President Adrian Ford became the most powerful woman in human history by May of 2204. In her capacity as head of the United Earth Coalition (UEC), she shaped policies that affected Luna and the Martian colonies in addition to Earth. Her name came to represent the Celestial Dawn Project, the bold plan to transport humanity to Tarnah from the Sol system. Some saw her as a visionary, while others saw her as a cunning tactician who would stop at nothing to secure the survival and supremacy of humanity.
A Pioneer of the New Age
Ford's ascent to prominence was no accident. An experienced politician with close ties to the UEC's administrative system, she skillfully negotiated the complex political environment and shown an unparalleled capacity for power consolidation. She was a practical leader driven by the conviction that human expansion was a vital necessity rather than merely an ideological objective.
"Humanity, and therefore earth's systems cannot survive without humanity’s expansion," Ford declared during a private meeting with her closest advisors. "An earth like planet without the need of terraforming is a species-changing event. If we do not look beyond our solar system, eventually we will perish in it. The Celestial Dawn Project is not a gamble. It is an inevitability. We either lead, or we fall."
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