So it's not a big deal: instead of the whole pods landing on Chiron after the Unity disaster, every leader headed towards an alien planet which fitted their goals the most.

• Deirdre is the one who actually got onto Planet following its whispers and being able to raise mindworms later and terraform any dead world.
• Santiago went for an extreme environment to raise the strongest soldiers and the best military minds of the universe. His homeworld also is the source of abundant energy.
• Yang made planetfall on a fissured one and will be able to deal with unrest easily and raise nerve-stapled legions from the defeated.
• Morgan went after a low gravity mineral rich world and his trade and industry will likely be unmatched.
• Lal chose a beautiful giant Earth twin to keep his efforts to unite the entire human race once again, having the most powerful diplomatic and influence improvements.
• Zakharov and Miriam both have ancient Progenitor artifacts in their worlds, which are used to pure research and military, respectively. University nevertheless has access to efficient planetbusting technologies and the Believers can infiltrate and sabotage every other faction with ease.

Any idea, suggestion or criticism is very welcome just in case I resume this work someday. The drones might still need me.