This visual history chronicles the journey of the Helios Point Colony from its accidental beginning in 2082 through 118 years of isolated development. Beginning with the catastrophic quantum drive malfunction that flung the QIS Prometheus across the galaxy, we witness the desperate emergency landing on an unknown world, the birth of the first true Heliosians, the evolution of their unique technocratic society, and finally their first steps back toward the stars in search of an Earth that no longer exists as they remember it. These images capture the transformation of corporate technical specialists into an independent human civilization that developed along a completely different trajectory than their counterparts on Earth, Luna, and Mars - having missed the pivotal Great Impact of 2105 and subsequent collapse of corporate governance. The visual elements highlight their technological adaptation, cultural evolution, and the subtle physiological changes that five generations have produced in isolation from the rest of humanity.
