Thirteenth Exodus Fleet

The Thirteenth Exodus Fleet was part of United Earth's thirteenth extra-solar colonization program, following the Pandora, Taurus, Sirius Programs and departed from Lunar orbit for Xi Boötis in 2117 C.E. with over 10-million colonsts, led by the primary Macross Island-class colony ship UES Kalu Rinpoche under Captain Choegyal Kunchen.

The Fleet would arrive at their future home in 2121 C.E. and found christened Xi Boötis III as Samsara.

While the colonists were widely diverse, the bulk of the colony’s original population was from Tibetan Buddhism on Earth, causing a cultural skew towards Buddhism trends and traditions that continues to this day.

Kalu Rinpoche
The primary city section of Thirteenth Exodus Fleet was clam shaped dome ship UES Kalu Rinpoche, named after the Buddhist monk, meditation master, scholar and teacher, one of the first Tibetan masters to teach in the West.

Colony Islands
There are at least another 18 Islands within the Thirteenth Exodus Fleet. Each Island was named after one of the 18 historical Tibetan Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools:

Colonization of Samsara
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