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Revision as of 15:36, 11 October 2011
The Alliance Grand Surveys (also known as Grand Surveys) were star system surveys conducted by the Terran Alliance in the late 22nd and early 23rd centuries.
Contents
History
In the midst of the First Exodus in the 2140's, many systems greater than one hyperjump away from Earth were beginning to be colonized. In the tradition of the star system survey conducted by the TAS Pathfinder (in the opening years of the 22nd century), the Alliance Grand Surveys were missions were conducted to catalog the extent of colonization. These missions catalogued a remarkable rate of expansion. More than 100 colonies had been founded within 40 light years of Terra by the time of the first Grand Survey. This is quite remarkable, considering TAS Pathfinder had only conducted the first manned faster-than-light test only 64 years earlier (in 2108), and New Earth had only been settled in 2116).
Some colonists speculated that the surveys were a thinly veiled attempt to show Alliance authority, not interested in population numbers at all. As if to back up that speculation, basic statistics were published but the actual population numbers were never revealed to the public.
It is extremely likely that these missions were under the control of the Terran Space Navy but that remains unconfirmed.
The tremendous rate of colonization led the Terran Alliance to look inward, questioning whether to spend its resources on colonizing (and governing) the stars or stamp out poverty and hunger on the homeworld.[1]
Survey Results
First Alliance Grand Survey
The First Grand Survey started in 2168citation needed and ended in 2172[2][1][3][4] cataloging an estimated 112[4] colonized worlds spread over an eighty light-year diameter (40 light-year radius).[1][3][4]
Second Alliance Grand Survey
The Second Grand Survey of 2199[4] cataloged 395 colonized worlds spread over a ninety light-year radius.[4]
Third Alliance Grand Survey
The Third Grand Survey of 2216 cataloged 461 colonized worlds in an one hundred light-year radius.[4]
Fourth Alliance Grand Survey
The Fourth Grand Survey of 2235 cataloged 619 colonized worlds in an one hundred and twenty light-year radius.[4][2]
TAS Pathfinder Survey (Comparison)
The TAS Pathfinder surveyed thirty five star systems with fifty inhabitable worlds over a forty light year radius.
Notes
Alternative Dates, number of colonies found for the Grand Surveys are:citation needed 1st Grand Survey: 2174, 108 colonies 2nd Grand Survey: 2195, 200+ colonies 3rd Grand Survey: 2219, 300+ colonies
References
- DropShips and JumpShips, p. 12