Ambassador Fleet Program
Discovery, Exploration
2175 - 2202 CE
In response to the success of the SHEO planet-hunter program, a fleet of fast-traveling probes was constructed with the objective of exploring the other star systems within ten lightyears of the solar system. Called the Ambassador fleet, they were powered by antimatter engines enabling them to achieve a maximum speed of 0.8c at 10Gs of acceleration, and contained the most advanced AI systems of the time. The six probes were:
- Isaac Newton, sent to Barnard's Star
- Leonardo da Vinci, sent to CN Leonis
- Galileo Galilei, sent to Lalande 21185
- Albert Einstein, sent to the Sirius binary system
- Max Planck, sent to the Gliese 65 binary system
- Marie Curie, sent to Ross 154
Launched throughout 2075, the Ambassador fleet was
humanity’s first multi-target probe mission to other star systems. The missions would soon prove extremely fruitful, beaming home a wealth of new astronomical data and revealing several of the worlds in the immediate vicinity of
Earth.
Program Timelines
Isaac Newton
2175
Jan. 26
Launched to Barnard's Star
2182
Aug. 13
Arrived at Barnard's Star
2189 - 2192
Data return
Marie Curie
2187
Jul. 5
Arrived at Ross 154
2196 - 2199
Data return
Max Planck
2175
Jul. 13
Launched to Gliese 65
2186
Jul. 10
Arrived at Gliese 65
2195 - 2198
Data return
Galileo Galilei
2175
Jul. 24
Launched to Lalande 21185
2186
Jan. 12
Arrived at Lalande 21185
2194 - 2196
Data return
Leonardo da Vinci
2175
Aug. 6
Launched to CN Leonis
2185
Jul. 5
Arrived at CN Leonis
2193 - 2196
Data return
Albert Einstein
2175
Sept. 8
Launched to Sirius
2186
Jul. 12
Arrived at Sirius
2195 - 2198
Data return