A chronology of events related to Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon, Marathon 2: Durandal, and Marathon Infinity.
| Date | Day | Time | Source | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c.-6.4E07 | PiD | Unnamed 'god' crashes on the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. | ||
| ???? | M2 | Jjaro disappear from the Milky Way Galaxy - "millions of years ago." | ||
| -3189 | M2 | The Nakh revolt against the Pfhor. | ||
| -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. | ||
| 1811 | M2 | K'lia folds out of the Lh'owon system. 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 Yucatán 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 Yucatán Peninsula. |
| 1994 | 05/08 | 02:00 | PiD | Special Forces team dropped over the Yucatán. Sgt. Eddings' primary parachute fails to open, but the reserve chute opens moments before he crashes through the forest canopy. |
| 1994 | 05/08 | 04:00 | PiD | Sgt. Eddings awakes after the fall, unharmed except for a few bruises. Although most of his equipment is damaged or missing, he heads for the pyramid. |
| 1994 | 05/08 | 06:13 | PiD | Sgt. Eddings enters the pyramid. |
| 1994 | 05/13 | 06:13 | PiD | Dreaming God scheduled to awaken. It is 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 shutdown 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 - Three United Earth Government riot troopers open fire on defenseless rioters at the Misriah food distribution center. Over five hundred starving Martians 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 conversion 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. | |
| 2794 | 10/25 | M2 | 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. | ||
| 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 scheduled to reach Earth. | |
| 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. |
Sources[]
- PiD = Pathways Into Darkness
- M = Marathon
- LNP = Volker Von Müller's Lost Network Packets
- M2 = Marathon 2: Durandal
- M∞ = Marathon Infinity