Twenty-Second Exodus Fleet

The Twenty-Second Exodus Fleet was part of United Earth's 22nd extra-solar colonization program, following the Pandora, Taurus, Sirius Programs and departed from Lunar-orbit for Barnard's Star in 2124 C.E. with over 10-million colonsts, led by the primary Macross Island-class colony ship UES Riyadh under Captain Layla Beidon.

The Fleet would arrive at their future home in 2127 C.E. and christened Barnard's Star I as Hellion Prime.

Hellion Prime gained its name from the UES Hellion, the original survey ship that charted the Barnard's Star-system and confirmed Barnard's Star I's ability to sustain life. The bulk of the colony’s original population was from Saudi Arabia on Earth, causing a cultural skew towards Arabian trends and traditions that continues to this day.

Riyadh
The primary city section of Twenty-Second Exodus Fleet was clam shaped dome ship Riyadh, named after capital of Saudi Arabia.

Colony Islands
There are at least another 17 Islands within the Twenty-Second Exodus Fleet. Each Island is named after a a major figure in Saudi Arabian history:

Colonization of Hellion Prime
The Twenty-Second Exodus Fleet, led by the colony ship UES Riyadh under Captain Layla Beidon, the fleet of 18 ships completed the three year, 9.5-light year transit to Barnard's Star I, where they delivered the first 10-million colonists on March 29th to the south coast of planet's largest continent of Makkah.

Beidon became the first Councilwoman of the newly christened Hellion Prime and the newly founded capital colony of New Mecca. Hellion Prime gained its name from the UES Hellion, the original survey ship that charted the Barnard's Star -system and confirmed Barnard's Star I's ability to sustain life.

Due to the immense energy wealth from solar power and an eager market to export the energy to nearby worlds in stored batteries, the planet became very important to replenish deep-space crafts.