The Drop

The Drop was the coordinated release of escape pods from the Ark after a malfunction in the fuel cells of the spaceship while in orbit around Earth Omega. All 250,000 people and around 2 million non-human lifeforms aboard the Ark were dropped onto Earth Omega as a result of the Drop. Due to comparatively large (for humans) time frames, the only recollections of the Drop amongst the human population of Earth Omega are in religious texts or oral tradition.