The earth bleeds fire, it weeps noxious tears, and it howls thunderously, struggling to banish us. Soon it will no longer be able to sustain us and we will no longer be able to withstand its rage. Our numbers are too great and we have taken too much. We will be forced to abandon not just our world but our entire solar system as well.

Long ago, before our situation became so desperate, we reached out to Luna and bestowed upon it the gift of life. We were emboldened by our success and became blinded by hubris. We embraced Mars and Venus in hopes of recreating the spark but our touch was like poison and our greatest achievements, our future homes, our hopes, our dreams, became blighted wastelands. We did not understand why the transformations failed so utterly. We struggled to undo the damage, many years spent, countless lives lost and massive amounts of precious resources depleted, but our efforts were for naught, those two worlds were lost to us.

Since those dark times we have perfected our methods, we have corrected the errors in the process, and we are ready to try again but no longer are there worlds in our solar system suitable for the transformation. We must reach out into the void, farther than we can even grasp. A new solar system has been discovered, dozens of planets, hundreds of moons, open to the gift of life we shall bequeath upon them.

The workers have been assembled, comprised largely of lawbreakers, guilty men who would otherwise be left behind. They have been promised a new life if they are willing to endure the hardships of creating the new worlds. Accompanying the workforce is a troop of specially trained enforcers, whose bodies and minds have been enhanced to endure the harshness of the new worlds and to maintain order within the workforce. The workers shall be sent first. Preparations for the remaining population will not be completed for several decades. Hopefully the workforce will be able to complete their task by the time the rest of the population arrives. It is a risky plan and many challenges lie ahead, many uncertainties, many unknowns. Yet, we have little choice. The sins of past generations force us to press on, towards a new frontier.