In The Galactrix universe, interstellar travel has been made possible through the invention of Leap Gates. Conveniently for the plotline (and very inconveniently for the player), however, all Leap Gates have been infected by a virus and are no longer functional. Oddly enough, the giant mega-corporations of mankind's future have no maintenance team ready to deal with this crisis and it is up to the player to fix the Leap Gates to enable travel throughout galaxy.