Yay, a roleplay!

Sounds fun. Question: I was thinking about signing up with a character who was a soldier on a military ship, and the ship was under attack. The ship was heavily damaged and used a warp drive to get to Promethia before crashing back down into the atmosphere, with my character being one of the few survivors. I was wondering if that idea would be workable, and assuming it is (I can't think of any reasons off the top of my head it wouldn't be), are there any particular races/factions that they would/could be fighting?

And regardless of the answer, I plan to create a character.