In the year 2028, planet Earth was hit by Phaeton’s Flare. Also known colloquially as “The Great Flare”—this devastating blast of magnetic force and gamma radiation destroyed our ozone layer.

From that day onwards the planet could be seen covered in auroras.

And from that day onwards it was clear to mankind that they had to preserve their legacy. So they built the Library. An unmanned spaceship containing the collective knowledge of our species. Sent to the Andromeda galaxy in the hopes to be found and understood by a distant intelligent species…