What is the background story in UFO: Aftershock ?
The story connects to one of the endings of UFO: Aftermath, but takes place fifty years later. One way of losing in UFO: Aftermath was to make the pact with the alien invaders – Reticulans – and let them have the Earth in exchange for a refuge in a huge orbital space station. This situation is the basis for the story in Aftershock. A small part of mankind is living on a floating island, the Laputa, while the Earth is used for alien research. But a revolt on the island eventually destroyed it, and you have to find out what happened to earth and how to regain it.