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	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon
	Posted By: Adam Ashwell	Date: 3/19/04 6:53 p.m.
	In Response To: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon (Ernie) Lookin' good, Ernie. : I'm doing a sweep through WMaiD, and I came to a terminal I believe would : benifit from community fact checking. : Below is a transcription (copy and pasted by yours truly) from one of the : incidental UESC terminals found in an Epilogue level. I invite everyone to : pick appart my definitions, dates, or facts - or to even write your own : and post them here. Who knows, they may wind up in WMaiD. : Thanks in advance everyone, : -Ernie : : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : --UESC|UESGTerm 802.11b --1/1:begin_Relevant_Terms-|-Pronunciation-- : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : File Summary: >Source Index of Terms, Descriptions and Pronunciation of : general U.E.S.C. use: >Known Alien races: Classified: [' null '] : /--Entrys Missing (I included this to account for any alien races that : may/may not be part of the marathon Universe, but may be added after WMaiD : is released) : Jjaro: [' Yah-row '] Mysterious race that disappeared from our galaxy : millions of years ago, leaving behind military and civilian outposts on : the moons and planets of many habitable worlds. : Most Pfhor technology was plundered from sites abandoned by the Jjaro. : Pfhor: [' fore '] Insect-like Slaver species. Evolved in such a way their : lower ranks are more insectoid, and their upper species more sentient. : In 2794 Pfhor attacked the colony ship Marathon, instigating the Human/Pfhor : war, lasting to present. : ----- : Nar: [' Na-rh '] A rather primitive, backwards race. Initial Nar group : encountered by UESC forces were privateers, the Nar have been recorded as : posessing some advanced technology and captured Pfhor ships. How this : species came across this technology is currently unknown. : Nebulon: [' Neb-u-lon '] /--Entry Missing : S'pht: [' Suh-fit '] /--Entry Missing : Vylae: [' V-yail '] /--Entry Missing : >Human Military/Governmental Bodies : U.E.S.C: [or 'Unified Earth Space Council'] Responsible for all Governmental : matters including currency, materials trade, mining, and colonization. : U.E.S.G: [or 'United Earth Space Guard'] Responsible for all Military matters : of the outer colonies; keeping the social order. : U.N.S.C: [or 'United Nations Space Council'] Amalgamated into the U.E.S.C : shortly after the Martian colonist's uprisings pre-2472. : >Common Historical Reference: (note: ERS protocol is specific to WMaiD) : ERS Protocol: Legislature updated by the head director of the U.E.S.G, : stating: "Any U.E.S.G or U.E.S.C ship which encounters possible Jjaro : property, spacecraft, technology or information shall immediately cease : all outgoing transmissions; while taking the most immediate route to the : inner Sol or New Reach systems .../" : U.E.S.C_Marathon: Converted moon Deimos becomes the U.E.S.C. colony ship : Marathon in 2472. 2773- Marathon arrives at Tau Ceti. 2787-Colony : established. 2794- Marathon attacked by Pfhor scoutship. : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : --UESC|UESGTerm 802.11b --1/1:end_Relevant_Terms-|-Pronunciation-- : ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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	Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	Ernie	3/19/04 6:37 p.m.
	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	Adam Ashwell	3/19/04 6:53 p.m.
	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	Yossarian	3/19/04 7:47 p.m.
	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	Ernie	3/20/04 2:32 p.m.
	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	Yossarian	3/20/04 11:04 p.m.
	Re: Ernie wants YOU to clarify Marathon Canon	deathmonger	3/21/04 3:31 p.m.

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