Soon, however, many people were becoming tired of the same old levels, same old netgames, and same old graphics. Shortly thereafter, several brave programmers let loose various file editors for Marathon, and the world has never been the same. Seeing the incentive to make wonderful work, Bill Catambay gathered up a handful of talented individuals, and the rest is history. It is the 34th century to mankind. While amazing technological feats have been created by mankind, their failure to discover a means to travel the galaxy quickly has doomed the entire race to a slow stagnation.
Mankind exists on but five worlds, settled with cryogenically frozen humans centuries before.
Travel even with the best technology takes a decade or more. Mankind has become divided by the dark gulfs of space. But the influence of mankind spreads much farther. There are ALL new shapes, sounds, plots, monsters, and music. Continuing the story where Devil left off, you wake up in the sickbay of the intergalactic starship known as Kronus, where your old friend Merlin contacts you and starts you on your adventure.