The Red Markers with their research teams are covertly deployed together to isolated worlds including Aspera, Kreemar and Aegis VII to test them.They are believed to be a source of limitless power and a solution to the resource crisis that plagues mankind. The result is a series of near-perfect replicas that are dubbed Red Markers. The Sovereign Colonies researchers successfully reverse-engineer the Black Marker.

The events of Dead Space: Catalyst take place.March 15, 2215: Michael Altman is assassinated, becoming a martyr for the fledgling Church of Unitology which eventually grows to become the single largest religion in human space.Michael Altman reveals the existence of the Black Marker to the public against the government's wishes.The Black Marker is discovered on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, with the researchers determining that it is a source of limitless energy.The events of Dead Space: Martyr take place.The New Horizons Lunar Colony is built on the Moon.The Tau Volantis aliens become extinct.The aliens construct a Machine, flash freezing Tau Volantis and halting the Convergence Event.The Black Marker triggers a Convergence Event by creating a Brethren Moon.The aliens build Red Markers across the planet's surface in the hopes of harboring more energy for their uses.

The alien inhabitants of Tau Volantis discover a Black Marker.

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