of noble heroes who used a fabled weapon known as the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher to slay him.  You decide to find this weapon before going after the alien commander directly, in case you end up having to deal with the Dark Warlord as well.
 
Your search for the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher takes you to a heavily fortified installation abandoned hundreds of years ago by an ancient Empire, the weapon's last known resting place.  You journey there and are met by numerous devious booby traps and highly advanced robot sentries, which you must defeat before battling the weapon's guardian, a a thirty foot-tall mechanized battle system.  After an intense fight, you emerge with the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher.
 
At long last you set out for the Demonspire and your final confrontation with the alien commander.  From the moment you arrive, you must wade into hordes of technologically-superior alien warriors, mowing them down with the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher and the fact that you're at least thirty experience levels and twenty hours of gameplay more powerful than you were when you first faced them.  Tense action music is playing as you slaughter the ones responsible for the destruction of your ship and head towards the ultimate final duel.
 
After clearing several rooms, you are once again face-to-face with the underhanded alien ambassador.  After a terse dialogue, the two of you square off one-on-one.  You notice that it has new abilities and is way more powerful than the first time you faced it.  You are taken off-guard at first, and are really getting a beat down.  However, as things are looking bleak you cast the spell Vampiric Touch and drain the life from the underhanded alien ambassador.  You then quickly go on the offensive and use the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher to beat the crap out of it.
 
With the underhanded alien ambassador dead, you rescue the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and the two of you are reunited.  However, there is no time to waste... you rush through the final door and face the alien commander,  who has already begun to resurrect the Dark Warlord.  Upset at seeing your entrance, the alien commander decides to finally deal with you once and for all.  Your team squares off against this threat and after a difficult battle against an incredibly powerful enemy capable of killing your weakest party member in about two hits, you manage to emerge victorious.
 
However, there's no time for celebration.  After a brief respite to heal your characters, there is a cutscene where the alien commander uses its last bit of energy to complete the resurrection ritual, bringing back the Dark Warlord!  You're then thrown headfirst into an INSANE boss battle, where the Warlord uses all sorts of crazy spells and powers against you.  Explosions, lightning, fire and all kinds of stuff are flying all around the place and shaking the entire board, but ultimately you are able to use the power of the Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher to defeat the Warlord in all four of his various humongous forms and seize control of the galaxy for yourself, fulfilling your destiny as the Chosen One.  You are rewarded with a pre-rendered full-motion CGI video showing you absorbing the soul and power of the Warlord and transforming into a demigod ready to crush all those who dare oppose you.
 
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