The Tau Ceti system is the site of humanity's first interstellar colony, New Cascadia, as portrayed in Bungie's Marathon series.
This visualization features the UESC Marathon—a hollowed-out moon converted into a generation ship—orbiting the temperate super-Earth of Tau Ceti IV. The system represents the hope of human expansion and the onset of a mysterious artificial intelligence crisis.
A G-type main-sequence star located nearly 12 light-years away from Earth.
A scorched inner world.
A barren, heavily cratered rock.
A toxic, high-pressure terrestrial planet.
Humanity's first garden world under a foreign sun. As the seat of the New Cascadia colony, its lush jungles and humid air promised a second chance for Earth's children, far from the choking smog of Sol.
A massive, hollowed-out Martian moon (Deimos) converted into a colossal generation ship. It established the colony in 2787.