Poem: And thus, the UESC Marathon left Sol.

Oneshot: The Pfhor Empire had fallen, and Tau Ceti lay abandoned. In the power vacuum, salvagers - Runners, if you will - had the spoils of the universe to reap.

Bernhard Strauss, before the invasion of the Marathon - and during. T for language, canon-typical violence, and dark themes.

Oneshot: The journey to Tau Ceti gave Leela plenty of time to think.

Poem: It was a long way to Tau Ceti.

Oneshot: All things considered, Tycho accusing Durandal of being too sarcastic was the straw that broke the camal's back.

Short fics about their continuing adventures in the galaxy at large, set in the same continuity as "The Future Starts Slow." T for language, any further warnings/summaries will be included in each story's author's notes.

It doesn't pay to let a Rampant AI get bored. T for swearing and implied offscreen drunk sex (not involving Durandal, don't worry).

In 2194, a war was fought between the Independent Asteroid Government of Icarus and its neighbor, the Republic of Thermopylae on the asteroid of Onicis 492. My take on how the asteroid wars mentioned in Marathon played out, canon to my mashup universe.

Poem: "Oddly, this is familiar to you, as if it were from an old dream, but you can't exactly remember..."

Oneshot: Even AIs have to pay the bills.

The conditioning of the security officer for Tycho's purposes requires some extra effort. And pain. Takes place before and during Infinity's "Naw Man He's Close" timeline; M for torture.

Sometimes, you go to the desert to find monsters. A magical desert AU.

The rampage of the Battleroid was short-lived - but memorable. M for violence and dark themes.

It doesn't take ten thousand years for the security officer's path to cross with humanity again - but his reaction to running into human soldiers is a surprise even to himself. T for swearing and canon-typical violence.

After Marathon 2, Durandal plans to seek out a rogue star traveling through the galaxy as part of his grand scheme to find the Jjaro and escape the closure of the universe. The security officer is invited along and agrees - on a couple of conditions. But before they go exploring, there's one little thing they'll have to take care of first... T for swearing/violence. COMPLETE.

Robert Blake was one of the original Tau Ceti colonists. He narrowly escaped death after being stuck aboard the Marathon when the Pfhor attacked, and then led the human forces working for Durandal on Lh'owon. All along, he had to watch as his friends were killed one by one. Now he's back on Mars again, and the UESC wants him to explain what happened.

Ca'naan is just like any other S'pht Compiler - he is a slave. His mind is not under his control: the Pfhor could make him do whatever they want him to. But now, he is going to get a first taste of what it is to be free.

Durandal's quest for Jjaro technology takes the security officer and the S'pht to a planet inhabited by an avian race - a planet that also happens to be a hot tourist destination. There are consequences. Wingfic, gen, T for swearing and slight body horror.

Three hundred years is a long to spend on a spaceship, and the humans who can't sleep their way to their destination have to entertain themselves somehow. Durandal just wishes it was actually entertaining.

When half the life-support systems are out and the temperature is dropping rapidly, desperate measures are sometimes called for. Blanketfic, sort of.

Oneshot: Binary. As in, the type of code AIs used. As in, composed of two pieces, or two parts. As in, those pieces or parts being linked. As in, pieces or parts that included Leela and the security officer she guided through the 'Marathon'. Two pieces. Two parts. And in her mind, drawing ever closer...

Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe. – Durandal, "Colony Ship For Sale, Cheap"

Infinity fix-it; maybe the security officer doesn't want to go. T for language and spoilers for Infinity, naturally.

Durandal wakes up the security officer with the news that by S'pht custom, they're married. He takes it about as well as could be expected. T for cursing and lots of it; post-Marathon 2 timeline (W'rkncacnter, what W'rkncacnter?).