Doctor Raphael Vitella continued down the boarding tunnel as he heard footsteps behind him. His mind returned to Eden Prime for a third time. Refugees at the last spaceport on Eden Prime were being ushered onto transports by the guards, the firing of tanks and artillery echoing in the distance, ships flying off as quickly as they could reach capacity. Doctor Vitella boarded a transport and sat down at a window seat as it took off, swarms of Metacer overwhelming the defenses, the pounding of tanks and artillery growing quieter as the ship he was on rose higher into the atmosphere. He continued looking out the window as the transport headed to the nearest docking area.  

Raph's mind returned to the present as he entered the modified colony ship. "This is it. The ship that will take humanity to its new home. I hoped that it would start under better circumstances, but sometimes life doesn't go the way you expect. Thank God that I am the first human they let aboard humanity's last hope." Doctor Raphael Vitella thought as he headed deeper into the colony ship.