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Re: Marathon timeline
Posted By: William SpencerDate: 8/28/01 10:51 a.m.

In Response To: Marathon timeline (Uriel)

: i think i've spotted a mistake in this section.

: it reads: 2886 M Leela's light-speed warning message reaches Earth

: well, this is based on what leela was thinking about the distance from earth
: to tau ceti(92 ly)

: but as described in the "distances" section: "Bungie knows
: where Tau Ceti is. It is the 24th closest star to Sol, at approximately
: 11.5 light years from Earth."
: - Nathan

: , the real distance is much shorter and thus, the message should have arrived
: earlier of course, ca. 2806.

: i hope, i didn't forget anything.

: Uriel

Yep, looks like your math is right. I think this was mentioned before, but it's always fun to bring these up again and shed new light on them...

So, how come Tau Ceti colony is farther away from Earth than Tau Ceti? Did they get lost en route? Did the UESC lie about the actual destination?

Hm, maybe Leela lied about the distance in the terminal post so the compilers wouldn't get the data. After all, if they knew that Earth was 11.5ly away, the Pfhor could easily check everything on that circumferance for inhabited planets. By saying it was 92ly instead, they get sent on a wild goose chase. Leela was messing up dates and distances in the ship's files to confuse the compilers.

"Don't believe everything you read." Right?

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Marathon timelineUriel 8/28/01 12:26 a.m.
     Re: Marathon timelineMartin Antell 8/28/01 12:30 a.m.
           Re: Marathon timelineUriel 8/28/01 12:34 a.m.
                 Re: Marathon timelineMartin Antell 8/28/01 1:18 a.m.
                       Re: Marathon timelineUriel 8/28/01 1:27 a.m.
     Re: Marathon timelineWilliam Spencer 8/28/01 10:51 a.m.
           Re: Marathon timelineUriel 8/28/01 2:48 p.m.
                 Re: Marathon timelineMax Etchemendy 9/1/01 12:18 a.m.
                       Re: Marathon timelineAndrew Nagy 9/3/01 11:23 a.m.
                       Re: Marathon timelineseptimus 9/6/01 10:48 a.m.



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