Frontier Expedition Groups

The Frontier Expedition Groups were a Gaia-funded series of fleets that were sent out to document locations for possible expansion and settlement in what would be called the  Colonization Index. They were also the first to leave Sol, marking the first time in history when humanity would finally leave Earth and begin its exploration of the stars and its place in the universe.

They were the pioneers of the Frontier, expanding it to the known edge-world of Reimes and then again after the War of Reclamation, in a total of three Expeditions.

The First Expedition was sent out at the very start of the New Era. Their objectives were simple- travel to their assigned worlds and create a international settlement as well as a return gate so as to begin construction of an intragalactic gate network. Thirty ships were sent to explore what would be known as the Origin and Middle Systems. Worlds such as Arcadia, New Manchester, Avalon, Achre, Eden were found during this first expedition.

The settlements created were simple, generally already prepacked Quickrete buildings that could be raised in a few days, generally the size of a small city. They identified planetary fauna and flora, documented weather patterns, determined how a human being would live on their designated world. At the same time, they facilitated the first-come, first-serve policy as put forth in the International Colonization Treaty, ceding all claims but to a few planets.

After the First Expedition, Gaia would come to own Achre, one of the largest Class-V worlds in the Origin Systems, about ten other nearby Class-IV and Class-III worlds.