The Origins of Jiuzhou: The Seeders

Looking back on humanity’s journey toward the stars, one question has always lingered in everyone’s mind: When did we realize we were destined to leave our cradle?

Historians usually give a precise answer: 2078.

That year, scientists working on the Ultra-Long Baseline Multi-Interferometer Deep Space Observation System, abbreviated as ULB-MIDSOS, discovered a planet. It was later named HD22049c, and in more familiar settings it was called NE-1. In private conversations, astronomers gave it a somewhat playful nickname: “Neon Stick.”

But history is never defined by a single moment. The truth is often hidden in the folds of time, waiting to be discovered one day.

This was the beginning of the Seeder Project, and the turning point of human civilization.

By every measure, it was a perfect beginning.

From A Brief History of Spaceflight, published by Aerospace Press, first edition, 2235