The Alpha Age begins with the launch of the multigenerational spaceship Last Frontier into space at the first of January 2421 and end with the crash landing of the human pioneers on the planet VOI 700 D in the year 2625.

The Alpha Age is followed by the Beta Age.

The Alpha Age is primarily characterized by the following factors:

• The hope of finding a new home for humanity as their home planet, Earth, threatens to collapse under the effects of man-made climate change.

• The social experiment of 25.000 people traveling and living together for the first time in a multigenerational spaceship as a new form of community of destiny.

• The unplanned incidents on the Last Frontier's journey that lead to a decade-long extension of the mission as well as a new destination.

• In the year 2400, due to the increasing deterioration of living conditions on Earth, a cooperation of several countries on Earth, led by the European Union, decides to launch an ambitious space project: the so-called Last Frontier Project, whose goal is to bring 25,000 selected people to the Earth-like planet Trapist-1, 40 light years away.

• At the first of January 2421, after 21 years of research, the Last Frontier launches from the European Spaceport Kourou in North Africa towards Trapist-1 with 25.000 brave pioneers on board. Since the Last Frontier has a cruising speed of half the speed of light, the Last Frontier is scheduled to land on Trapist-1 80 years later.

Star System Trappist-1 - 2501 AD.: 80 years after leaving Earth, the Last Frontier finally reaches Trappist-1. Of the pioneers who left in 2421, only about 10 percent are still alive. But since many of them have had two children and some of the children already have children of their own, there are now about 30,000 people on board, impatiently awaiting the landing. At this moment the spaceship is suddenly hit by tremendous pressure waves! Where these pressure waves come from remains unexplained. But the damage is immense: About 10,000 pioneers lose their lives, large parts of the spaceship are devastated and the Last Frontier loses contact with Earth. Nevertheless, the crew manages to escape into the vastness of space. But what now? Should they return to their destroyed earth or continue to another earth like planet, 62 light years away (in their speed; 124 y.), to provide a better home for their descendants? Since earth offers no future, the survivors choose option two.

VOI 700 D - 2625 AD.: 
124 years after the Last Frontier was driven from TRAPIST-1 by a mysterious force, the crew arrives at VOI 700 D. Since the spaceship's automatic landing system could not be fully repaired, the manual landing turns out to be much more difficult than planned. While landing, the ship crashes and a fire breaks out on board, destroying large parts of the spaceship. A return to Earth or an onward flight are thus ruled out for the time being …