Ark

The Arks were spaceships that were designed and built by Project Exodus to carry the Azken Empire colonists to the Milky Way galaxy.

Overview
In appearance, the Arks were whale shaped with at least two rings underneath.

The rings contained the quarters and stasis pods for the crew, who were meant to be awakened when the Arks reached the Milky Way.

The whale-like section above was known as the Cryo Bay, which was where colonists were kept until they could be revived from stasis.

History
After the first battle between the Azkens and the Kantharans, a group of senators met and concluded that a war between the two empires would destroy them both. As a result, they commissioned some of the Azken Empire's best minds to create the ships of Project Exodus.

In 1859, the Arks entered the Sol system, where they started observing the planet Earth as a potential colony site. However, a geomagnetic storm caused the Arks to malfunction and they crash-landed in areas around the world.