Vanguard Colony

Facts

• One of six O'Neill-style asteroid colonies located in orbit of the Sol-Earth L5 point from 2031 to 2058 (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Carrot-like shape
  • Long axis ~14km
• Inhabitants: Human
  • Later genetic transition to Neyel
• Population
  • 844 (2053)
  • 592 (2058)
• Later known as Vangar following decades of linguistic shift (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Director
  • - 2053 - 2058: Kuniko Mizuki
  • 2058 - 2063 - : Avram Baruch
  • - 2169 - : Sayyid al-Adnan
  • - 2204 - 2217: Hanif Wafiyy

History

• 2031: Asteroid fragment migrated to L5 Lagrangian following deflection from Earth collision course; Vanguard Colony constructed within following drilling operations, installation of rotational thrusters (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• August 9, 2058: Lost in subspace field experiment (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Mistuned warp field resulted in formation of wormhole, sending colony 200 ly from Sol (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• September 2, 2058: Nausicaan raid results in deaths of Director Kuniko Mizuki and 251 other inhabitants of Vanguard Colony before they are repelled (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• August 9, 2155: Unidentified subspace anomaly transports colony to Small Magellanic Cloud (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• 2169: Acquisiton of warp drive (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• 2204: First contact with Oghen, establishing first planet-based foothold (TLE Novel: The Sundered)