The reinstatement of national space programs in the twenty-first century and the emergence of competing, privately-owned companies were only the starting point for the cosmic exploration of humanity’s dreams. However, it took us several more centuries to reach a point where the visions our ancestors fantasized about in then-popular TV series and games like Battlestar Galactica and Homeworld became our reality. Roaming through endless space and fighting an alien race for resources was no longer something from a science fiction comic book but an everyday challenge for which we were well-prepared. The one thing we weren’t ready to face was the truth about our own species.