Another group, the Peacekeepers, were a branched off group of Protectorate that was more for fighting intergalactic crime together. The Protectorate was an intergalactical peace group with the idea in mind of uniting the several races and having peace. You learn the controls and walk out of the room, grabbing your Protectorate Uniform from your locker.
The game begins with you waking up in a bunk bed, presumably in a school of sorts. Each race has its own type of culture or “personality”, the Florans being carnivorous and primitive, or the Apexes being intelligent but rude. You play as a customizable avatar of one of several intelligent races.
The goal of the game is to survive and progress. Starbound is an action-adventure, survival game, taking place in space.