Starship Troopers: Markosia on-going series timeline
The Starship Troopers ongoing series takes place after the events of the Blaze of Glory, Dead Man's Hand and Damaged Justice arcs, and is set in the same "world", so occasional cameos may be seen.
The individual arcs of the Starship Troopers ongoing series will generally follow a linear timeline, but sometimes the stories may find us moving "sideways", to see parallel events. Equally, individual stories will occasionally visit the past, to better understand what brought the characters to this point.
This also means that each story (whether a full arc or one-shot) can be read as a stand alone story, or a "jumping on point" for the series.
Of course, the stories do build on each other, and reading all of them will mean you get more from them, but if you just want to dip into one book about one type of adventure, you can. You can start at one end and work forwards, or back, or start in the middle and work out. The rest of the universe will be there, should you want to know more. Whenever and wherever the stories are set, though, they will fit into an overarching chronology, which will be kept up to date here.
Timeline by Story Arc
- Blaze of Glory, Dead Man's Hand and Damaged Justice are Starship Troopers story arcs by Tony Lee, occuring before the start of the ongoing series. Blaze of Glory originally came from Mongoose Publishing but the trilogy is now published by Markosia. These books introduce the Mobile Infantry squad, Tamari's Tigers.
- War Stories: Tasch, by Cy Dethan, tells the story of the quiet sniper's life as a Neodog handler in the K-9 corps before joining the Vandals, and shows how she came to be selected for Pathfinder training. Art by Neil van Antwerpen.
- Marooned, by Tony Lee, is the first story arc in the Markosia on-going series (issues 1-4) and sees the return of Will Tanner.
- Triple Threat (on going series issues 9-10) is a two-part story, bridging the gap between the events of Marooned and Bad Blood, and is the story of a three-way dance between the Federation, The Civilian Militia and the mysterious Reaper Cell. Overall plot and the Vandals story thread is by Cy Dethan, the Tigers story thread is by Tony Lee and the Reaper Cell segment is by Christian Beranek. Artists on the two issues are Scott James, Jim Neil Edwards and Jim Boswell.
- Bad Blood (ongoing series issues 5-8), by Cy Dethan, begins the story of Vanauken’s Vandals, an elite special forces unit of the Mobile Infantry, sent to neutralize a threat to a Federation research facility, and details humanity’s first contact with a sophisticated alien race. Art by Paul Green.
- Fool's Errand (not yet published), by Cy Dethan, will see the Vandals in action aboard a live Transport Bug – a massive, living starship used by the Arachnids to shuttle armies and colonies between worlds. Art by Diego Simone.
- My Time in Hell (not yet published), by Cy Dethan, finds the Vandals stranded in a crystalline wilderness while undertaking a top secret mission. Officially deniable and out of radio contact, they discover feral Neodog packs and jabbering platoons of Light Armour MI fighting among themselves for reasons no-one even understands.
More on the Starship Troopers ongoing series from Markosia:
- History and Background
- Ongoing series timeline
- Vanuakens Vandals Profiles and Gallery
- Bug Report
- Starship Troopers: Extinction Protocol
- Starship Troopers: Extinction Protocol Sketchbook
- Starship Troopers Bad Blood
- Starship Troopers: Triple Threat
- Starship Troopers: War Stories
- Starship Troopers: Reviews, Comments and Interviews
- Read a complete issue ofStarship Troopers Bad Blood Online
- ~Blaze of Glory, Dead Man's Hand, Damaged Justice and Marooned