It took over thirty years for Liberty to defeat the Hellfire Legion. Liberty's High Congress has passed the Organization Categorization Revision Act (O.C.R.A.) that greatly increased the budget of the Liberty Navy and gave free hand and nearly unlimited resources to strike foreign-aided terrorist organizations. This was little more than a thinly veiled excuse to launch a full-scale invasion of the Kansas and Vespucci systems against the Insurgency that were branded as a foreign-aided terrorist organization right after the O.C.R.A. passed.

Liberty Navy knew the cost of assaulting the deeply entrenched Insurgency, and it paid the price in the form of the entire Delaware Battlegroup. Satisfied with their victory, they departed the systems without keeping a garrison.

Power vacuums have a tendency to be filled, however, and this hasty withdrawal has inevitably led to many groups attempting to claim the abandoned systems as their own. Researchers have begun to build installations to unravel the mysteries of Kansas, the Gaians have been rumoured to keep their presence in anticipation of other local powers attempting to seize the now vacant systems, and most recently the Technocracy has spread its wings and has been attempting to claim the Kansas system as their own, building outposts, threatening local bases and even launching open assaults on Liberty House Space.

As this massive power struggle looms over the horizon, an insignificant independent outpost, the Quantum, in the orbit of planet Topeka now serves as a backdrop for a conflict to come, where the powers of the adjacent systems test each others' resolves. For the Navy, it is important that the systems remain vacant - having a hostile power like the Technocracy take control and replace the Insurgency would be an unmitigated disaster in public relations and the trust of the politicians following the immense budget expended on the Navy following the O.C.R.A.. Various bounty Hunters and Mercenaries might come from the quick buck. For the Technocracy, this is a unique opportunity. Kansas holds many hidden secrets, and taking control of the system would be a massive forward step for them not only as a regional power but in terms of access to Alien technology rumoured to be present deep in the nebulae of the system. For Gaians, it is clear - they want to keep the powers in check, protecting what's left of the pristine areas. The Liberty Rogues will no doubt want to make their presence known. Many remember the fate of the Fortaleza Base, and might take this opportunity to side with the Technocracy against the Navy. Or they might seize the opportunity for themselves, and attempt to take control on their own. Nobody knows who else might show up, but everyone does know that what happens at Quantum Outpost will set the pace for years to come for these independent systems.