THE MILKY WAY OF A STARRY GALAXY: GALACTIC HEROES
"The year is 2017 SE. Great powers, xeno and human alike, struggle to gain hegemony of the Milky Way. Cleaved into a shambles of planet-states, petty interstellar duchies and pirate havens, humanity struggles to defend itself from the xeno menace. From all directions, hundreds of stellar systems fall daily to the ALFA swarm - Aliens, Locustlike, Foes of All mankind - and thousands of planets are scoured as they escalate their locust plague against humanity. From the galactic east, the empire Phi Empire takes away lost imperial worlds opportunistically, aided by the millions of traitors who have forsaken their pride in humanity for "the Sake of All Sentience". The Alliance of Workers' Planets, a federation of over a hundred systems, seeking to destroy the system of serfdom that shackled humanity for so long, continues to accelerate their "war of liberation" against the crumbling vestiges of the Galactic Empire, seeing the chaos caused by xenos and opportunists as only a geopolitical opportunity to finally destroy their hated enemy, the Empire that had oppressed them for so long.
To make matters worse for the Empire, the Emperor had recently died - from a meal of undercooked mushrooms. Despite his Imperial Sanction to allow his sole daughter Princess Hikayu to ascend to the Imperial Throne - traditionally held only by men - Hikayu's treacherous uncle has made a bid for the throne for himself.
With the majority of her Imperial demesne fragmented by the self-interested high nobility of the Empire, her capital right on the doorsteps of the Alliance and the sacrosanct duty to protect humanity from the ravaging xeno hordes, Princess Hikayu has no choice but to become an Empress. She has no choice but to protect. For even if she is not a man, young Princess Hikayu now is at the head of the Empire - the greatest sword and shield that protects humanity.
So the question is, can the Empress Protect?"