Galaxy on Fire 2
Galaxy on Fire 2 takes place 35 years after the first installment of the series and holds an even greater adventure in store for Keith T. Maxwell than its predecessor. After time traveling to the end of the known galaxy due to a malfunction of his hyperdrive, the reckless fighter pilot soon finds himself in a mining station run by Gunant Breh. The mining station is in orbit of Var Hastra, a planet in a star system he has never heard of. Soon he learns that he's missed quite a bit.... Not only has a new faction, the free-thinking Mido Confederacy, founded by Nivellian and Terran runaways and rebels, emerged in the meantime, but a new threat has emerged to doom all the inhabitants of the universe. The mysterious Voids, which appear out of nowhere and launch devastating attacks on convoys and cargo ships of all factions, are about to make the entire galaxy tremble with fear and test the unstable peace between the various alien races. With the help of the secret Deep Science Society, an association of brilliant scientists as secretive as they are advanced, led by the beautiful Dr. Carla Paolini, Keith turns against the seemingly unstoppable alien threat and eventually sets out to confront the Voids on their own homeworld and end their reign of terror once and for all. During this adventure, Keith meets his other old comrades and also has the potential to own his own space station in orbit around the planet Kaamo.
Story
The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell, who is sent forward in time after a malfunction of his hyperdrive caused by a battle in an asteroid belt. His spaceship spins out of control while Keith is unconscious, and is put into orbit around Var Hastra by the ship's computer before being recovered by an ore trader and towed to the orbiting space station. The trader, Gunant Breh, tells Keith about the events that took place while Keith was unconscious, and Keith is stunned to realize that 35 years have passed since the incident in the asteroid belt. Breh tasks Keith with collecting ore from an old mining ship. While mining, the ship is attacked by pirates and Keith flies back to the station. Unhappy with having to run away from the pirates, Keith convinces Gunant to help him take out the pirates in the area. After defeating the pirates, Keith is asked to visit a neighboring planet because the space station there has recently lost contact. While investigating, Keith bumps into his old friend Mkkt Bkkt, who tells him that the crew of the station have been infected with "neuroalgae" and are intoxicated as a result.