Venture Star program

The Venture Star program is a future space expedition planned by the Coalition Office of Astronomy and Exploration, in conjunction with the Coalition Forces Authority and several exploration corporations such as Julien Exploratory, to chart as many star systems as possible within the Milky Way galaxy. Originally planned to launch in 2690, information gained during Operation Scryer and the isolation of Signal 22X-B9 delayed the operation by ten years due to fears of an alien civilization existing immediately near the borders of the Coalition of Congressional Republics, beyond the Nightshade Nebula.
Plans are in motion for the Venture Star program to launch on January 1st, 2700. It will be composed of two hundred civilian exploration ships, fifty corporate exploration ships, and over a thousand interstellar probes, with the former two portions of the expedition being shored up by the presence of military escort and logistics craft - especially in the direction of 22X-B9.
Most ships that will be used are of the Christopher Columbus-class make of long-voyage exploration craft.
Category:Space programs
Category:Work in progress