Every news report I've read had two Blackhawks in first, followed by several Chinooks loaded with support teams.

Nice post, and plot concept! I've been pondering some of these aspects as well over the years. Representing the Matrix as operating on multiple levels of "reality" might come off as very reminiscent of Inception, but the Matrix movies played with this concept first. I really like your idea of a multigenerational journey to a new home, while cushioned in the Matrix. I think it might be interesting to explore the human survivors having to face actual reality on the new destination planet, unable to survive without the machines that most have been unaware of, and others have grown to hate and resist. The machines would plot how to introduce themselves, and explain the war and their actions to most humans asleep in the Matrix. Meanwhile, those already aware would be faced with the troubling notion of an alliance with the machines.

Completely agree with you on this. Its ridiculous to have to hide other drives for a sensible install.

does that mean we're dead already, and just don't know it yet? *cries*