Nimrod

The Nimrod missions were a series of 9 missions (with more missions expected) for the purpose of harvesting the natural resources of Cetrilles, especially minerals buried within the planet.

Planning for the Nimrod missions began immediately after rumors that one of the Aquarius colonies had discovered a mysterious, rare, and expensive material within the planet's crust.

No Nimrod mission had more than 20 people. Because of their small scale, they were all able to land on the tropical islands of Cetrilles and did not need extra funding to be able to be built underwater.

All of the Nimrod missions except for Nimrod IX were very successful. They lasted for 5 years each before returning to the Menaii STaN headquarters. Missions would overlap in time frames, but every mission was destined for its own island several hundred miles from other missions.

Nimrod IX, the only Nimrod mission to fail, crashed because of a navigation system failure. The crew was reported to have died in the crash.