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Server History
CM Timeline
| Date: | Events of Significance: |
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| 2014, Oct 30 |
Pre-Alpha Era of CM begins:
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| 2014, Nov 18 |
Sulaco V1 Released |
| 2015, Feb 2: |
Jaggerstep resigns as host and Verbose Lucidity becomes the new host for New Eden and Colonial Marines. |
| 2015, April 20: |
Colonial Marines splits from New Eden Station: Apophis775 becomes the host, Rahlzel becoming Co-Host. |
| 2015, June 10: |
LV 624 Released
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| 2015, July 19: |
Predator Whitelist opens. |
| 2015, July 30: |
Alpha Era of CM begins:
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| 2016, May 6: |
Ice Colony Released |
| 2016, Dec 11: |
Commander Whitelist opens. |
| 2017, Jan 15: |
Whiskey Outpost (WO) Released |
| 2017, April 24: |
Omega Era of CM begins:
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| 2017, Aug 17: |
Synthetic Whitelist opens. |
| 2017, Nov 21: |
Prison Station Released |
Marine Ships
Date of Circulation: October 30th, 2014 - July 30th, 2015
Era of Creation: Early Pre-Alpha
Sulaco V1, just "Sulaco" at the time was the first Marine ship map used on colonial marines before being phased out in favour of its successor, Sulaco V2, due to an ever expanding population in July 2015. It has since been retired and only makes occasional appearances for April fools with a better design.
Date of Circulation: July 30th, 2015 - April 24th, 2017
Era of Creation: Early Alpha
Sulaco V2, just "Sulaco" at the time was the revamped version of the Sulaco V1 and was the first marine ship and also map to use multiple z-levels to simulate different levels of the map, in this case decks of a ship. It was later phased out in favour of its successor, the USS Almayer, due to an ever expanding population in April 2017. It has since been retired and has not made an appearance since.
Date of Circulation: April 24th, 2017 - Current
Era of Creation: Early Omega
The USS Almayer is the latest marine ship to be released on colonial marines and is by far the largest due to the population growth that the server has witnessed in recent years. The USS Almayer was the first map and marine ship to fully incorporate perspective sprites for the entirety of the map.
Infestation Maps
Date of Circulation: October 30th, 2014 - June 10th, 2015
Era of Creation: Early Pre-Alpha
Nostromo, aka boxstation was the sole infestation map used on Colonial Marines before being phased out in favour of its successor, LV-624, due to an ever expanding population in June 2015. It has since been retired and only makes occasional appearances for April Fools.
Date of Circulation: June 10th, 2015 - Current
Era of Creation: Late Pre-Alpha
LV-624 was the successor map to the Nostromo and was additionally the first ground map to be introduced into Colonial Marines. The map itself was created by Absynth and then tweaked later by other developers to keep the map fresh and balanced.
Date of Circulation: May 6th, 2016 - Current
Era of Creation: Late Alpha
Ice Colony otherwise known as "Shiva's Snowball" was a additional infestation map which contained unique snow mechanics (Slowing of mobs when walking through snow, and the construction of snow barricades).
Date of Circulation: April 24th, 2017 - Current
Era of Creation: Early Omega
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Date of Circulation: November 21st, 2017 - Current
Era of Creation: Early Omega
Prison takes the players back to the old ways with it's concept being a 'station' in space similar to Nostromo with long hallways and small rooms for both teams to fight over. Prison is also the only map to contain a hostile section not controlled by either team.
Last Stand Maps
Date of Circulation: January 15 2017 - Current
Era of Creation: Late Alpha
Whiskey Outpost was loosely based off of the Whiskey Outpost seen in the first starship troopers film at least in namesake, and is the first and only last stand map which is available on colonial marines.
Sprite History
Equipment
 Concept Marine Armor |
The initial concept armor developed for Colonial Marines.
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 Phase One Armor |
The agreed upon first marine armor set which replaced the standard grey/coloured jumpsuits from infestation station. Later on the armor was improved upon with a revision of the original helmet.
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 Colt M1911 |
The Colt M1911 replaced the stetchkin from infestation station and became the primary sidearm for the marines. The Colt M1911 was additionally the predecessor to the M4A3 sidearm.
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The S&W was the standard revolver for the marines. | ||||
 Phase One: M39 Submachine Gun |
The M39 was a freshly designed submachine gun for the marines to use. Later on the sprite was improved upon nearing the end of pre-alpha.
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| File:Pre-Alpha M41A.png Phase One: M41A Pulse Rifle |
The M41A replaced the CR20 from infestation station and became the primary rifle for the marines. The Colt M1911 was additionally the predecessor to the M41A Mk2 Pulse Rifle. During the late stages of Pre-Alpha the sprite was improved upon.
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 L6 SAW |
The L6 SAW was the only LMG in Pre-Alpha and could be used with one hand in combination with a Riot Shield. | ||||
 M37 Shotgun |
The riot shotgun was renamed to the M37 Shotgun and became the primary shotgun for the marines during Pre-Alpha. | ||||
 Heavy Machine Gun |
The HMG was the backbone of the Marines during the Pre-Alpha stage. To use the HMG all you had to do was stand on the same tile as the HMG and make sure it was anchored down with a wrench, after that you just clicked on the enemy or a tile to fire. Do note that the HMG could only fire in straight bullet paths, though this did make it extremely useful for defending long hallways. One was available to each squad. |
 Ammo Bag |
Previously used to store multiple magazines and shotgun shell boxes. One was available to each squad. |
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