Background

In the 2320s, humans (Earthlings) have colonized the entire Solar System—settling habitable planets and moons—before extending their reach to interstellar space. There, they encountered alien civilizations. All of these species are unisex or male-exclusive, having abandoned traditional reproduction in favor of synthetic immortality via mind transfers, cybernetics, or parthenogenesis. For eons, these civilizations viewed this as enlightenment—until cultural stagnation, emotional detachment, and existential ennui began to fracture their once-unified ideology. Humanity represents the forgotten spark: natural reproduction, emotional intimacy, biological family. Human women, especially, are seen as sacred and rare by alien lords. An awakening spreads among alien elites: "Perhaps we were wrong to abandon the feminine." This leads to a dramatic shift in galactic power structures, culminating in the rise of the Galactic Confederation, an interstellar order of these species—who now view humans, especially human females, as a coveted resource.