Most of the time you were fighting random alien creatures or mercenaries working for an absent character that only appeared a few time.

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Leveling up my alien one gloriously earned kill at a time until I realized I was becoming quite the proficient killing machine.

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It continued: "They acquire an alien ship which gives them a second chance at life and become the most unlikely heroes of their time".

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