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UESC Marathon

Humanity's first and only interstellar colony ship. Three kilometres long. Home to 10,000 colonists.

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Description

The UESC Marathon is humanity's first and only interstellar colony ship — a vessel three kilometres from stem to stern, carrying over ten thousand colonists and managed by three artificial intelligences. Launched from the Sol system, the Marathon has been in stable orbit around Tau Ceti IV for eleven years when the Pfhor attack. The ship becomes a battlefield in the first game and is partially abandoned as Durandal flees to Lh'owon.

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  • Length: 3 km
  • Population: ~10,000 colonists + crew
  • AIs: Leela, Durandal, Tycho
  • Orbit: Tau Ceti IV (2783–2794)

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11 entries
LOG M 2395

The Marathon Project

The UESC buys Deimos and begins converting it into the Marathon.
LOG M 2408 - 2472

Building the Marathon

The Marathon is built over decades amid Martian unrest.
LOG M 2472

Three Minds in the Machine

The Marathon runs on three AIs, one of which, Durandal, is kept in a demeaning role that helps drive his rampancy.
LOG M 2773 - 2794

Arrival and Colony

The Marathon reaches Tau Ceti IV and the colony is founded.
LOG M 2794

Marathon

The Pfhor launch a surprise assault on Tau Ceti.
LOG nM 2795

The Colony Goes Dark

The Pfhor return and annihilate the Marathon and the colony, severing UESC contact with Tau Ceti.
LOG M2 2809

The Battle of Lh'owon

Durandal and the thawed Security Officer begin retaking Lh'owon.
LOG M∞ 2811

The Fate of Three Minds

Durandal reaches metastability of some kind, while Tycho remains trapped in anger and is destroyed. Leela's post-capture chain of sales leads to her rampancy.
LOG nM 2827

New Cascadia's Silence

An unknown attack makes colonists detonate, and New Cascadia's population of 30,000 disappears as the planet declines.
LOG M2 2881

Destruction of the Pfhor Homeworld

Earth forces and the S'pht'Kr sack the Pfhor homeworld.
LOG nM 2893

Corporations Move In

A signal draws major corporations to Tau Ceti to salvage, investigate, and fight by proxy through Runner shells.
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TAU CETI IV

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