Launch Day was a day marking the "quantum shifting" of the Alibar system: the transportation of Alibar and its sun to a new, empty universe. It took place in July 2421.
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Growing discontent among the Alibar people in the 24th century over other sentient species led to the election of Pret, a leader with extreme isolationist policies. By December 2400, Alibar had withdrawn from the Planetary Union and refused all communications without other worlds. Construction began on a massive Quantum Shifter in space in orbit around their star, a project that would take two decades at enormous expense. The Shifter's quantum engine was capable of producing the power to send the entire system to a new universe where the Alibar would be alone.[1]
The day of the shifting came to be known among the Alibar as Launch Day.[1]
Launch Day successfully took place in July 2421, celebrated by the Alibar who took to the streets with drinking and festivities. Shortly after shifting, a Krill fleet led by Captain Kratok that had unwittingly been transported to the new universe as well, destroyed the Quantum Shifter and attacked Alibar.[1]