Power is decentralized in the sprawling expanse of the Void Dominion, otherwise known as the Empire, which held a strange balance of power, with house-on-house warfare springing up on worlds across the galaxy. The space feudal fiefdom of Graue Welt is one of the Empire's primary shipyard worlds, creating some of the best ships in the galaxy. These shipyards have made Graue Welt one of the wealthiest planets in the galaxy. However, under this veneer of prosperity and peace lies the billowing clouds of war.
  Baron Gunther is the alleged heir to the county planet of Graue Welt, but he and loyalists are the only ones to hear this declaration. Making his claim to the county null and void to all his fellow vassals and cousins.
  As news of the Count's death speeds, the other Barons of the Graue Welt system prepare for a war of succession as any relative of the Count begins to claim the throne. Leaving Gunther in a difficult position as he is seen as a threat to anyone with Claim to the throne.