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The plan goes forward and the basic habitation is completed on the planet to house the ship’s crew. A special section, named the nursery, is designed to hold the genetic material until the time is right to start the first generation of children. The future of the colony is embodied in it. The hope it portrays provides a much needed boost to the colonist’s morale. It is constructed using the stored components to service the primary system on the ship. The transfer of the genetic materials and primary system will be the last step in preparing and launching the ship on her suicide mission.

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During the construction phase of the colony it is discovered that the sun, while basically stable does have areas that are unstable and mobile. When these areas collide they create solar storms that put out increased solar radiation. There is some concern, because several of these storms have threatened to overwhelm the ships defensive system. A special satellite is launched to monitor the sun and give warning if it detects two or more storms on a collision course.

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The ship is moved to an orbit of the planet and an active scan of the planet and its moon is conducted as a last step prior to the beginning of the colonization process. The colonization process will take more than three complete circuits of the now local sun to complete. Part of that time is spent in studying the solar system and especially the planet.

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The genetic material to start over is carried aboard this ship in both your persons and in cryostat storage. We will take what technology we are able to transport down to the single habitable planet in this system and hide there until we are sure that the Krkl’aan have been destroyed or we have built a base large enough to start using it. The ship will be programmed to go to a very remote area light centuries away from here and visibly destroy it’s self. Welcome to our new home people and let’s get to work. 

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By this time our civilization, as we knew it, no longer exists. Each solar system has revealed itself to the Krkl’aan in an effort to draw them into a trap. The trap was that after the Krkl’aan exterminated the last of our people and settled in to assimilate our technologies, the bombs concealed in the sun of each solar system caused each sun to instantly go Nova. The NOVA bombs were synchronized to detonate at exactly the same time. We and the children we will have can expect to see the NOVA event in our lifetimes.  It was hoped by our leaders that this would so damage the Krkl’aan that they would either go extinct or take so long to recover that we, the few survivors and our soon to be progeny would be able to finally defeat them.

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The Captain makes his decision and calls a ship’s meeting to reveal the secret orders he had received prior to their voyage to this remote section of the galaxy. He starts the briefing by stating that the war against the Krkl’aan is nearly over and the Krkl’aans will or have already won. As is well known, the Krkl’aan exterminates all races they conquer and assimilate all technologies into their society. Society as we knew it is gone, as are all of our families. In losing and dying, the leadership chose the best and the brightest personnel to man five separate ships just like this one. Each was sent out with orders like the ones I received. I am going announce those orders now. We have been ordered to find and colonize an appropriate planet in order that our race may continue.