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===A Brief History On How Mars Got Fucked Over===

In the early 25th Century, Mars was living in a golden age, thanks to the 5 small-moon-sized space freighters called CRISTs Sol Orbiters (short for Cargo and Resources In-System Transports) transferring goods and stuff between it and Earth. Times were good, until the one of the damn things started to break down, and due to their ridiculous size, it took fifteen years to fix one, occupying a good chunk of Earth shipyards. Stupidly, the people responsible for these vital trade vehicles let the freighters rot in the meantime. Mars was heavily dependent on these ships, and with one out of commission and the others neglected, the planet dipped into a planetary economic crisis and famine, turning a once prosperous society into a giant slum of massive proportion. The Unified Earth Space Council (UESC; then UEG, Unified Earth Government) attempted to restore order, but one hunger-riot-turned-massacre-turned-revolution-turned-dictatorship later they came down HARD on the rebellion and then abandoned Mars after deeming it a lost cause.

And during all of this, Mars' moon Deimos was converted into a colony ship, named Marathon. Equipped with three AIs, Leela (General Command), Tycho (Science and Engineering) and Durandal (Small-time jobs, like opening doors), the good ship Marathon begun its 301-year journey towards Tau Ceti.