Talk:Colonization the Union Way

Sorry about reversing that particular edit, but Arks are no longer used. The Union has evolved and has more and better tech available. Colonization is now a routine, managed by BoCA (an organization with almost 3000 years of experience, a huge budget , their own specialized fleet and an entire industry supplying colonist packages etc)

One Way Arks were born out of a need, to move as much humans as possible from Earth to a) diversify locations in case of an attack and b) to reduce overpopulation.

Space Elevators were replaced by Arti grav and Hyper Jump engines are replaced by ISAH drives...One Way Arks were replaced by advanced Construction teams, freighters and Clippers full of Colonists.

The Colonists of 2900 and the colonists of 5000 have not much in common... Modern colonists step out of the ship and into ready made settlement houses. Industry and support infra structure are already in place and the first space bus is already on it's way for its regular tour.

even the latest long range Expeditions (see Barnard's Expedition) that are one way ...they don't use Arks...

Of course some private company or private group may still want to use an ark and they can call upon Enroe, SII or even Karthanian ship builders to make one for them, but it would not be BoCA or Union Colonization

Vanessa Ravencroft (talk) 08:44, October 13, 2013 (UTC)