Project Astra Dominium

It's the year 2249, most resources on earth are nearly depleted and have lead to many conflicts in the past. Despite those crises, humanity made huge progress in the fields of AI, which in turn allowed for enormous advances in space travel. Scientists were even able to create a new kind of engine, which made it possible to travel faster than light. But on the downside humans were not able to survive this way of transportation. In a last desperate attempt and in search for new resources, the EIRO (European Interstellar Resource Organization) built a brand new ship which was only controlled by an AI named "Athena". Hoping that the AI can survive the jump and begin autonomous exploration and exploitation of resources, the ship is launched into an unknown future...