The Lagos Unit, meanwhile, was able to outsource the extraordinary risks of operating on the planet to this small and – ultimately – disposable group: The First Cohort.Īs with all resource rushes, the majority of these hopefuls came from nothing. Aging factory ships had failed their original task, these were repurposed as makeshift homes for the first Icarus prospectors, who helped maintain them in return for living space and transport. Their first act was to cannibalize the remains of the original terraforming mission. Scrambling to convene infrastructure, the UDA established the Lagos Unit to manage extraction of the exotic deposits.

The rise and fall of Icarus Excerpts from Icarus: A history Since both Minos, and Icarus are named in the game it has been guessed that the space station orbiting Icarus is named Daedalus. You should note that Icarus' father was Daedalus who build the Labyrinth for the King of Minos. You can read more about Icarus on Wikipedia. The filming of No Rescue Trailer can be seen on the clock in K's room as May 4th 2162, or 27 years after the First Cohort landed on Icarus.The First Cohort's time period can be seen on Mo's ID badge in the No Rescue trailer as between, 12 March 2135, and 12 March 2140.These first prospectors were called the 'First Cohort'. With the discovery of exotics, Icarus was opened to prospectors, and claims were issued. With the discovery of exotics a rush of people went to Icarus set to make their fortunes, similar to the old gold rushes on Earth. The exotics somehow interfered with the terraforming, and made the planet uninhabitable for humans. During the terraforming exotics were uncovered, the most expensive ore in the Universe. Sometime before the year 2135 Icarus was selected to be the first celestial body to be terraformed. Icarus is a planet sized moon orbiting the gas giant Minos in the Proxima Centauri star system located 4.2 light years from Earth.

Icarus falling