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{{Organization infobox
|name=Unified Earth Space Council
|image=[[File:UESC Logo Crop.png|300px]]
|othernames=UESC
|type=Government
|functions=Governing body of Earth
|leaders=[[Marcus Tiberius Buendia]] (formerly)
|notable-members= [[Orion]]
|headquarters=Unified Earth Space Council Center, Reconciliation Court, Strauss Archology, United States of America
|domains=[[Earth]]<br>[[Mars]]
|focalworlds=Earth<br>Mars<br>[[Tau Ceti IV]]
|goals=Exert control over Tau Ceti IV
|war=[[MIDA]]<br>[[Runner]]s
|firstappearance=''[[Marathon (1994)|Marathon]]'' (1994)
}}
The '''Unified Earth Space Council''', commonly abbreviated to '''UESC''', is the organization governing [[human]]ity's space exploration and colonization efforts.

== History ==
=== Project Marathon ===
Under [[Project Marathon]], the UESC commissioned the [[UESC Marathon]] to colonize [[Tau Ceti]], which was launched in 2472 by UESC President Marcus Tiberius Buendia.<ref>[https://marathon.bungie.org/story/storypage/manual.html Marathon Story Page: The Manual Text]</ref>

=== Third Martian War ===
The UEG and the UESC fought against [[MIDA]] and the Martian insurgents following the Misriah Massacre and the failed MIDA coup in 2446.<ref name="RoseTerm2">[https://marathon.bungie.org/story/counterattack.html#M1.05.2.1 Marathon, The Rose, Terminal 2]</ref>

=== Project Goliath ===
When the UESC lost communications with the colony by 2795, The UESC initiated [[Project Goliath]] to investigate the colony's fate with the [[UESC Equanimity]] in 2797. The Equanimity reached Tau Ceti IV by 2893.

==Notable members==
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*[[Admiral Sulera]]
*[[Marcus Tiberius Buendia]]
*[[Orion|Captain Orion]]

== Governance ==
The UESC is governed by the Unified Earth Space Security Council, and has a Secretary-General and a President.

== Trivia ==
* The UESC is misspelled 'UESG' and 'USEC' throughout the original Marathon trilogy.<ref>[https://marathon.bungie.org/story/uescuesg.html Marathon Story Page: UESC/UESG]</ref>

==List of appearances==
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*''[[Marathon (2026)]]''

== Related pages ==
* [[UEG]] (variously 'Unified Earth Government' or 'United Earth Government'), the government of Earth
* [[MIDA]], a political party and terrorist group orginating on Mars whose actions targeted the UESC
* [[United Interplanetary League]], an organization mediating conflicts between inhabited planets in Sol

== References ==
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 == Governance ==
 The UESC is governed by the Unified Earth Space Security Council, and has a Secretary-General and a President.
-== Code words ==
-*'''ASTROBLEME''' - unknown protocol, related to MANUNGAL containment procedures, named after [[Wikipedia:Impact structure|"star wound"]] geological structures formed underneath impact craters.<ref name="CDXCerberus">''Marathon'' (2026), Codex, RUN/HIDE [3/6]: CERBERUS CODE FRAGMENT</ref>
-*'''MANUNGAL''' - refers to containment procedures intended to avoid destruction of highly dangerous targets, named after [[Wikipedia:Manungal|Mesopotamian goddess]] of prisons and the underworld.<ref name="CDXCerberus"/>
-*'''NUNAMNIR''' - in the event a detected hostile is not a Runner, native Tau Ceti IV wildlife, or a malfunctioning UESC unit, named after the chief deity and storm god of the Mesopotamiam pantheon, also known as [[Wikipedia:Enlil|Enlil]].<ref name="CDXCerberus"/>
-*'''VERETHRAGNA''' - meaning unknown, not found in UESC reference material, named for a [[Wikipedia: Verethragna|Zoroastrian god]] of war and victory.<ref>''Marathon'' (2026), Codex, Parasitism [1/5]: CODE FRAGMENTS: OPTIMIZATION</ref>
 == Trivia ==