The Scattering
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The Scattering is a fictional event that takes place in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. When the 3,500 year reign of God Emperor Leto II came to an end with his death, humanity was thrown into chaos. The breakdown of Leto's empire, severe famine on many worlds and the introduction of Ixian navigation machines caused billions of people to leave the settled worlds, striking off into unknown space. This resettlement was one of the goals of Leto and Paul Atreides' Golden Path, a plan for the survival of humanity. The exponential growth in human numbers and colonized planets, combined with the dissemination of Siona Atreides' genes which render their bearer invisible to prescience, ensured humanity's survival by making it impossible for any one force to track down every human in the universe — at least some would survive somewhere.
The Scattering is also used to refer to the region in space in which the people who fled the Famine Times settled. The people who went out into The Scattering are often referred to as the "Lost Ones."
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