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Operation Exodus

Plan for complete evacuation of Moonbase Alpha, including all equipment which can be removed within the timeframe of the operation.

Operation Exodus appears to be the formal name, but many terminology variants exist, and in some cases is referred to as 'evacuation.'
The plan existed prior to Breakaway, as a "contingency plan" in case of disaster.
Immediately after Breakaway, the plan is brought up for evaluation, but Breakaway has introduced new variables, and expected factors are all void. It seems Operation Exodus had a root assumption that in any considered disaster, the Moon would still be in orbit.
Due to inability to compute a safe return to Earth as the Moon leaves range, leaves it unlikely anyone would survive the attempt, and Commander Koenig decides they should remain on Alpha.
Though not shown (?), the plan is clearly modified at a later point after Breakaway to take into account the Moon's unusual movement through space.
The plan is later strongly considered or put into action on several occasions, either under that name or by implication of other orders.
Early on (at least), the plan is heavily computer-directed. So much so that at Piri, the Guardian took over Main Computer and directed the whole operation (the people also being under the influence of the Guardian by that point).

After Piri, was some of the direction removed from computer and placed back into human hands, or further requirements for human decisions made? (Not that it would have done much good at Piri given the direct influence of the Guardian over humans).

In The Simpsons TV series, there was an Operation Exodus in the 'Life's a Glitch, Then You Die' (?) segment of the Halloween Special in 1999. In the story, there was a old-style rocket for the best and brightest to evacuate to Mars after a Y2K error propagates to the point of mass destruction on Earth.