Setting
The setting of Supreme Commander is a future in which humanity is able to travel through the galaxy quickly using a quantum tunnel, a portal opened in the fabric of space leading to a designated location potentially light-years away. Tunneling let humankind establish many colonies, which were governed by a centralized Earth Empire. As the number of human worlds grew, however, its control eventually weakened, and the Empire collapsed. The Empire's remnants formed the United Earth Federation; a race of cybernetically-enhanced humans seeking independence formed the Cybran Nation; and a group of religious fanatics formed the Aeon Illuminate. The three factions came into conflict, starting the Infinite War. One thousand years later, the events of Supreme Commander take place, ending the war.
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