#TheThe posed question is about AFTERafter landing on the new planet...#
In the given scenario, we're limited by "current technology" and we need to travel by 500 years. Even Even if shipthe ship's crew is safe, the earthEarth will have changed (yet live?!), so going back to earthEarth is worthless.
And it was said that all needed resources are supplied by the ship.
So, the next steps:
1. Mix up (over power?) with local life forms;
2. Create hybrids (dress up?) with local life forms, especially the intelligent ones.
- Mix up (over power?) with local life forms;
- Create hybrids (dress up?) with local life forms, especially the intelligent ones.
We need to mix up with new life forms, if they're "intelligent", or we can dominate them, if they're "not intelligent".
BestThe best way to profit from the new environmentenvironment's resources is some type of mutation (actually some thingsomething expected after so many years traveling in space, even in cryogenic sleep).