Venera Markova -- Hero of the Cosmos

The USSR, 1975, A.D. Following the successful flight and safe return of Laika, the first living creature in space in November of 1957, a new era of peace and cooperation unfolded for the human race. The scientific triumph of Laika's flight ushered in a growing spirit of coopeation between the varied nations of Earth. The Berlin Wall was dismantled as a series of reforms swept through both the USSR and the USA, leading to the creation of two separated, but assocated power blocs, the 'Eastern Bloc', led by the USSR, and the 'Western Alliance', led by the USA, with a rebuilt United Kingdom as a third power in its own right by 1960 with the first human spaceflight undertaken by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and American astronaut John Glenn, and by 1969, colonies had been established on the Moon and MarsBut now, that peace is threatened.The first successful trans-Jupiter flight led by Soviet pilot Venera Markova resulted in the discovery of life out among the stars, an entire civilization living among the various moons of Jupiter. Now, these 'Jovians' as they are known, seek to conquer our planet and only one woman stands in their way. Venera Markova