#exodus fleet

[karin-gespenst]

Record of a Spaceborn Few, minimalistic fan art. Page 60: “A lone hexagon appeared.”

[karin-gespenst]

Remembrance Day

is the day when the humans of the Exodus fleet and the humans on Mars and those living scattered throughout the GC or in the fringe think back to the day the last humans left Earth for the Stars. For generations they had been preparing, building homesteaders to keep them safe on their way out of the sol system and help them survive without a planet to live on. After many decades of work there must have been the moment when the last shuttle took off of the earth and headed for orbit. The last time a group of humans who were born on the planet boarded a ship and prepared for launch. The final countdown.

They did not remember the song from hundreds of years back that was so well known and loved, the song that described their situation almost exactly.

We're leaving together, But still it's farewell And maybe we'll come back To earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We're leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again?

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We're heading for Venus (Venus) And still we stand tall 'Cause maybe they've seen us (seen us) And welcome us all, yeah With so many light years to go And things to be found (to be found) I'm sure that we'll all miss her so

 The humans on the homestead ships, in the Exodus fleet, they wrote new songs and ceremonial texts that would forever remind them about the reason why they went to live in space. Every time they welcomed a new life on one of the ships, the archivist would start their speech with the words “We destroyed our world.” Because it’s not true that there is no one to blame. Let’s do our best to stop destroying our world.