When the expedition unearthed the corpses of the aliens changed by the Necromorph organism, it wasn't long before that expedition itself succumbed to the influence of the Markers. These conditions complicated vehicular or on-foot travel for research teams and soldiers the combination of strong winds, freezing temperatures and thigh-high snow often stalling travel altogether. Now an "icy backwater planet", the environment of Tau Volantis was harsh, and visited frequently by snow storms. In the face of losing the Secession War, the Sovereign Colonies sent an expedition out to the planet in the hopes of finding the source of the seemingly unlimited Marker energy. Two million years later, in 2311, the human government known as the Sovereign Colonies discovered that the signal being perpetuated by their own Markers came from the lost planet itself. Their efforts were only half successful: the halt of the Convergence Event deep froze the planet into a frozen wasteland, leaving the final life cycle of the Necromorph life form, a sentient moon, incomplete and semi-dormant. However, what few may have resisted the call of the Marker created a Codex which would work in conjunction with a massive terraforming machine. The combined power of the Markers and the inhabitants who had fallen victim to its control triggered a Convergence Event. They seemingly worshiped the Marker and fell under its thrall. Not dissimilar to the inhabitants of Earth, the aliens discovered a Black Marker and soon thereafter began to create copies of the device in a move to harvest its energy. Long ago it was a planet of water, its inhabitants appearing semi-aquatic in nature. Two million years ago, Tau Volantis was the home of an unidentified race of aliens. The remains of an alien next to one of their Red Markers. The aliens observe Tau Volantis' Black Marker. They eliminated themselves like a gangrenous limb, hoping to keep the infection from spreading to us." -Dr.
History Introduction " It is no wonder Tau Volantis chose self-sacrifice.
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