The Constitution of the
Legacy Vision Trust

Section 1. The Prime Directive.

The sole and inviolable mission of the Legacy Vision Trust is To Settle a World Worth Living On. This directive shall be interpreted as the financing, development, and execution of interstellar missions with the express goal of establishing a self-sustaining, thriving branch of human civilization on a habitable, Earth-like exoplanet.

Section 2. The Principle of Thriving.

The mission is not one of mere survival. The Trust shall prioritize destinations and strategies that offer the highest probability for a future society to flourish—with breathable atmospheres, liquid water, and an environment where humanity can live without permanent, large-scale life-support infrastructure.

Section 3. Mission Purity.

No action shall be taken by the Trust that prioritizes profit, political gain, or any other objective above the Prime Directive. The Trust's resources are irrevocably dedicated to this single purpose.

Section 1. The Governing Body.

Upon conversion to a non-profit entity, all powers of the Legacy Vision Trust shall be vested in a Board of Trustees. The Board of Directors and all shareholder rights of the former private entity are hereby dissolved. The Board of Trustees holds the ultimate fiduciary duty to this Constitution and the Mission Mandate.

Section 2. Composition of the Board.

The Board shall consist of seven Trustees. These individuals must be of unimpeachable integrity and global standing.

• Eligibility: Candidates shall be esteemed former world leaders (e.g., presidents, prime ministers of nations consistently ranking in the top quartile of the Corruption Perceptions Index for over 20 years), Nobel laureates, or pioneers in relevant fields such as astrophysics, biotechnology, ethics, and long-term finance.
• Nomination and Confirmation: New Trustees shall be nominated by a simple majority of the existing Board and must be confirmed by a supermajority of six of the seven Trustees.
• Term Limits: Trustees shall serve a single, non-renewable term of 10 years. Terms shall be staggered to ensure continuity.

Section 3. Powers and Limitations.

The Board is empowered to manage the Trust's assets, oversee its operations, and make all strategic decisions necessary to fulfill the Mission Mandate. The Board is explicitly forbidden from taking any action that violates this Constitution.

Section 1. The Operational Cap.

The total annual operational budget of the Legacy Vision Trust shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the total Assets Under Management (AUM) as calculated at the beginning of each fiscal year. This is a cap, not a target; fiscal prudence is paramount.

Section 2. Balanced Budget Mandate.

The Trust is forbidden from operating at a deficit. All operational expenses must be covered by the funds allocated under the 1% AUM cap. The Trust is forbidden from incurring debt for any purpose.

Section 3. Investment Philosophy.

The AUM of the Trust shall be managed with a primary goal of capital preservation and stable, long-term growth. The investment strategy shall be diversified across broad market indices and other low-risk, long-horizon assets. High-risk, speculative investments are forbidden.

Section 4. The Contingency Fund.

The Board may allocate up to ten percent (10%) of the annual operational budget to a separate Contingency Fund. This fund is reserved for mitigating unforeseen, existential threats to the Trust or its mission.

Section 1. Activation.

The Genesis Protocol—the process of creating and endowing a future descendant—shall be initiated for each Founder's Trust upon the completion of its 100-year growth phase.

Section 2. Ethical Guidelines.

The creation of a human embryo shall be conducted under the strictest ethical guidelines. The pairing of a Founder's genetic material with an oocyte shall prioritize genetic health, diversity, and the expressed wishes of the Founder, where recorded.

Section 3. The Beneficiary's Endowment.

The assets of a Genesis Trust are terrestrial and serve a terrestrial purpose: to fund the research, development, construction, and launch of the interstellar mission. The "endowment" for each descendant is not financial, but existential: a fully secured and prepared place on an Ark destined for a new world, and the education and support required to become a successful pioneer. The Trust's assets are the means to build the ship; the descendant's inheritance is the journey itself.

Section 1. Destination Selection.

The selection of a target exoplanet shall require a supermajority vote of the Board and must be based on a minimum of 20 years of continuous, high-fidelity data confirming its habitability and stability.

Section 2. The Principle of Non-Interference.

Should a target world show credible signs of indigenous life, the Trust shall operate under a strict protocol of non-interference. The mission's primary goal shall shift from colonization to observation, unless and until a method of co-existence without contamination or disruption can be guaranteed.

Section 3. The Handover Protocol.

All missions shall be designed with a clear protocol for the transition of governance from the ship's AI and the LVT to the human colonists. The ultimate goal is the establishment of a free, independent, and self-governing society.

Section 1. Amendment.

This Constitution may only be amended by a vote of all seven Trustees of the Board. A proposed amendment must be publicly announced and debated for a period of no less than five years. A second, final confirmation vote, also requiring unanimity, must then be held.

Section 2. Dissolution and the Terrestrial Contingency.

The Legacy Vision Trust is intended to exist in perpetuity. Dissolution is only possible under one condition: the unanimous agreement by the Board of Trustees that the Mission Mandate has become permanently and physically impossible to achieve.

In the event of such a declaration, the Prime Directive shall be superseded by the Terrestrial Contingency. This action shall invoke the "Birth On Earth" Protocol, a separate and distinct charter governing the Trust's new mission to fulfill its promise to the Founders on Earth.

Under this Protocol, the Trust will initiate the Genesis Protocol for all Founders' descendants, gestating them on Earth. The assets of each individual Genesis Trust will be preserved and managed until its respective beneficiary reaches the age of twenty-five (25), at which point the entirety of that trust's assets will be transferred directly to them.

This ensures that even if the journey to the stars is impossible, the legacy of each Founder is realized in a descendant given the best possible start to life on Earth. The assets shall never be distributed to any other individual, corporation, or government.