Chapter 109 Departure Day

2265.9.27, the final day of departure.

Cold and empty above Jupiter's moon, the Starry Sky Port is deserted, without its usual hustle and bustle. All industrial spaceships make way for the launch of "Earth Era."

Looking down from the astronomical observatory, one can still see various industrial indicator lights on the surface. They form a variety of regular patterns, blinking incessantly.

This ancient aerospace language, undisturbed by electromagnetic radiation, is something every astronaut must learn.

Watching the time tick away, Captain Ma speaks softly, "I hope our future Mother Star will be a bit better than this one..."

"In theory, it should be," a nearby assistant responds, "Our Mother Star is brighter, and its gravity more suitable."

Gliese 581g has a mass 3.1 times that of Earth, a radius 1.4 times that of Earth, with a theoretical gravity of 1.08 times that of Earth—overall, not too bad.