Mission Team Alpha

Mission Team Alpha, also known as the Primes, was a team of settlers sent by the Eligius Corporation to study site Alpha. They were brought to the site on the Eligius III and were led by Mr. Lightbourne. Generations later, they built their society at The Palace inside of the radiation shield, to protect themselves from the outside threat.

Background
Eligius Corporation wanted to find new worlds to tap for oil after Earth had been depleted dry of all of its oil. Eligius III was sent to colonize and study five sites. The first phase was to survive, which included studying the lifeforms on the new world. The second phase was to populate, i.e. to build a sanctuary for the human race. For this reason, the team consisted of families and embryos were sent to further increase the population. Mission Team Alpha was the team sent to site Alpha, a moon in a binary star system. Due to the radiation caused by the two suns, all members of the team were given Nightblood. However, according to Emori, she says that the radiation levels on Alpha, are good.

Outpost
The group first settled in a wooded area. They were supplied with motorcycles, guns, suits with masks, building supplies, fuel, food, water, and other materials.

On day 21, Josephine Lightbourne suggests the name "Sanctum" for the moon and her dad, Mr. Lightbourne, agrees. Later, Josephine is hanging out with Gabriel Santiago when they notice the bugs going quite. The suns are eclipsing and the pair head back to camp. There, Mr. Lightbourne is in a murderous rampage. He kills his wife and and eight other inhabitants.

Mission
Phase One of the mission was to test whether or not a settlement could successfully survive on each habitable world. Phase Two was to populate the colony using embryos. Supplies such as motorcycles, nightblood, guns, food, water, building supplies and other materials were given to each group to try to survive.

The alpha mission successfully built a settlement and a radiation tower after learning about the eclipse and the bugs.

Members
Since the mission took place over two hundred years ago, all members of the original mission are presumed deceased.

Notes and Trivia

 * Mission Team Alpha are presumable the ancestors to the Sanctum Citizens living on the moon in 2281.
 * The blueprints in Mr. Lightbourne's tent are used to create the settlement first seen in "Sanctum".
 * Gabriel was the first to notice that the suns eclipse.