Victory for the Federation!

The Rebel fleet retreats in total disarray with no local Fleet Admiral to coordinate attacks, their main battle computer destroyed aboard their previously thought invincible Flagship.

Their own forces vastly dwindled, the Federation now stands on the brink of collapse from attrition.

Gaining a foothold outside their main sectors, but their main shipyards still captured deep within Rebel territory, the Federation has enacted an emergency protocol: Operation Restoration, in a last-ditch effort to bolster their numbers and entice previously allied and neutral systems to dedicate their forces to recruit additional personnel and ships to join the Federation fleet.

News has reached many far-off systems of the Federation's seemingly impossible victory, various alien races and independent systems taking interest and equal public disdain for a now prolonged galactic war, sparking further resentment and panic as a new alien species called the Lanius joins the fray, encroaching from deep within uncharted space and fleeing from an unknown threat.

Two new recruits are thrust into immediate action as their station comes under attack from a digital threat during a celebratory speech from Admiral Tully at Federation HQ, initiating the capture of what appears to be an initially hostile hyper-advanced AI entity, leading to hints of a decade-long conspiracy that forces them both to embark on a journey to investigate it's ties to the final battle against the Rebel Flagship.

And ultimately, lead Melody back to her homeworld: Equestria.

**Thumbnail made by myself using one of the many images of Earth from Google**