The Rediscovery of Earth

The rediscovery of Earth was made quietly by a single researcher. Compared with the gargantuan achievements, like the taming of space and the construction of the star shells, it was a mere blip. By the time of Earth's rediscovery, humans had diverged considerably from their ancestral forms. Their ancestral birthplace was simply an interesting piece of information, a piece of trivia with which they had lost all ties. Still, a ship was sent forth and landed without ceremony. For now, there was no intelligence left on Earth. Too far away from the main center's population. It had been completely ignored, gone stagnant and feral, but it was still home. When the explorers stepped out