Major Victory, was the leader of the original Guardians of the Galaxy.
Vance was put into suspended animation and a special skin-preserver to prevent him from aging, and he eventually arrived at his destination, Centauri IV, 10 centuries later.
Now living a millennium in the future with new telekinetic powers, Vance decided to keep carrying out his original mission, and that led him to eventually meeting the other original Guardians and forming the team.
However, by that point humanity had already lived on Centauri IV for centuries thanks to faster-than-light travel technology, and they’d been unable to intercept Vance’s ship beforehand.