
EARTH · 2089Humanity’s downfall
A mysterious virus spreads across Earth. Within months, cities fall silent. Governments vanish. Communication stops. Most humans die; others become infected creatures, wandering the places they once called home.
Nature slowly returns. The virus has one strange characteristic: it cannot affect extraterrestrial biology.

DECADES LATERA new beginning
An alien civilization discovers Earth while searching for a refuge from its dying homeworld. Water. Breathable air. Fertile land. The remains of an advanced civilization.
For the first time in generations, there is hope. But Earth is not completely abandoned.

RISE FROM THE RUINSThe first colony
Among the remains of a human city, your colony takes root. A Citadel. A few workers. Limited supplies. Enough to begin again.
Build farms, gather resources, recruit commanders and protect your people. Your species may be immune to the virus, but it is not immune to the infected.

A MYSTERY AWAKENSWe were not the first
As your civilization expands, an ancient signal wakes beneath Earth’s surface. The virus may not have been an accident.
And perhaps your kind was not the first to arrive.