The second starship, AlSahraa' or 'The Desert' in Arabic, set sail from our solar system in 2090 with 30,000 souls aboard. Funded largely by Middle Eastern nations, it came with a more monarchical governance structure; which eventually turned into a royal family by the time the ship arrived at its destination. The ship itself was manned by a diverse crew of desert-dwelling people, the ship had a starkly different target than the previous water-planet bound vessel. Its target, a dry planet with no detected water, necessitated the packing of four times more water than Stjernevandrer. Hopes ran high for the discovery of subterranean water, hinted at by models indicating the planet had water at some point in its history.