Humanity’s exodus would proceed in five steeps: First, the Earth Engines’ jets would be used to counteract the Earth’s movement, stopping its rotation. Second, the engines’ entire power would be used to set the Earth on a new path, accelerating thee Earth into escape velocity, taking it away from the Sun. Third, in outer space, the Earth would continue to accelerate as it traveled to Proxima Centauri. Fourth, in transit, the Earth Engine would be moored in an orbit around Proxima Centauri, becoming ite planet. People also called these five steps the Reining Age, the Exodial Age, the First Wandering Age (during acceleration), the Second Wandering Age and the New Sun Age.
整个移民过程将延续两千五百年时间,一百代人。
The entire exodus would last 2,500 years, about 100 generations.
我们的船继续航行,到了地球的黑夜部分,在这里,阳光和地球发动机的光柱都照不到,在大西洋清凉的海风中,我们这些孩子第一次看到了星空。天啊,那是怎样的景象啊,美得让我们心醉。小星老师一手搂着我们,一手指着星空:“看,孩子们,那就是人马座,那就是比邻星,那就是我们的新家!”说完她哭了起来,我们也都跟着哭了,周围的水手和船长,这些铁打的汉子也流下了眼泪。所有的人都用泪眼望着老师指的方向,那是冰雪荒原中快要冻死的孤独族人前方隐现的火光,那是我们心中的星星,是人类在未来一百代人的苦海中唯一的希望和支撑… …