Humankind’s greatest adventure is but mere decades away. In this century, unmanned space probes equipped with artificial intelligence will be sent to search for life on planets beyond our solar system. But what happens when we find it?

Darwin IV, located 6.5 light years from Earth, has two suns and 60 percent of Earth’s gravity. Having identified Darwin IV as an environment that may support life, Earth sends an unmanned pilot mission consisting of a “mother ship” – dubbed the Von Braun – and three probes, the Balboa, the da Vinci and the Newton. Their goal is to