▁Big ▁J ump , ▁it ▁was ▁recomm ission ed ▁with ▁D ian ne ▁Ste iger ▁as ▁the ▁captain ▁and ▁Ger ald ▁Mac D oug al ▁as ▁the ▁chief ▁science ▁officer . ▁The ▁Director ate ▁of ▁Sp atial ▁Investig ation , ▁form ulated ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁cause ▁and ▁imp lications ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁J ump , ▁ordered ▁the ▁Terra ▁Nova ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁D ys on ▁S phere , ▁but ▁soon ▁after ▁its ▁launch ▁it ▁became ▁apparent ▁that ▁this ▁would ▁be ▁impossible ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁mar aud ing ▁CO RE s ▁in ▁the ▁mult is ystem . ▁Real izing ▁that ▁human ity ▁had ▁few ▁space bor ne ▁resources ▁left ▁after ▁the ▁Big ▁J ump , ▁the ▁captain ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁Terra ▁Nova ▁would ▁not ▁return ▁to ▁Earth , ▁instead ▁waiting ▁a ▁safe ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁attack ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁CO RE s ▁for ▁the ▁time ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁of ▁use ▁to ▁Earth . ▁ ▁The ▁Sol ar ▁System ▁The ▁B elt ▁Community : ▁Being ▁as ▁the ▁astero id ▁bel t ▁is ▁ung overn ably ▁large , ▁the ▁B elt ▁community ▁consists ▁of ▁widely ▁spread ▁independent ▁and ▁corpor ate ▁min ing ▁operations , ▁with ▁Cer es ▁at ▁its ▁core ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁trad ing ▁post . ▁Although ▁conventional ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁throughout ▁the ▁bel t ▁is ▁impossible , ▁Cer es ▁itself ▁is ▁govern ed ▁under ▁the ▁just ▁( if ▁not ▁heavy - hand ed ) ▁watch ▁of ▁the ▁Aut ocrat . ▁Once ▁pl ag ued ▁by ▁rock ▁wars ▁( v icious ▁sk irm ishes