Event · era
The Lantern Probes
2120s–2200s
Fleets of laser-sail probes reach Alpha Centauri and later Teegarden.
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The Lantern Probes (2120s–2200s). Fleets of laser-sail probes reach Alpha Centauri and later Teegarden, returning images decades after launch. Seeing a real other world changes politics at home.