Venture expedition

The Venture Expedition, also called the Expedition, was an Emorian exploratory undertaking launched in 2316 that was intended to reach and explore another galaxy. The first Emorian foray into a new galaxy, the Expedition was seen as the culmination of Emorian civilization by many in the Emorian Union.

The Expedition was a joint venture between the Emorian Jump Corps and the Emorian Diplomatic Corps, and was composed of a single vessel, the EUV Venture. The Venture departed for the galaxy in July of 2316. The Venture reached its destination in November of 2316 and eventually returned in May of 2317.

The immense cultural implications of the Expedition led to the largest ideological split in the recorded history of the Union, between those who supported the Expedition as an extension of the Emorian history of xenophilia and love of exploration (whose most devoted supporters formed the Distance Movement), and those who feared the potential consequences of discovering other intelligent life, namely how the arrival of extra-galactic explorers would affect local species, and how the ethical dilemmas of discovering species with different morals would affect the Union (whose most devoted supporters formed the Insular Movement).

The Expedition was certainly the most consequential undertaking of the Union since the completion of the gateway network some 14,000 years earlier.