Once before, the sentient races in the known part of the galaxy-humans,
Orions, Ophiuchi and Gorm-had united to defeat alien invaders. Decades
later, the member planets of the alliance had grown complacent-until
a huge fleet of ships, each ship larger than a city, arrived, fleeing
the loss of their home planet when their star went nova.

They have traveled for centuries, slower than light, and now that they
have arrived at the world they intend to make their new home. They regard
the fact that the planet is already colonized by humans as a mere
inconvenience, the more so since their mode of communication is so different
from anything humans use that they do not consider humans and their allies
to be truly intelligent. And the arriving aliens know-or, at least, they
believe-that when they die they will be reincarnated, so they do not hesitate
to attack humans and their allies with suicidal fury. And, if necessary, they
will exterminate all humans and their allies, if that's what it takes to occupy
the planet.

That was their attitude on arrival, but the conquerors have learned from human
technology. They now know all about reactionless drives, so much more efficient
than rocket engines. And they have learned about the jump points which make
faster-than-light travel possible. With that knowledge, they plan to conquer
the entire inhabited region of the galaxy-unless the old alliance of humans
and other being can stop them...

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