Genesis

The year is 2332, and the Universe is dying. Expanding far faster than previously imagined, the very fabric of space-time has begun to split at the seams, and in a few short centuries the entire universe will be torn apart in one final, all-encompassing explosion. This terrible revelation was first discovered by scientists at the ZPT Corporation—the largest, wealthiest, and most cutthroat commercial entity in existence—and soon made known to all of the universe's races. The Human Federation, despite being a relatively new player on the interstellar stage, spearheaded the search for a way out. Hidden away in the perilous dark matter labyrinths of the Eridanus Supervoid, human explorers located an artifact left behind from the Big Bang: a primordial space-time rip which could be used as a gateway out of the Universe. Where exactly this gateway led, none could say, but it offered an escape from certain death.