Infrared vision has already been
experimented with and researched for humans. Microchips originally
implanted in test animals to study mental deterioration and to
prevent diseases like Alzheimer's have been found to enhance actual
intelligence as well. A day looms in the not-so-distant future when
technology originally designed to help people will become a thing of
fashion, convenience, or even competition—those who can pay may
decide to enhance themselves for a variety of reasons. Superhuman
soldiers, bionic athletes, and fast-thinking operators of various
machines may become commonplace in our future. Perhaps it may one day
be a job requirement to be implanted with a brain-enhancing chip that
allows the employee to better interface with coworkers, computers,
and robots. Military service may involve mandatory physical
enhancement, strength boosting, and heightened reflexes (and of
course, those infrared eyes I mentioned earlier). People that are
integrated with “cyberware” (cyborgs—man and machine) will be
commonplace.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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