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 solve humanity's resource crisis as well as 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 Markers.

Triangulating the signal using Ptolemy Station, they discovered Tau Volantis. They discovered that the signals being broadcasted by these 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, replicas of Earth's Black Marker.

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.

05 February 2013 Formation, Secession War and Marker Research įormed at some point in the 23rd century following mankind's expansion to space, the SCAF was the military arm responsible for patrolling and protecting Earth and its territories in a time when space travel was limited and required large investments of money and materials.

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