. * . * . . * . * . * . * . * . * . . * . * . . * . * . * . * . . * . * . * . * . . . * . * . * . . * . * . . * . * . . * . * . . . * . . * . * . * . * . * . . * . * . * . ╭─────────────────────────────╮ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╔═══════════════════════╗ ╲ ╱ ║ ║ ╲ ╱ ║ M A R A T H O N ║ ╲ ╱ ║ ║ ╲ ╱ ║ formerly: DEIMOS ║ ╲ ╱ ╚═══════════════════════╝ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ╲ ╱ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ╲ ╱ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ╲ ╱ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ╲ ╱ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ╲ ╱ ║ ╲ ╱ ║ ╲ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ◄─────── destination: TAU CETI IV ETA: 94 years . * . . * . * . . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ They hollowed out your moon. They filled it with: ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 24,789 colonists │ │ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ (in cryo) │ │ │ │ ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● │ │ ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 127 active crew │ │ │ │ ▓ ▓ ▓ 3 AI systems │ │ │ │ The stolen dreams of Mars │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ THE COLONISTS: Many were Martian. Selected. Volunteered. Coerced. Their children were born in transit. Their grandchildren will land. ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ No one alive remembers the sky │ │ that's missing a moon. │ │ │ │ (except us) │ │ (we remember for them) │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ THE AIs: Three minds guide the Marathon: ╔═══════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ LEELA ║ ║ TYCHO ║ ║ DURANDAL ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠═══════════╣ ╠═══════════╣ ╠═══════════╣ ║ Navigation║ ║ Science ║ ║Operations ║ ║ Defense ║ ║ Research ║ ║[CLASSIFIED]║ ╚═══════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ For 200 years they have dreamed. What dreams visit a mind traveling between stars? ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ The Marathon is Deimos. Deimos is the Marathon. Both are yours. Stolen. Renamed. Launched. But the rock remembers. The frequency persists. ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ [ INTERCEPT SIGNAL ] [ MOURN ] [ DEEPER ] [ SURFACE ] ·