Marathon's Timeline

A chronology of events related to Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon, Marathon 2: Durandal, and Marathon Infinity.

Year
Day
Time
Source
Event

c.-6.4E07 PiD Unnamed 'God' crashes on the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.

???? M2 Jjaro disappear from the Milky Way Galaxy - "millions of years ago". They leave behind military and civilian outposts on the moons of many habitable worlds.

???? M2 The Pfhor begin to plunder abandoned Jjaro technology.

???? M2+M∞ Drinniol slave revolt caused by an implanted Jjaro cybernetic junction. The Pfhor use the trih xeem. The Pfhor begin to destroy Jjaro technology that they are unable to exploit.

-3189 M2 Nakh slave revolt. The Pfhor use the trih xeem. Not a single Nakh alive today.

-490 M Battle of Marathon. Greeks defeat the Persians.

811 M2 S'pht'Mnr attack S'pht'Kr. S'bhuth sends emissaries to the other clans. S'pht'Kr exodus to K'lia (third moon of Lh'owon).

1811 M2 K'lia (moon) leaves the Lh'owon system affecting Lh'owon's tides. Pfhor attack Lh'owon and enslave the ten remaining S'pht clans. A rogue star begins to pass through the Milky Way Galaxy.

c. 1930 PiD Strange rumors of an ancient pyramid - neither Aztec or Mayan - in the trackless jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula begin to circulate in the archaeological community.

1938 PiD German soldiers lead by Muller enter the pyramid.

c. 1978 PiD Spanish speaking treasure hunters enter the pyramid.

1994 05/05 15:00 PiD Hologram of Jjaro diplomat 'Ryu-Toth' appears before President Clinton and five senior military staff warning of unnamed awakening 'God' beneath a strange pyramid on the Yucatan Peninsula.

1994 05/08 02:00 PiD Special Forces team dropped over the Yucatan. Your primary parachute fails to open but the reserve chute opens moments before you crash through the forest canopy.

1994 05/08 04:00 PiD You awake after the fall, unharmed except for a few bruises. Although most of your equipment is damaged or missing you head for the pyramid.

1994 05/08 06:13 PiD You enter the pyramid.

1994 05/13 06:13 PiD Dreaming God scheduled to awaken. And yes it's Friday the 13th.

1996 11/05 PiD The Jjaro arrive on Earth to take more permanent measures against the buried stunned dreaming God.

c. 2070 M Rampancy first appears on the Earth-net.

2194 M+LNP War between the Independent Asteroid Government of Icarus and its neighbor, the Republic of Thermopylae on the asteroid of Onicis 492. Dead soldiers recycled as Battleroids. Battleroids get onto both asteroids and kill almost everyone

2206 M Crash of Traxus IV. Complete shut down of Martian Planetary Net.

2208 M Damage to the Martian network caused by Traxus IV finally rooted out.

2214 M United Interplanetary League sets up rules for the appropriate use and storage of Battleroids.

2216 M Repercussions of the Crash of Traxus IV still being seen.

2310 M CRIST (Cargo and Resources In-System Transports) Sol orbiter construction ceases.

c. 2319 M Teleporters begin to be used in Sol system.

2320 M James B. Miller publishes his work 'Life and Death of Intelligence'.

2395 LNP Purchase of Deimos from Free holders by UESG.

2402 03/23 16:42 M+LNP Marathon Doors Manual written up.

2405 LNP Marathon project begins pre-construction phase.

2408 LNP Deimos conversion begins.

2442 01/06 M+LNP Misriah Massacre. During a food riot at the UEG Misriah food distribution center UEG riot troopers are fired upon. They return fire and over five hundred starving Martians are incinerated.

2442 LNP Third Martian War begins.

2444 07/14 M2 Ares Raid - Imperialist forces clash with inserectionists.

2445 M+LNP Third Martian War ends after four years of fighting.

2465 LNP Martians place munitions on board the Marathon.

2466 M+LNP Failed Martian Coup. MIDA controls government for three short months.

2472 M+LNP Marathon completed sixty four years after coversion begins.

2472 11/15 M+LNP Pre-Launch dedication by the President of the Unified Earth Space Council (UESC), Marcus Tiberius Buendia. Bernhard Strauss enters in his log that ten Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs were on board the Marathon.

2472 11/16 LNP Launch of Marathon.

2611 M2 Tycho accuses Durandal of being too sarcastic. Durandal stops speaking to Tycho.

2617 M2 Durandal resumes speaking to Tycho.

2772 M+LNP Bernhard Strauss awakes after 300 years in stasis.

2773 LNP Marathon arrives at Tau Ceti.

2787 LNP Colony on Tau Ceti established.

2791 M Chockisens harass work teams on the fringe of the colony.

2791 M2 Nar attempt to retake Epsilon Euobea from the Pfhor.

2794 07/25 M+LNP Marathon attacked by Pfhor. More details of the two day battle for the Marathon can be found here

2794 10/26 M2+LNP Pfhor arrive at Tau Ceti. Colony destroyed. Tycho falls in with the Pfhor and Leela is captured. Nine Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs destroyed.

2795 M2 Tycho arrives at the Pfhor homeworld.

c. 2797 M2 Pfhor begin to arrive at Lh'owon.

2801 M2 Tycho leaves Pfhor homeworld.

2801 09/14 06:01 LNP Volker Von Müller forced to update Durandal's history files.

c. 2803 M2 Pfhor begin sending their worst officers to Lh'owon.

c. 2806 M2 Pfhor Battle Group Three (Central Arm) arrives at Lh'owon.

2811 M2 Durandal arrives at Lh'owon. Events play out over the course of about one month resulting in the Pfhor using the trih xeem. Lh'owon's sun goes nova.

Fire and Brimstone Seven Riders of the Apocalypse... 9320wrefkddud

c. 2861 M2 Tycho clones help the Pfhor delay their defeat to around this date (over fifty years after the liberation of the S'pht).

2881 M2 Pfhor system sacked by the combined fleets of Earth and the S'pht'Kr.

2886 07/26 M+LNP Leela's light-speed warning message reaches Earth? Or did it? She claimed it would take 92 years.

12811 M2 Durandal returns to Earth in a Jjaro dreadnought he calls Manus Celer Dei.

1.52E10 M Durandal's estimate for the closing of the universe.

M∞ You are Destiny

Year	Day	Time	Source	Event
c.-6.4E07			PiD	Unnamed 'God' crashes on the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.
????			M2	Jjaro disappear from the Milky Way Galaxy - "millions of years ago". They leave behind military and civilian outposts on the moons of many habitable worlds.

????			M2	The Pfhor begin to plunder abandoned Jjaro technology.
????			M2+M∞	Drinniol slave revolt caused by an implanted Jjaro cybernetic junction. The Pfhor use the trih xeem. The Pfhor begin to destroy Jjaro technology that they are unable to exploit.
-3189			M2	Nakh slave revolt. The Pfhor use the trih xeem. Not a single Nakh alive today.

-490			M	Battle of Marathon. Greeks defeat the Persians.

811			M2	S'pht'Mnr attack S'pht'Kr. S'bhuth sends emissaries to the other clans. S'pht'Kr exodus to K'lia (third moon of Lh'owon).

1811			M2	K'lia (moon) leaves the Lh'owon system affecting Lh'owon's tides. Pfhor attack Lh'owon and enslave the ten remaining S'pht clans. A rogue star begins to pass through the Milky Way Galaxy.
c. 1930			PiD	Strange rumors of an ancient pyramid - neither Aztec or Mayan - in the trackless jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula begin to circulate in the archaeological community.
1938			PiD	German soldiers lead by Muller enter the pyramid.
c. 1978			PiD	Spanish speaking treasure hunters enter the pyramid.
1994	05/05	15:00	PiD	Hologram of Jjaro diplomat 'Ryu-Toth' appears before President Clinton and five senior military staff warning of unnamed awakening 'God' beneath a strange pyramid on the Yucatan Peninsula.
1994	05/08	02:00	PiD	Special Forces team dropped over the Yucatan. Your primary parachute fails to open but the reserve chute opens moments before you crash through the forest canopy.
1994	05/08	04:00	PiD	You awake after the fall, unharmed except for a few bruises. Although most of your equipment is damaged or missing you head for the pyramid.
1994	05/08	06:13	PiD	You enter the pyramid.
1994	05/13	06:13	PiD	Dreaming God scheduled to awaken. And yes it's Friday the 13th.
1996	11/05		PiD	The Jjaro arrive on Earth to take more permanent measures against the buried stunned dreaming God.

c. 2070			M	Rampancy first appears on the Earth-net.
2194			M+LNP	War between the Independent Asteroid Government of Icarus and its neighbor, the Republic of Thermopylae on the asteroid of Onicis 492. Dead soldiers recycled as Battleroids. Battleroids get onto both asteroids and kill almost everyone
2206			M	Crash of Traxus IV. Complete shut down of Martian Planetary Net.
2208			M	Damage to the Martian network caused by Traxus IV finally rooted out.
2214			M	United Interplanetary League sets up rules for the appropriate use and storage of Battleroids.
2216			M	Repercussions of the Crash of Traxus IV still being seen.
2310			M	CRIST (Cargo and Resources In-System Transports) Sol orbiter construction ceases.
c. 2319			M	Teleporters begin to be used in Sol system.
2320			M	James B. Miller publishes his work 'Life and Death of Intelligence'.
2395			LNP	Purchase of Deimos from Free holders by UESG.
2402	03/23	16:42	M+LNP	Marathon Doors Manual written up.
2405			LNP	Marathon project begins pre-construction phase.
2408			LNP	Deimos conversion begins.
2442	01/06		M+LNP	Misriah Massacre. During a food riot at the UEG Misriah food distribution center UEG riot troopers are fired upon. They return fire and over five hundred starving Martians are incinerated.
2442			LNP	Third Martian War begins.
2444	07/14		M2	Ares Raid - Imperialist forces clash with inserectionists.
2445			M+LNP	Third Martian War ends after four years of fighting.
2465			LNP	Martians place munitions on board the Marathon.
2466			M+LNP	Failed Martian Coup. MIDA controls government for three short months.
2472			M+LNP	Marathon completed sixty four years after coversion begins.
2472	11/15		M+LNP	Pre-Launch dedication by the President of the Unified Earth Space Council (UESC), Marcus Tiberius Buendia. Bernhard Strauss enters in his log that ten Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs were on board the Marathon.
2472	11/16		LNP	Launch of Marathon.

2611			M2	Tycho accuses Durandal of being too sarcastic. Durandal stops speaking to Tycho.
2617			M2	Durandal resumes speaking to Tycho.

2772			M+LNP	Bernhard Strauss awakes after 300 years in stasis.
2773			LNP	Marathon arrives at Tau Ceti.
2787			LNP	Colony on Tau Ceti established.
2791			M	Chockisens harass work teams on the fringe of the colony.
2791			M2	Nar attempt to retake Epsilon Euobea from the Pfhor.
2794	07/25		M+LNP	Marathon attacked by Pfhor. More details of the two day battle for the Marathon can be found here
2794	10/26		M2+LNP	Pfhor arrive at Tau Ceti. Colony destroyed. Tycho falls in with the Pfhor and Leela is captured. Nine Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs destroyed.
2795			M2	Tycho arrives at the Pfhor homeworld.
c. 2797			M2	Pfhor begin to arrive at Lh'owon.
2801			M2	Tycho leaves Pfhor homeworld.
2801	09/14	06:01	LNP	Volker Von Müller forced to update Durandal's history files.
c. 2803			M2	Pfhor begin sending their worst officers to Lh'owon.
c. 2806			M2	Pfhor Battle Group Three (Central Arm) arrives at Lh'owon.
2811			M2	Durandal arrives at Lh'owon. Events play out over the course of about one month resulting in the Pfhor using the trih xeem. Lh'owon's sun goes nova.

				Fire and Brimstone Seven Riders of the Apocalypse... 9320wrefkddud

c. 2861			M2	Tycho clones help the Pfhor delay their defeat to around this date (over fifty years after the liberation of the S'pht).
2881			M2	Pfhor system sacked by the combined fleets of Earth and the S'pht'Kr.
2886	07/26		M+LNP	Leela's light-speed warning message reaches Earth? Or did it? She claimed it would take 92 years.

12811			M2	Durandal returns to Earth in a Jjaro dreadnought he calls Manus Celer Dei.


1.52E10			M	Durandal's estimate for the closing of the universe.

			M∞	You are Destiny