From the Parliamentary Record of Albion Space, Educational Broadcast, House of Resources 

[The following is an excerpt from the public educational archives maintained by the House of Resources, recorded for general distribution across Albion Space and for Terra-side audiences. Transcript lightly edited for readability.] 

There are moments in the life of any civilisation when it becomes necessary to return to first principles. The Commonwealth of Albion was founded by people who understood that the circumstances which make a place habitable are not permanent, and that the capacity to move, when moving becomes necessary, is not a failure of commitment but an expression of it. 

This briefing concerns the Copernicus expedition: a proposal, now formally before both chambers of Parliament, to revive and implement the original colony mission for which the marcher-ships of Albion Space were built.