Live Free Or Die

First Contact Was Friendly
When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the solar system, the world reacted with awe, hope and fear. But the first aliens to come through, the Glatun, were peaceful traders and the world breathed a sigh of relief.
Who Controls the Orbitals, Controls the World
When the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and earth's governments have accepted the status quo.

Three Years ago… 71 aliens calling themselves the Companions establish themselves in countries throughout the world. Anatomically different from us, they possess a phenomenal knowledge of science and technology vastly superior to ours. The Companions cured the world's most dreaded diseases and rid the Earth of hunger and pestilence. They put an end to global divisions. Their power and presence grows as they become an invaluable resource to the world's governments.