Ġ5 February 2013 Tau Volantis Expedition ' Tau Volantis was discovered after intense study of the Red Markers, the man-made copies based on the original alien artifact, the Black Marker.

The flotilla was led by Admiral Marjorie Graves, the ground forces by Major General Spencer Mahad and the Science Division by Dr. Seeing this as a chance to bolster the flagging war effort and galvanize support, the Sovereign Colonies Council approved of an expedition to the planet to discover the source of limitless energy powering the Marker replicas. Triangulating the signal using Ptolemy Station, they discovered Tau Volantis. They discovered that the signals being broadcasted by their copies came not from the Markers themselves, but from a signal out in deep space. In 2311, the Science Division of the Sovereign Colonies successfully completed experiments on three Red Markers, copies of the original Black Marker. Background Main article: History of Earth and the colonies Secession War and Marker Research ĭuring the early 2300s, the Armed Forces were embroiled in the Secession War with Secessionists seeking to dissolve the Sovereign Colonies administration and replace them with an Earth-centric government.

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