Threatened by Atlantis''''s destruction, the advanced Atlanteans built FTL-equipped Arks and evacuated. An accident damaged one Ark, delaying departure and sending some Atlanteans back to Earth as guardians. The rest developed quantum communication and eventually launched three Arks, leaving one to observe Earth.During the journey, Ark Japhet suffered critical damage, losing communication and navigation, forcing an emergency return to normal space. The other two Arks found its wreckage.Despite the loss, the survivors pressed on. On Ark Japhet before the jump, excitement turned to disaster in hyperspace with violent hull stress. Communication failed, and the ship blindly returned, its systems crippled.