AN UNKNOWN CONTACT
The Confederation vessel TCS Devereaux, mining ore near the remains of the planet Kilrah, sends out distress calls, which cease abruptly. Additionally, contact is lost with a small Kilrathi fleet in the same system, which is later found obliterated, the ships' crews torn apart. The megacarrier TCS Midway moves to investigate the situation, with orders to then report back to High Command.

The cause of the devastation is soon found to be a menacing alien race, codenamed Nephilim, and matching the description of an ancient Armageddonesque Kilrathi prophecy.

With the aid of fledgling Kilrathi forces, the Midway, herself with a relatively untested crew and only a partial air wing, succeeds in beating back the ample Nephilim recon fleet. The destruction of the alien jump gate in the Kilrah System buys the Confederation much-needed time to prepare for an inevitable second attack.

[ Chronicled in Wing Commander: Prophecy ]

CLOSER TO HOME
Utilizing a second jump gate situated in the Proxima System, the Nephilim launch a second assault on the beleaguered humans and their allies, this time aiming directly at the inner systems of the Confederation. Even civilians are not safe, as a strange virus proves fatal to anyone exposed to Nephilim artifacts.

A small band of Midway veterans is assigned to the new quick-strike cruiser TCS Cerberus as Secret Operatives, acting as the spearhead of the effort to turn back the aliens once again. But this time, the bug jump gate is captured intact, and studies are begun on methods to take the fight to the enemy.

[ Chronicled in Wing Commander: Secret Operations ]

DANGER PERSISTS
Even as Confederation scientists theorize how to use the alien jump gate to their advantage, significant remnants of the Nephilim fleet persist in their attacks in and around the Sol System. In response, the Confederation forces regularly deploy their reorganized Task Forces, with the intent of systematically engaging and destroying the alien battle groups.

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