Tau Ceti e
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Tau Ceti e, also known as Planet Tau e (タウ
History
Post-Millennium Series
GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters
At the time thought to be a planet which could support human life, Tau Ceti e was selected alongside Kepler-452b by the United Earth as a suitable home for humanity after the Earth was devastated by Godzilla. In 2048, the Aratrum and Oratio were launched into space to begin the long journey of reaching the two planets, with Tau Ceti e chosen as the Aratrum's destination. Upon arriving at the planet after 22 years of space travel, the Aratrum deployed a Landing Ship containing several elderly volunteers to check if the planet's surface was inhabitable. Captain Haruo Sakaki protested the decision, believing the passengers were coerced into a suicide mission so the Central Committee could lessen the amount of elderly on the ship. Haruo sealed himself inside the landing ship with several explosives and demanded the mission be called off. He was contacted by Daichi Tani, his adoptive grandfather and one of the volunteers, who explained that he and the others were not coerced and really wanted to go to Tau e. Daichi explained that they could no longer tolerate life aboard the Aratrum, and that when he died he wanted it to be on solid land. Haruo was calmed just enough for several soldiers to breach the ship and arrest him. The mission was carried out, with Haruo watching the Landing Ship's descent from his prison cell. Shortly after entering Tau e's atmosphere, the Landing Ship exploded, killing all aboard.
GODZILLA: The Planet Eater
It was highly speculated that the ship going to Tau Ceti-e was purposefully laid with explosives instead of the explosion being a result of the atmosphere. Towards the end of Metphies' mind manipulation of Haruo he reveals that it was he who provided the bombs. Metphies is shown giving a smiling elderly passenger a belt of explosives, both then performing the traditional act of reverence in Exif culture, bowing the head and placing the tips of your fingers on your forehead, implying that many or all of the passengers were followers of the Exif religion.
Haruo is then shown everyone from the ship, smiling, including his grandfather Daichi Tani. Daichi reassures him that they happily gave their lives, saying that if their lives were to be only made up of suffering then the best thing to do would be to end them.
How willing the passengers actually were is debatable, however. Metphies may have altered the vision to convince Haruo to give in to Ghidorah's destruction but given how fanatic followers of Ghidorah can become, it is quite possible that they were eager for death.
Filmography
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)