Exodus

The Exodus is the name by which the fifty-year-long evacuation period when the Human race fled permanently from Old Earth in the mid-27th century. Having resolved that the planety was too badly broken to ever fully recover and flourish again, those who had survived World War 3 of the early 23rd century able to do so gathered in New Geneva, in Switzerland. There, in a heavily fortified bunker research complex, they pursued sciences that would ultimately take their people into the stars. After the first successful Superluminal Drive trip in 2519, several ships were built to explore the nearest stars for worlds to build a new home for the Human race.

The first Exodus ship left Old Earth in 2622. The last would lift off from Old Earth in 2673. It was estimated that only around 100,000 remained behind on the broken world, either unable to flee or unwilling to leave the only home they had ever had. In the many long millennia since, no Human has set foot on Old Earth. It exists now only as a symbol - and a warning - of the price they nearly paid for their brutal past.