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**Team Galactic**, formerly known as Team Galaxy, is the almost transparent silver and white team introduced in Marble League 2016 and is represented by Cosmo, Starry, Astron, and Pulsar.

银河队（Team Galactic），曾经被称作Team Galaxy。队伍的弹珠是透明的，中间有棕色和银色的条纹。它们在Marble League 2016中首次出场，当时由Cosmo、Starry、 Astron和Pulsar组成。

In September 2019, they were announced as the hosts for Marble League 2020, which ended in a 7th place finish. However, they would miss out on the Marble League for the first time in 2021, following a surprising dead-last finish in their group in the Marble League 2021 Qualifiers.

2019年9月，它们被宣布为Marble League 2020的东道主。在ML20中，它们取得第七名。它们将在2021年第一次无法参加ML，因为它们在 Marble League 2021 Qualifiers中令人惊讶地取得了倒一。

## Team Members 团队成员

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Cosmo, Starry, Astron, and Pulsar have been in Team Galactic since 2016, and they are also the current members of the team. Quasar joined the team in 2018. Cosmo became team captain in 2019.

从2016年起，Cosmo、Starry、Astron和Pulsar就一直在队中。Quasar在2018年加入队伍，Cosmo在2019年成为队长。

 Astron | Astron
 Pulsar | Pulsar

### Coaches 教练

Note: Events include any kind of events (friendlies, other tournaments, ...).

注：赛事包含ML、友谊赛和M1等

## History 历史

### Pre-Marble League 弹珠联赛之前

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Team Galactic come from the Western Asian city of Galakonur, renowned for its scientific advancement, especially in astronomy. The four original members of the team met while working at the Galactic National Space Center, the world's largest space center, located in the heart of the city. Cosmo and Astron started working there in 2012, quickly becoming close friends, and were joined later that year by Starry, while Pulsar joined them the year after. The four worked together, bonding over their love for space and marble sports, the latter of which had been their high school and college day pastime. In their free time, the four trained together and took part in local tournaments.

银河队来自因科技成就而出名的西亚城市Galakonur（原型拜科努尔），这里的航天科技尤为发达。四名初始成员在Galactic National Space Center（这是世界上最大的航天中心，坐落在市中心）的工作中相识。Cosmo和Astron从2012年起就在那里工作，很快就成为挚友，并在同年后面遇见了Starry。第二年，Pulsar也加入了它们。它们四球一起工作，对太空和弹珠运动的热爱将它们联系在一起，后者一直是它们高中和大学时的活动。空闲时，四球一起训练并参加当地的锦标赛。

In July 2014, Cosmo received a letter from the Emperor, formally inviting the four to take part in a nationwide tournament at the Orion Stadium in the capital city of Polaria, which would start on 4 October 2014. Cosmo and Astron signed up immediately, and invited Starry and Pulsar to join them. The four entered the tournament under the name "Team Galaxy". News of their entrance into the competition spread throughout the Space Center, and Void, the manager of the Center, helped sponsor their trip to Polaria.

2014年7月，Cosmo接到了国王写的信，正式地邀请它们参加一场2014年10月4日开始，在Polaria都城的Orion Stadium举办的全国锦标赛。Cosmo和Astron立即递交了申请，并邀请Starry和Pulsar一同参赛。四球以“Team Galxy”的队名参赛。它们参赛的消息在航天中心传开了，经理Void赞助了路费。

Team Galaxy had a strong start to the tournament, with Astron finishing the first event, Sprint Race, on the podium. The team went on to win nearly half of the events, and came away with high finishes in the others. The success of the team led to fame throughout the nation, bringing news coverage and praise to the team and to Galakonur. The news was even more remarkable as the city is not well-known for its sporting achievements. The team attended interviews, received sponsorship offers, and also got the honor of meeting the Emperor and the rest of the Galactic Royal Family. After the competition, the team returned to working at the Space Center, while also training together.

In the summer of 2015, Jelle Bakker, along with other prominent marbles, announced a new competition, the Marble League, with the inaugural season commencing in 2016. The citizens of the Galactic Empire and the Galactic Royal Family almost unanimously chose Cosmo, Astron, Starry, and Pulsar to compete for them, and the four were officially invited as a team on 4 October 2015, exactly one year after their fame-winning performance.

### 2016

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The team were to compete in the Marble League using their original name, "Team Galaxy". However, the Galaxy Corporation, known for their toothpaste, saw the name as a threat to their brand and threatened the team with legal action. After intense negotiations, the team decided to change their name to "Team Galactic" days before the competition started. The confusion with the name led some fans to wrongly assume the team were sponsored by the Galaxy Corporation. In fact, this led to a spike in the sales of the company's products, especially the toothpaste.

But the problem didn't end there. The new team name, "Team Galactic", is coincidentally the same name of a villainous team from the popular Pokémon video game series. However, game developer Game Freak never expressed an issue with it. As a result, rumors about a promotional event by Game Freak for the team were spread quickly throughout the real-life marblebase, even though no such event was ever held, nor did the game developer express an interest in creating that event at all.

Team Galactic started off Marble League 2016 as a middle of the pack team, coming in the middle of the standings. They received their first medal, a bronze, through Starry's performance in Event 4, Sand Rally. They, along with Yelley of Mellow Yellow, became the first female athletes to win an individual medal at the Marble League. This took the team into seventh place overall.

Team Galactic continued to stay within the top ten of the standings with mixed results, but most notably a fourth place finish for Starry in Event 7, High Jump. However, the team finished Marble League 2016 in 11th overall due to the scoring system that heavily favored podium finishes (they would have been 7th if Marble League 2016 used the modern point system). This left the team disappointed, and so they insisted on training harder to rectify what they needed to improve.

### 2017

Team Galactic returned to the Marble League in the Marble League 2017 Qualifiers. A third place finish in Funnel Spin, along with consistent high place finishes led the team to qualify in 5th. However, the team had a poor start to Marble League 2017, coming last in Event 1, Funnel Race, and 15th in Event 2, Long Jump. The team were discouraged, but managed to turn things around. In the third event, Fidget Spinner Collision, they came 8th, moving up to fourteenth overall, and in Event 5, Hurdles, Starry managed to secure the team's first gold medal. The team jumped to eleventh overall.

Team Galactic continued to have mixed results, with highlights including a 4th place finish in Event 7, Block Pushing, and a 5th place finish in Event 9, Steeplechase. By the time the final event came around, Team Galactic were 11th again, 8 points adrift of the top half, and unable to finish in the top 3. But then, in the Sand Rally, Starry won the team another gold medal, with Starry completing a famous last-minute catchup, and surpassed Clementin just before the race is over. Team Galactic rose to fifth overall at the conclusion of Marble League 2017, their best performance ever. With this performance, Starry became the first athlete to gain 2 individual medals in one Marble League, and the first athlete to reach 50 individual points in a single season. In a show of love for their team, Starry invited the rest of the team onto the podium to celebrate with them. This established their as the most successful individual marble in the Marble League at the time, and it looked like they would be able to sent Team Galactic into a best-of-the-rest team.

### 2018

In late 2017, Team Galactic were joined by Pulsar's younger sibling, Quasar, as they took part in the Marble League 2018 Qualifiers. Seeded in Group A, the team performed exceptionally, consistently finishing on the podium in the first three events. This earned the team a guaranteed qualification for the main tournament. However, they decided to conserve their energy in the final qualifying event, Halfpipe, where they ended up finishing in last. The team dropped to second in their group at the conclusion of the qualifiers.

Unfortunately, Marble League 2018 did not go very well for Team Galactic. The team started off poorly and spent most of the season on staying in the bottom half of the table, with a slight relief of a silver medal in Event 4, Bobsled, which carried the team to 8th overall. Afterwards, the team slipped away and dropped back to the bottom half of the standings. Despite notable performances, namely a sixth place finish for Starry in Event 7, Snow Rally, and a fourth place finish for the team in Event 11, Ice Hockey, Team Galactic could not get into the top half of the standings at all.

To add insult to injury, Cosmo was eliminated in the heats of the final event, Sand Mogul Race. Team Galactic thus concluded Marble League 2018 in a disappointing 11th place. Cosmo was especially disappointed with this, starting to feel that the fans had lost faith in them and the team. This led to discussions about dissolving the team and retiring from marble sports, but ultimately the team decided to stay in the Marble League.

### 2019

Once they announced their return for Marble League 2019, Team Galactic started to show promising results in two offseason events. Astron came fourth in the 100 Meter Water Race, and the team made it to the semi-finals of the Amazing Maze Marble Race. The team also hired Black Hole, Astron's former track coach, as their new coach. During their training, the team started to use the phrase "Only us" to keep themselves going.

Team Galactic participated in the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers and continued to impress the marblebase with strong finishes in all but one events. The team's best performance was a first place finish for Pulsar in the final event, the Underwater Race. The team qualified for Marble League 2019 in second, and earned themselves the title of "Preseason Champions" as they had performed consistently well in the Qualifiers for the past three years.

Team Galactic started off Marble League 2019 with middle of the pack results before earning their first medal of the season, a silver medal in Event 7, Block Pushing. A fourth place finish for Pulsar in Event 8, Summer Biathlon, took the team into 3rd overall at the halfway point of the competition, the first time that the team has ever entered into the top 3. Unfortunately, after this point, the team's performance took a massive hit, as. Starry received a minor injury during the Block Pushing event, leading them to miss out on Event 9, Hurdles Race, which they had previously won. Quasar was called in to take their place in the event, where they came third in their heat and finished in 14th overall.

Team Galactic continued the second half of the League with sub-par performances, except a fourth place finish in Event 12, Rafting, leading them to enter the final event in the familiar 11th for the fourth year in a row. The final event, Sand Rally, is the event which Starry had dominated in Marble League 2017, but they decided to forgo the event as they had been exhausted due to their hard crash in the earlier Dirt Race event. Team captain Cosmo was selected as they had been training with Starry for the last year. Much to the fans' surprise, Cosmo managed to finish second in the event, winning them their first individual medal, a silver. The team concluded Marble League 2019 in 8th overall. This year however also saw a performance decline from Starry, as they contributed the least individual points in the season (9%).

### 2020

Black Hole, unbeknownst to the rest of Team Galactic, submitted a bid to host Marble League 2020 shortly after the end of Marble League 2019. Team Galactic were announced as hosts at the end of the Marble League Showdown 2019. The team initially thought it was a joke, but were ecstatic when Black Hole confirmed their announcement as hosts. Astron was absent when the initial teaser image was released as they had been on a special mission for the Galactic National Space Center (and their second space adventure), visiting the International Space Marble orbiting around Earth. They are the only marble athlete to have ever been to space until both Cosmo and Quasar went to space after the end of Marble League 2020.

Two months later, Black Hole received an official letter from the JMRC inviting the team to take part in Marbula One Season 1. The team accepted and selected the team's fan favorite Starry, and Pulsar, who was the marble that lifted the team to 3rd at one point in 2019. Both of them adopted the nicknames "Ursa Superior" and "Cosmic Ray" respectively, to represent them. Their reveal poster was designed in cooperation with the Galactic National Space Center to be as scientifically accurate as possible.

Meanwhile, the Orion Stadium, since renamed to the Andromedome, received a major renovation as part of preparation for Marble League 2020. Supervised by chief architect Atlas, who also designed the new stadium layout, the renovation was completed in early 2020, and among the results was an increase in spectators' stand capacity, up from the Orion Stadium's 8,000 attendees.

Starry made their debut at the Savage Speedway Grand Prix, qualifying in second. They went on to win the first ever Marbula One Grand Prix. Pulsar made their debut at the next Grand Prix at the O'raceway. Unfortunately, they only managed a twelfth place finish. Team Galactic dropped to fourth overall. Starry followed this up with a seventh place finish at the Momotorway Grand Prix, keeping the team in fourth. Pulsar qualified in ninth at the Hivedrive Grand Prix and managed to win the race, taking the team into second.

Starry started the second half of the competition with an eighth place finish at the Greenstone Grand Prix keeping Team Galactic in second, one point behind the Hazers. Pulsar did not qualify well for the Short Circuit Grand Prix and the Razzway Grand Prix, but managed an eleventh and eighth place finish respectively. The team had been in fourth and had a chance to win the season's team championship. Unfortunately, Starry qualified for the final Grand Prix at the Midnight Bay Circuit in 14th and finished the race in 15th. Team Galactic finished the season in 5th, thanks to their strong performances in the first half of the season. The team were the only team to have both of it's racers winning a GP as well.

Since Team Galactic were the hosts of Marble League 2020, they automatically qualified for the competition. Fans were worried about Team Galactic, as Oceanics, the hosts of the previous Marble League, finished with a record-low point tally of 70 points, with a point average of just 4.375 per event. At the beginning, it looked like things are heading for the worst for Team Galactic, as they had disappointing 15th and 14th place finishes in two of the first three events, as they slumped to 13th heading towards the 4th event. However, their form soon picked up with a silver in the Newton's Cradle event, with the Marbula One duo Starry and Pulsar clinching the silver for the team. Team Galactic then went on a near-impossible consistency run, with them placing anywhere 4th to 9th, barring the Team Aquathlon event, where they finished 14th, even having 3 consecutive 5th place finishes. Despite only clinching one silver medal, their crazy consistency helped them to finish 7th in the League with 147 points, tied with the Hazers, and 12 points clear of Team Momo in 8th.

Team Galactic were invited to participate in the second season of Marbula One. They accepted, and sent out Starry and Pulsar again for the Season. After the end of the Marble League, Cosmo and Quasar went to the International Space Marble, with Astron joining them soon after along with famed Marble League Reporter Stynth. Team Galactic had a terrible start to their Marbula One adventures, as Starry finished 14th in the Minty Mania Grand Prix, leaving the track without any points. As a result, Team Galactic were sitting in 14th out of 20 teams in the championship table. At the O'raceway Grand Prix, Starry's Marbula One partner Pulsar did not fare much better, as they also scored 0 points, sending Team Galactic down to 17th place.

During the qualifying round of the Honeydome Grand Prix, Starry put up a subpar performance, as they barely qualified at 15th place overall. Many people began doubting is Starry still at their best. Facing all this pressure from the fans and the team, Starry had some emotions before the start of the Grand Prix. However, they slowly but steadily overtook everyone from 15th to 2nd, and made a crucial block to finish 2nd. With this silver medal, Starry not only proved the doubters wrong, but also sent Team Galactic to 8th place overall. Another 7th place finish from Pulsar, and yet another 5th place finish for Starry placed Team Galactic in 6th place overall, with Starry and Pulsar now being in 5th and 22nd place respectively in the individual championship. However, a lackluster performance from Pulsar at the final Grand Prix of 2020, dropped Team Galactic to 7th place overall to end the year.

### 2021

Team Galactic were invited to participate in the Marble League Winter Special in January of 2021, to which they failed to impress. During Semifinal A in the first event of MLWS, which is the Ice Dash, Momo from Team Momo hit the buffer, and rebounded, hitting Starry and causing them to ricochet off the track. Both Starry and Momo were given medical checks. Starry finished in 8th. Then, Astron participated in the Snowboard Cross event, which they finished in 4th. Cosmo then suffered a disasterous run in the Speed Skating Event, finishing the race in dead last. A 9th place in Bobsled, followed up by a 4th in Ice Hockey, caused Team Galactic to finish in 10th.

Team Galactic returned to Marbula One Season 2 at the Raceforest, as Pulsar put up a stellar performance to finish 4th to lift Team Galactic to 6th overall. Despite an 11th place finish by Starry in their next Grand Prix, the team were in 5th after the 8th Grand Prix of the season. Pulsar then started well at the Palette Park Grand Prix, after clinching a P3 to start the race. However, they made a mistake during the 6th lap of the race, as they finished 12th, and as a result, Team Galactic dropped all the way down to 10th. Starry managed to rescue the team by finishing 4th in the Misty Mountain Grand Prix. At the Savage Speedway Grand Prix, which they had won in the previous season, Starry qualified mid-pack at 11th, and stayed between 4th and 5th for most of the race. However, they made a charge for the podium during the final laps of the Grand Prix, overtaking Prim from Team Primary and Ocean from the Oceanics, and they finished 2nd once again, behind Red Eye from the Crazy Cat's Eyes, who clinched the individual championship and the team championship. This performance lifted Team Galactic to 6th overall with 92 points, with them finally being in a podium challenge on the final day for the first time in the team's history. However, a dead last finish by Pulsar at Midnight Bay would cause Team Galactic to drop down to 7th to end their campaign. Starry finished 4th, 9 points of 3rd place Yellow Eye, while Pulsar finished 29th, with Starry clinching exactly three times more points than Pulsar.

Cosmo was sent out for the Marble League 2021 Practice Race and finished 16th. During the off-season break, Cosmo, Astron, Quasar and Black Hole returned to the International Space Marble, with Starry and Pulsar remaining on Marblearth. In the Marble League 2021 Qualifiers, Team Galactic performed poorly, as they were sitting at 9 points, 10 points adrift from qualification after the 3rd event. In the final event, Cosmo was unexpectedly chosen to compete over Starry in the final event, which is the Sand Rally. They finished 6th, and the team ended up missing out on the Marble League for the first time in their history.

## Marble League 2016

主条目：Marble League 2016
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### Qualifiers 预选赛

Team Galactic qualified for Marble League 2017.

## Marble League 2018

主条目：Marble League 2018
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### Qualifiers 预选赛

Team Galactic qualified for Marble League 2018. They competed in Group A.

## Other 2018 Competitions 2018年的其余赛事

Team Galactic took part in two other competitions in 2018: the 100 Meter Water Race and the Amazing Maze Marble Race.

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## Marble League 2019

主条目：Marble League 2019
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### Qualifiers 预选赛

Team Galactic qualified in second for the 2019 Marble League.

## Marbula One Season 1

主条目：Marbula One Season 1
Team Galactic took part in Marbula One Season 1, with their team represented by Starry and Pulsar.

Despite their race wins at the Savage Speedway GP and the Hivedrive GP, the team were inconsistent in their performances in the other six races, and finished fifth overall.

## Marble League 2020

主条目：Marble League 2020
The team automatically qualified in September 2019 when they were announced as the hosts.

## Marbula One Season 2

主条目：Marbula One Season 2

Team Galactic retained their roster from Season 1, and once again sent out Starry and Pulsar for Season 2. Despite struggling at the beginning of Season 2, a silver medal by Starry at the Honeydome saved the team from the bottom, with another silver by Starry lifting the team to 6th. The team finished in 7th overall with 92 points.

\*Starry set the fastest lap, earning them 1 extra point.

## 2020/21 Offseason ML20-ML21的休赛期

### Qualifiers 预选赛

Team Galactic competed in Group B. They failed to qualify for Marble League 2021.

## Team Members' Individual Scores 队员个人得分

### Marble League

*Italics* - As reserve member 斜体-作为替补队员出战

## Gallery 相册

TeamGalacticTP.jpgTeam Profile 2020TGM1.pngMarbula One (S1 & S2) PosterCosmo.pngCosmo, the captain for Team Galactic.Andromedome.jpgThe Andromedome, Team Galactic's home stadium.BlackHole.pngBlack Hole, the coach of Team Galactic.
## Trivia 花絮

* Before the first official Marble League, the team competed under the name "Team Galaxy". But after gaining popularity, they almost got sued by the brand "Galaxy™". After intense negotiations, the team ultimately changed their name to "Team Galactic", as still known today. They were, however, allowed to show their former name during the opening ceremony, which left many fans in confusion.
	+ A fair number of followers assumed, wrongly, that the team were being sponsored by the brand and had accepted a partnership. Because of that, many supporters bought all kinds of products of the Galaxy brand, but most of all, the "Galaxy Toothpaste".
	+ This led to increased sales numbers for the product and strengthened the already good relationship between the brand and the team. In fact, the rumors about a sponsorship deal remain a hot topic and can still be seen in different newspapers and magazines on a regular basis.
* Team Galactic coincidentally share their name with the villainous team from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. In fact, there have been rumors about a promotional event between Team Galactic and Game Freak, even though the rumors have been consistently debunked.
	+ Team Galactic, along with Team Plasma, are the only Marble League teams who share their names with Pokémon teams.
* Team Galactic were one of only six teams to qualify for every Marble League up until 2021. The others are the Savage Speeders, O'rangers, Thunderbolts, Oceanics, and Mellow Yellow.
	+ This ended in 2021, when they finished dead last in their qualifying group.
* Team Galactic are the only team to win three medals in the same event, the Sand Rally. Starry won bronze in 2016 and gold in 2017, while Cosmo got won silver in 2019.
* Before 2019, Starry had a plethora of individual marble records including: most successful individual marble (69 pts), best medal count by individual marble (2 gold and 1 bronze), most points earned in one year (50 pts, 2017), most medals earned in one year (2 gold, 2017). Amazingly, *all* of these records were broken in 2019 by a variety of marbles from other teams: The first one broken by Yellow from Mellow Yellow, the next by Speedy and Rapidly from the Savage Speeders; the third and the fourth by Razzy from the Raspberry Racers.
	+ Starry once again became the most successful individual marble (124 pts) after their 4th place finish in the Marble League 2020 Marble Marathon, but no longer was after Marble League 2021 since they failed to qualify.
* Upon being selected as the hosts for the Marble League 2020, Team Galactic became the first team to qualify for their fifth edition of the tournament.
* In the inaugural season of Marbula One, Team Galactic became the first team to win a Grand Prix after Starry took the opening race at the Savage Speedway.
	+ They also became the first team to win two Grands Prix, and the first to have both of their racers win one Grand Prix each after Pulsar won the race at the Hivedrive.
* Team Galactic was the best performing host team by points per event.
* Team Galactic were the first team to never finish in the bottom four in a season. They achieved this feat in 2018, and only the Midnight Wisps (2020) have done it since.
	+ The Lead Cube Award assesses teams based on how many 16th, 15th, 14th, or 13th place finishes they received in a season. Team Galactic were the first team to receive 0 points in one of these.
* The team reserve, Quasar, is the younger sibling of Pulsar.
* They hold the current record of not getting last place in 55 consecutive ML events, as their only last-place finish in the whole ML history was at the first event of 2017.
* Team Galactic also hold the record for the longest active gold drought in the Marble League (44), with their last gold medal being Starry's famous Sand Rally gold in August 2017.
* Team Galactic, along with the Oceanics, have participated in every Qualifiers or Friendly Round since Marble League 2017 and finished in the top half in all of them.
	+ Both teams ended the streak in 2021, as both teams ironically finished dead last in their qualifying groups.
* After the end of the 2020 Marble League, Team Galactic became synonymous with the number "5", as they finished in 5th overall in Marbula One Season 1, before finishing in 5th place 6 times in Marble League 2020, including a 3-in-a-row 5th place finishing streak.
* Ml20结束后，银河队成为了“5”的代名词。它们在M1S1中取得第五，在ML20中拿到六个单场第五（包含一个三连）
* Team Galactic is currently one of only three teams to qualify for every single Marbula One race that they were eligible to compete in. The other two teams are the Crazy Cat's Eyes and the O'rangers.
	+ With the Crazy Cats Eyes only joining Marbula One in Season 2, it makes them and the O'rangers to be the only teams to start in every Marbula One Grand Prix to date.
		- With Clementin's DNF at Misty Mountain, Team Galactic is the only team to finish every Marbula One Grand Prix race to date.

## References 参考资料

1. ↑ Skystrykr (15th March 2019). 2019 MarbleLympics - Team Members. Reddit.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stynth (25th November 2019). Team Galactic RetRollSpective. *The Rollout Issue 3* 4-6.
3. ↑ Novawolf, Stynth, KingOfBots, Valencia, NotSoSilent (25th November 2019). Team Galactic Through The Years. *The Rollout Issue 3* 7-19.
4. ↑ Stynth (17th April 2020). RetRollSpective – Team Galactic. Marble Sports.
5. ↑ Stynth (30th October 2020). Offseason Moments – ML2020 Part 2. Jelle's Marble Runs.
6. ↑ NordiqueWhaler (30th June 2021). [Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 2 – Project Marblearth (wordpress.com) Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 2]. Project Marblearth.
7. ↑ GrandAdmiralMellacus (27th December 2017). Approved answers from the last community Q&A!. Reddit.