Messiah Plan

The Messiah Plan, more often referred to as Plan M, is a extreme long-term, multi-generational action plan designed to prepare humanity for conflict against a hostile extraterrestrial race. It was one of the first plans developed when it was realized that mankind's venture into the stars would be met one day with war or invasion.

The plan was low priority before June 157, when the event known as Zero Contact occured, and the existence of the Entities became known to man, at which point in time, the plan became the top priority for Gaia to execute, meaning all Gaia activities would become geared towards the ultimate success of the Messiah Plan.

The Four Objectives
The Four Objectives are broad goals to have humanity achieve before an all-out attack begins by an enemy extraterrestrial race. Minimum is for at least two objectives to be acheived by time of war, at which, Gaia would implement massive, open-handed stimulus packages or equally large propaganda campaigns.

Objective 1: Military Dominance
Humanity's militaries would have to be ready to face an enemy that they had never faced before- as such, they had to constantly hone and push for newer ways to fight and more innovative weaponry. After humanity's ascent to the stars, Gaia had noticed a great decline in military spending, and in order to jumpstart the military industry again, they staged the Frontier Wars, to allow the Empire and the Federation, the largest nations of their time, to engage in constant combat, to force the evolution of war.

Objective 2: Economic Flourishing
The internal workings of humanity's economy would have to maintain itself throughout the entirety of the war, and to do that would require strong safeguards to prevent and major collapses. One of the harder variables to control, this also including procuring of raw materials and the controlling of factories and research and development to continue producing the means to war.

Objective 3: Cultural Unity
Humanity as a whole would have to be ready to meet the enemy as a unified force, cleared of all prejudice and division. Admittedly, Gaia had already had systems in place to do this, but it would be ultimately easier to execute this objective during the war, something that would simply happen naturally.

Objective 4: Mental Fortitude
Mankind would have to be ready mentally to face the horrors of war, on a scale that now involved all of humanity. To some extent, this required a limited amount of dehumanization as necessary to effectively hold a war, the will to carry on, to survive.