Across the galaxies, sentient races are being awakened to defend their existence against an encroaching evil that menaces the entire space-time continuum.
Its wide-open, galactic-scale setting is intended to put Player characters at the center of the action, not on the sidelines, while still providing a common story backbone.
Silhouette is a realistic, simulationist system that defines characters in terms of 10 base attributes (agility, knowledge, etc.
Skill rolls make up the backbone of the system, which focuses on effect-based speed of play over grainy detail.
Combat is handled by the same system, with characters taking penalty-inflicting wounds rather than depleting a set number of health points.