📚marathon-lore-discussion

[grave cloud]

it's at "uescKillCount": 48320723

it was at 47950344 some 10 minutes ago

[placid gust]

What IS stabilization in this context? Do we know? Is it a computer thing I just don’t know about lmao?

[woeful thorn]

We might have to hit a certain number then

[grave cloud]

it could be those camera feeds status bars

[fallow forge]

Where is the kill counter?

[grave cloud]

found it looking at the website requests

I can see the uesc kill counter being used in an internal script by the website

[placid gust]

It’s in the requests on the website - I study PoliSci(as we discussed in this chat yesterday lol), not CompSci, so I’m out of my depth here 😂

[grave cloud]

but it's minified js

pretty hard to pinpoint why

I'm a principal software engineer, so this is what I do for a living 🙂

[hazy mist]

has anyone sent the zone terminal mail yet i can copy it really quick if u guys need

[subtle oracle]

anything going on witht the countdown?

[hazy mist]

just got it

[placid gust]

I don’f think so - I could use it, I never finished it because I didn’t know it wanted me to go to hauler 😭

[languid stag]

Camera cool down timer?

[fallow forge]

are the zone terminals the ones where durendal talks?

[placid gust]

Yes

[fallow forge]

so i found one in south relay and it lead me to data wall

what are the other ones

[placid gust]

I think that’s the only one we have rn

[finite night]

did someone test out waiting at last terminal

[placid gust]

It takes you to hauler after I’ve been told, don’t miss that - I did lmao

[finite night]

and waiting until re-establishing connection

[fallow forge]

oh intresting

[hazy mist]

it says three pairings per zone needed so i assume theres one more after hauler(?)

[grave cloud]

ok, I found someting, getting those camera feeds, I got the hex visualization of the data, and there stuff written on it

[finite night]

is there locations of each terminal?

[grave cloud]

Hanbrake 1.10.2 2025090600 free

[clear ridge]

Theres one in data wall

[grave cloud]

that's what I found most interesting on it

[clear ridge]

It gives you a snippet from the big man

[lone gorge]

where are the confirmed terminals

[finite night]

I know one in Data Wall, North Relay and Outpost

[clear ridge]

One is in Data Wall

[languid stag]

The Big Durandal himself

Is 40 second timer up?

[finite night]

hauler doesn't have terminal right?

[clear ridge]

it does but its nonsense

[astral geyser]

yes it does second floor

[worthy oxide]

What if you honk the horn

[finite night]

second floor exactly where?

[worthy oxide]

(this is a joke)

[tepid wagon]

do not

[languid stag]

Above back left tire

[worthy oxide]

I honked it like 20 times In a row as a rook hoping some Easter egg would show up eventually. Instead there were just like 30 uesc I had to walk past

[little matrix]

any idea if pairing all 3 does anything?

or something you have to do after?

[hazy mist]

wheres the south relay terminal?

[worthy oxide]

What if you have to split up and pair all 3 at the same time as a crew

[woeful thorn]

How many floors are there?

[languid stag]

Likely

[worthy oxide]

Roflwaffles just did it actually all at once. But got the Durandal voice

[languid stag]

That makes a lot of sense

[rough imp]

||plays a voice clip from Durandal(?) taunting you and you see a live feed inside the marathon||

I've just gone and found 3

[little matrix]

interesting

[gentle zodiac]

You can override some of the responses to see a bit ahead.

||Stabilization caps at 100 at which point the feeds are color and can be expanded. There is some printscreen function, but the API that it calls validates for the real stabilization and returns bad request.||

[worthy oxide]

Maybe this is just a teaser and step 1, and the next steps are time gated

[tiny kraken]

handbrake is a video compression/conversion software lol
latest version is 1.10.2

[grave cloud]

yeah, its normal video encoding stuff

[subtle oracle]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CrBSMJYxox3HGYiS1zLV6ZrfpJqPYIW?usp=sharing

what we have so far

[finite night]

still no clue

[blazing notch]

THANK YOU

[grave cloud]

I have a hunch it's related to the number of uesc killed

[hard rune]

Damn this is sic

[radiant sandal]

Have we seen anywhere else that says it's currently 2777 outside the shipdate stuff posted above? I'm wondering if the shipdate is wrong/there's time dilation or something going on, or if 2777 just doesn't match the OG Marathon's's's timeline. Since bungieorg/story says that Marathon reached Tau Ceti 2773 and the colony was established 2787.

I haven't had a chance to play too much yet, so sorry if this has already been discussed.

[subtle oracle]

whered you get 2777

[tiny kraken]

this msg

[grave cloud]

bottom of the website there's a counter that goes to 2788

[subtle oracle]

762 plus 2026 is 2788

[lyric plank]

guys replace cargo with cockpit on the url

[subtle oracle]

the date is 6/16/2788

[unreal slate]

NuCaloric Agriculture. Cultivating Humanity Burgers.

[subtle oracle]

not new thats the error pic

[radiant sandal]

That's exactly why I looked back at the old timeline. I was trying to solve that 2788/2777 time difference.

[subtle oracle]

These are all the current pngs and videso that are different

[visual lynx]

shipDate doesn’t necessarily mean the current date

[subtle oracle]

2788 is close enough to 2787 tbh

a lot of the dates are just close

[little matrix]

the monitor says 4% now

[fallow forge]

Chat how long do i have to have at data wall terminal before it tells me to go to hauler

[subtle oracle]

has for 2 hrs now

[visual lynx]

this looks like a cargo manifest so maybe it’s the date that cargo was shipped

[radiant sandal]

Oh yeah, could be.

[worthy oxide]

Maybe the community needs to have a sufficient number of runners link all the terminals.

[astral geyser]

its said 4% for the past 3 hours

[clear ridge]

hey anyone know where the terminal is in north relay

[little matrix]

i just now got the mail, sorry

[rough imp]

It's in the DCON building to the west of north relay

[worthy oxide]

Unless it's just time gated and it will increment every day for a week or something

[radiant sandal]

It being Time-gated would be kinda disappointing.

[modern zodiac]

what are these terminals on perimeter about?

[clear ridge]

thanks

[lyric plank]

any idea what the countdown is about

[finite night]

i had idea you have to stand at ones with percent and maybe prompt will appear

turns out no

[fallow forge]

What terminal do i need to go to first before hauler

[placid gust]

Alright guys I was away for a bit what progress have we made? Any?

[grave cloud]

not really much, there's terminals on perimeter that plays messages from durandal when you got to three or something

website has some interesting stuff though

but nothing that I can see progressing

[finite night]

i tested my theory about standing near terminal when relink starts maybe prompt will appear but no

[frozen fern]

Is there any videos of the terminals so I don’t have to find them?

[finite night]

maybe you need to stand one with camera showing

[grave cloud]

I have recorded the south relay one

[rancid carbon]

south relay? so theres 4

[cosmic gate]

Cryoarchive.systems opens in like 8-9 minutes

[astral geyser]

there is 6 i belive

[fallow forge]

What are the order of the terminals. Cause ive only seen the south relay to data wall whats next

Or how do they even work

[little matrix]

does the golden prestige key that says zone >> cryo.archive maybe have anything to do with it?

[placid gust]

Ok ok, cool - I’ll keep running then, and if I see anything, I’ll let y’all know. If you need a solo Xbox runner to check anything too, I’m happy to assist.

[astral geyser]

i dont know?

i though the marathon C.03

[little matrix]

yeah that

[astral geyser]

maybe

[plucky leaf]

i think that key is for getting into the map (similar to a labs keycard in tarkov)

[little matrix]

i have one if its needed

[astral geyser]

I have one I thought it was just for accessing the ship

[civic aurora]

anyone want to join my runs as we find them im happy to have ya

[little matrix]

could be

[astral geyser]

isnt there a red rarity marathon key also

[finite night]

Hauler (second floor right side in room with four black storage sections some of which empty)
Overflow (dcon)
North Relay (dcon)
Data Wall (third floor on hauler entrance side)
Station (upper buildings next to the extraction point)

[subtle oracle]

the keys can be gold or red and diff symbols themselves

[grave cloud]

station (upper buildings next to the extraction point)

[astral geyser]

yeah marathon C.06 is Contraband rarity

new rarity incoming maybe?

[frozen fern]

I’m wondering lore wise how is it that Durandal is speaking to us through the terminals?

[trim sky]

does someone know what to do with the terminals?? or how to trigger the secret audiolog

[astral geyser]

also a C.04 and C.01

[trim sky]

do you know when it happens?

[gentle barn]

Outpost in processing main building second floor middle left side has one

[frozen fern]

I haven’t done it in game

[little matrix]

terminal on outpost, 2nd flooron the sw side processing

[astral geyser]

I think the Marthon C.XX keys are just for rooms on board the ship

[little matrix]

its grey

[trim sky]

any clue? im waiting like. 20 min near one to trigger it LMAOOO

[astral geyser]

C being Cryo Archive

[grave cloud]

problem now is getting to the ship 🙂

[neon quarry]

yo guys is it ok to post links here? i think i found an arg that bungies put out. if you go to the gun stickers and find the one called zero step shift its a qr code. scan it and itll take you to a page with cameras in cryo archives. if i can post links i made a reddit post with some of the info ive found.

[astral geyser]

which possibly means we will get more areas of the Marathon as maps

[frozen fern]

idk I think you just walk towards it and it switches the screen and plays audio

[outer surge]

Is there a Bug with the red smoke you can see through walls?

[trim sky]

i have been near 3 of them an nothing happens

[modern zodiac]

what do i do with the terminals?

[astral geyser]

been at it for 4 hours already

[dreamy hawk]

See above. Folks have been digging through them but good find!

[fallow forge]

So are the ones in south relay and data wall the only ones that work?

[gentle barn]

how do i interact with terminals that are black?

[grave cloud]

check this messag for the terminals locations

all of those work

[gentle barn]

and hauler is activated bujt cant be interacted with

[dreamy hawk]

Leela spoke of child processes when the S’pht were attacking her. Durandal may have little branches of himself stashed around, or he’s close.

[frozen fern]

Ok interesting thanks

[modern zodiac]

do you interact with them?

[clear ridge]

station- hauler

South relay- data wall

overflow- North Relay

[zinc shuttle]

so, just for clarification, does the arg need finished to access the marathon or do we need to wait for all terminals to be active across all maps?

[fallow forge]

Holy cow finally

[astral geyser]

probably all terminals across all maps

[clear ridge]

station- hauler

South relay- data wall

overflow- North Relay
These terminals link to each other, you have to pirime the second terminal with the first terminal, sorry if this has been discovered

[visual lynx]

I presume he is in a ship nearby, if not beyond the need for such things by now entirely, and accessing the colony systems remotely

[fallow forge]

You are a flipping life saver nobody was saying anything when i asked about this

[astral geyser]

what does it do once you do that

[clear ridge]

idk i havent done all three in a match yet

[finite night]

camera feed

[neon quarry]

ive been looking at the page sources for the site and you can find a uesc kill counter with multiple states i think referring to the cameras. theres a count down in the source that im assuming if we reach the thresh hold of the kill count will unlock either data entrys or different camera feeds. "pages":{
"cargo":{"unlocked":true,"completed":false},
"index":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false},
"revival":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false},
"biostock":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false},
"steerage":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false},
"preservation":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false},
"cryoHub":{"unlocked":false,"completed":false}

[dreamy hawk]

Why would he be beyond such things? Just curious; the current game is early on his timeline.

[neon quarry]

"uescKillCount":42367944
"uescKillCountNextUpdateAt":"2026-03-06T19:01:00.121Z"

[frozen fern]

Yeah I was thinking either he still has access to the marathon or he is using the faster than light communications like tycho does in 2 to communicate with us

[grave cloud]

it could be that we're missing terminals on perimeter yet

[clear ridge]

i think theres only 6, but they do link off in pairs to get the durandel dialogue

[zinc shuttle]

idk i think all terminals have been found

[broken zinc]

found at least one, have it clipped for those interested
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tAX4z_dtGu4

[subtle oracle]

https://imgur.com/JPco6RE
hey so wtf is that

[broken zinc]

have people gone to cryo archive already?

i didnt think it was unlocked

[astral geyser]

where you find that

[finite night]

we are trying to unlock it

[keen goblet]

yo I found one of the terminals

[subtle oracle]

cryo archive short on the youtube

[keen goblet]

uh

crap does anyone have image perms

[subtle oracle]

we know where the terminals are homie but ty

[astral geyser]

we need image perms in here so badly

[keen goblet]

ah aight so the one with coordinates in south relay yeah

[subtle oracle]

itd be hard bc general might flood it

[subtle oracle]

yeah theres full maps out alr but def appreciate the enthusiasm

[clear ridge]

Have people gotten all 3 durandel dialogues in one match yet?

[subtle oracle]

this im not sure of tbh

[finite night]

i feel like that's how you do, and then you have to re establish connection with each member in trio at the one of those camera terminals

[fallow forge]

Im gonna try soon

[subtle oracle]

so it might just be a waiting game?

[clear ridge]

station- hauler

South relay- data wall

overflow- North Relay
the first terminal activates the second, im about to try rn

with the homies

[frozen fern]

Milo (roflwaffles) did on stream and nothing happened

[astral geyser]

those progress bars gotta be filling somehow

[clear ridge]

ok cool ty

[neon quarry]

very well could be its checking the kill count every so often for something.

[astral geyser]

but it hasnt moved in 3 hours

[subtle oracle]

also i wonder why control isnt here

[frozen fern]

I think we might have to wait for the Dire Marsh terminals

[dreamy hawk]

How much was it moving previously?

[astral geyser]

it seems to have started at 4%

[untold badger]

Is there a place where we can find the locations of these terminals?

[dreamy hawk]

Well we’re not getting twenty maps between now and the end of the month, so not linked to that probably.

[keen goblet]

also unrelated but whats the image the bot sends you when you join the server for the first time meant to be btw

[neon quarry]

it might check on a larger interval than wed like maybe every day or so? archives isnt supposed to come out till the end of the month so who knows. more stuff will probably come out of the cameras as we unlock stuff

[grave cloud]

it is moving, as I stated before, it's going up every 5 minutes or so

[neon quarry]

control?

[subtle oracle]

wonder if its all uesc, jsut outpost, or all maps

[subtle oracle]

a name for one of the cams

[rancid carbon]

im working on one rn

[astral geyser]

its hasnt moved I've been checking

[zinc shuttle]

i would assume across all maps

[grave cloud]

you mean the uesc kill counter?

[prisma sun]

I didn’t find one that was in south that wanted me to go to the one at data wall

[zinc shuttle]

yes

gotta be

[astral geyser]

does the mail have anything in it helpful there was an in game mail sent about all this

[zinc shuttle]

otherwise itd fill up barely any if it was tied to one map

[gentle zodiac]

We may need that 100 stabilization per feed to see what next steps would be for website.

||Once at 100 you can "printscreen" from camera feeds. Website POSTs camera id and timestamp based on the feed and when you click.

I.e.
https://cryoarchive.systems/api/cctv-cameras/capture?id=revival&timestamp=3017

Currently returns 400 error from hacking away at it

{"ok":false,"error":"Camera not stabilized"}

Likely goodies to decode in these responses once we can get them.
||

I don't see relevance to kill count or ship date at this point based on current sources.

[prisma sun]

It seems like what’s open right now is Perimeter

[civic aurora]

im on steam hogarth3 if anyone wants to join find the dang terminals on video

[frozen fern]

The in game mail seemed to say that there are more terminals coming to other maps

[grave cloud]

I showed here that it was going up

[subtle oracle]

this is between you and @neon quarry bc thats out of my skillset

[dreamy hawk]

I’ll be exploring in about an hour when I get home.

[finite night]

i don't think kill count matters

[civic aurora]

ping me when you do

[zinc shuttle]

its gotta amount to something, otherwise it wouldnt be a target number

[astral geyser]

what is the target number

[dreamy hawk]

Could as easily be runner deaths or successful extracts. What do we have as far as context?

[neon quarry]

something only bungie can see or know i dont think theyll tell us. may just have to keep killing uesc

gonna go play the game good luck ladies and gents

[subtle oracle]

i gotta sleep ggs

[frozen fern]

Yeah hopefully something gets found out

[civic hazel]

i found a weird website extableshing connection to the cargo servailance cameras by scanning the qr code of the "zero step shift" code

[spring fiber]

Till the website release nothing get find ?

[wise plank]

"I've been watching. You curious things... you violent ones. Your journey is only just begun. So many Marathons yet to run."

durandal is fire

[keen plank]

Such a fitting line for him.

[raven leaf]

holy hell it IS chill in here

[wise plank]

ben starr is perfect its sick

[keen plank]

It's funny to me that Runners are essentially 2900s Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Like they'd do just fine in that setting.

[keen plank]

Told you man. There's a lot more normal players than loud ones.

[sudden pollen]

Dude all of this stuff just oozes style and effort from the devs I LOVE IT!!!!!!

All the custom websites

[raven leaf]

I see that

[sudden pollen]

🤩

[golden turtle]

nothing occurs after you extract with all three activated. Me and @marsh lodge just did it.

all six**

[native flicker]

I combined two pieces from the terminals in the Perimeter and got this: 35.212.46.182

No idea what to do with it though

[dreamy hawk]

A lot busier even a half hour ago. But welcome! 👋

[keen plank]

Interesting.

[golden turtle]

a direct link to the cryocamera website

put it in a webbrowser

as the web address

[keen plank]

I told people we were in for another big community puzzle. It'll be interesting to see how it evolves as we solve it and then unlock the ship.

[crisp ginkgo]

Salam

Hello

[unborn path]

Has anyone figured out how to get Security clearance for the Pin Wheel access stations in outpost? Please @ me ❤️

[native flicker]

Idk I get this: This is the default server vhost

[raven galleon]

the code you get from going to south relay to data wall terminals is 35.212.46.162

[inland haven]

Guys i found these wierd terminals on perimeter and it led me to another wierd terminal with some little audio log? Has anyone else found this?

Oh shit nvm

[dreamy hawk]

Good find! See above.

[golden turtle]

there are six total on perimeter, yes that's what we're all talkiung about rn

[muted pasture]

I also got a code from the two terminals on perimeter but it is different 35.212.46.162

[inland haven]

I found one at data wall?

[golden turtle]

yes there are six across the map

[inland haven]

Right

[astral geyser]

we know about the website and terminals

[golden turtle]

one activation and one audio per pair, three pairs

[astral geyser]

we've been stumped on it for awhile

[inland haven]

Whats the website

[rotund quarry]

Is there a discord/reddit/etc. where people are working on this?

[golden turtle]

im at the moment convinced it'll be a waiting game, honestly.

[trail elk]

i posted this on new noise but no response, if you follow the qr code sticker it brings you to this https://cryoarchive.systems/

[astral geyser]

same

[golden turtle]

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

[trail elk]

anyone tracking?

[dreamy hawk]

I’d agree. They can’t have people figuring out things too quickly.

[sudden pollen]

This is generally what the entire server besides new-chat, general, and the weird feedback posts is like. Majority is hella chill

[inland haven]

Im on phone i cant see it 😛

[golden turtle]

and I think they'd said something about Cryo being accessable mid-march?

[trail elk]

theres camera feeds

[earnest totem]

how come at the beginning of the story we arent aware of the phfor attack on tau ceti iv? did the distress signal not contain any information about what went wrong?

[inland haven]

Oh well i hope too see a 2 hour long video essay on this arg 😛🙏

[dreamy hawk]

This has been my problem all day!

[dreamy hawk]

No.

[gray sluice]

Anyone tell me what to do with these codes then? Like give me the link they go to or what etc

[golden turtle]

"somewhere in the heavans, they are waiting" is the only thing SOL heard about from tau ceti i beleive

[raven galleon]

what's with the 8 minute timers on the website?

[trail elk]

the link brings you to camera feeds that show spaces in the ship, theyre unstable and will be re establishing connection in 8 minutes

[astral geyser]

we have the cryo website with the cam feed thats it

[dreamy hawk]

The P’fhor destroyed comms. “Somewhere in the heavens they are waiting” is the warning.

[trail elk]

who are they? the sfht?

[astral geyser]

it attempts then fails it seems

[gray sluice]

Where's the cam feed? The cryo website is just a picture that says cryo archive systems

[inland haven]

Theres allso some termianls on marsh?

[golden turtle]

click the green box

[astral geyser]

you gotta click on cryo archive

[trail elk]

might require a link to be re established in game

comms node

[inland haven]

I saw a deactivated one in the algae place

[gray sluice]

There's no green box only red

[trail elk]

im still getting established but if anyone wants to try and re establish comms if thats even a thing id be down

[gray sluice]

And it doesn't do nun

[astral geyser]

https://cryoarchive.systems/

[trail elk]

weird

im showing green

[rotund wedge]

We should take the camera feed footage, up the brightness, and invert the colours just for the sake of scratching that possibility off the list.

[gray sluice]

Same outcome

Can show in community art

[astral geyser]

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

[golden turtle]

for anyone that wants to see it for themselves:

South Relay -> Data Wall
Overflow -> North Relay
Station -> Hauler

[trail elk]

bottom ticker shows system responding in 762y 🙃

[gray sluice]

Same outcome let me try on my pc

[sour frost]

If you put the coordinates in after the slash on the website it takes to another page that says unauthorized access. If we haven’t found that already

[trail elk]

configured for pc not mobile

[lunar scarab]

Wait this game has an ARG?

[golden turtle]

yes

[gray sluice]

Yh was running desktop mode

[rotund wedge]

C0.1 Marathon keys are physical items you can place in your bag. We’ll likely have to access the Marathon in-run . .

[sudden pollen]

ur the goat

[lunar scarab]

Oh hell yeah

[inland haven]

I noticed theres a termianl on the marsh in the algae part of the map

[golden turtle]

using location names from the beta test, it does the same if you name them after cryoarchive.systems/

[lunar scarab]

Don't know how much help I'll be but I'll try to follow

[keen plank]

That's the first type of any communication the Earth's solar system has gotten from Tau Ceti in over 300 years. The distress signals in the launch trailer never made it back.

[trail elk]

what coords

[golden turtle]

ANY WORD SENDS YOU TO A WEBSITE

[inland haven]

Have we confirmed the locations of the terminals on the marsh?

[gray sluice]

What happens when it re establishes connection?

[golden turtle]

"https://cryoarchive.systems/durandal"

does the exact same as like. "https://cryoarchive.systems/penis"

[marsh lodge]

https://cryoarchive.systems/ (followed by literally any word you can think of just sends you to a placeholder)

[golden turtle]

^^^

[gentle zodiac]

Website:

Current stabilization is 0-1 for most feeds. Needs progression in game or time.

||Max for stabilization is 100. When max can be screenshotted. This is a dead end until we actually hit the numbers due to server side validation.

When the named feeds state is "unlocked", it allows something called "RUN_DIAG" linking directly to the named feed (
"/cargo": "[1] Cargo",
"/indx": "[2] Index",
"/steerage": "[3] Steerage",
"/revival": "[4] Revival",
"/biostock": "[5] Biostock",
"/preservation": "[6] Preservation",
"/cryohub": "[7] Cryo Hub",
"/example": "[8] Example"
)
I assume we'll get more here once we unlock this for real.

When the named feed's state is unlocked AND completed, they are marked as completed on the website.

Unsure about the significance of "memoryUnlocked", "uescKillCount", "shipDate" state.
||

[clear ridge]

the bar on the three terminals we have access to goes up i think

[dreamy hawk]

Password maybe? Need the right word to get somewhere.

[astral geyser]

there are many Marathon C.XX keys C stands for Cryo so its all keys for there whuch we can assume the Marathon will have more locations in the future

[gentle zodiac]

Going to go shoot robots and click terminals for now

[fallow forge]

So we got some numbers in the videos durendal is talking over

Data wall
02212014152312099
51908012114200504

35.212.46.XXX

Hauler
20152308012015140
30523011908151305

35.XXX.46.162

North Relay
0715040501182209
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(This one is really hard to read)
2X.212.X6.162 -this may not be right.

[raven leaf]

so uh, does anyone know where I can post a music video thing for Marathon?

[green roost]

I was standing at terminal with my team and it didn't accept me and left me behind 😞😒

[trail elk]

https://cryoarchive.systems/durandal

[inland haven]

THERE ARE MORE TERMINALS ON MARSH CAN SOMEONE CONFIRM IM NOT CRAZY 😭🙏

[golden turtle]

maybe?? There's also grafitti in the Data Wall RIGHT behind one of the Marathon things.

"Mad is the sword that severed tomorrow" -- Durandal is the name of the AI and also the name of a sword from a french (?) epic.

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479636399899545790

[astral geyser]

yup but they not active

[rotund wedge]

Ah, I had the wrong mindset then. I thought the keys would play into accessing Marathon’s Cryo itself.

[dreamy hawk]

@civic aurora I think was hoping to do so, and I’m getting home and hoping on now, too, if you need a group.

[astral geyser]

there might be an item for that just not in the pool yet

[trail elk]

ahhh

my b

[dreamy hawk]

Try Roland. 😂

[limber tinsel]

where were the terminal located on perimiter?

[fallow forge]

Do these mean anything or am i schizo

[golden turtle]

i learned from an unnamed source who played during the beta that the keys are used to access specific rooms inside of Marathon

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479635788776996935

[gray sluice]

What are we doing with these numbers?

[rotund wedge]

Gotcha. Different kinds or Cryo keys exist, too. The range I’ve seen is Green to Red keycards.

[golden turtle]

the ip finishes itself throughout the terminals and take you to the website (cryoarchive cameras) the numbers I don't know yet

[golden turtle]

I think they're for different levels of Cryoarhives since it's split into 7 different "vaults" or floors

[gray sluice]

Website is "receiving transmission" wat this mean

I'm so confused

[rotund wedge]

There’s only a few colors, though. Maybe we’ll need multiple of each?

[golden turtle]

its a looping countdown that doesnt mean anything yet

i beleive

[golden turtle]

mmmmmaybe?? i wouldnt know

[inland haven]

Oh wait theres a message that was talking about the terminals in the mail box it goes as follows

//: marathon access
Perimeter zone terminals: active
Uesc marathon jump signal: corrupted

locate active perimeter terminals
access active perimeter terminals
pairing required: three per zone
dire marsh zone terminals to follow
outpost zone terminals to follow

Honestly it seems like a waiting game by the looks of it?

[golden turtle]

i played during the april (first) test and there wasn't anything even close to related to Cryoarchives in that

[gray sluice]

So all we know is there's random audio logs in the map where durandal is speaking and a website with cams on showing cryo?

[gentle zodiac]

They likely aggregate and cache the totals to reduce load. The timers one would assume would just be when that aggregate refreshes.

[inland haven]

Its from cryo.archive_admin idk if this helps :p

[golden turtle]

me and a buddy are heading to Dire to check out the terminals to just test if they're active yet

[haughty crag]

are there any codex things from doing it yourself or is it safe to just find a video

[golden turtle]

will update, probably won't be though.

[grave cloud]

A1z26 cipher maybe?

data wall
02 21 21 04 15 23 12 09 14 = B U I L D O W L I N -> could be BUILDING
05 19 08 01 12 11 20 05 04 = E S H A L L T E D -> BEHIND THE?

hauler
20 15 23 08 01 20 15 14 05 = T O W H A T O N E
03 05 23 01 19 08 15 13 05 = C E W A S H O M E
maybe "TO WHAT ONE ONCE WAS HOME".

north relay
07 15 04 05 01 18 22 09 = G O D E A R V I
15 12 05 14 20 15 14 05 = O L E N T O N E
could be ""GOD ARE VIOLENT ONE" or "GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE"

[sudden pollen]

Wow

Man there is so much to uncover in this game

!!!!!

[gentle zodiac]

Current:

{
    "stabilization": {
        "cargo": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 1,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "index": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 1,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "revival": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "biostock": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "steerage": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "preservation": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "cryoHub": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 1,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "camera06": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        },
        "camera09": {
            "stabilizationLevel": 0,
            "nextStabilizationAt": "2026-03-07T00:45:00.000Z"
        }
    }
}

[golden turtle]

"BEHIND THE -----, TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME. GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE" -- Durandal (?) refered to the Runners as "Violent ones" in the third peremiter vioce log.

We may have to find something behind somewhere?

that "once was home"

[grave cloud]

also, theres an ip address on the codes 35.212.46.162

[golden turtle]

or it may be the Marathon that "once was home" as it was a generational ship.

[grave cloud]

it leads to the arg website

[hallow stag]

So, the fact that the Marathon voyage is a set up, supposedly, is a soft recon no? I remember no mention of something similar in the og trilogy

[inland haven]

Theres another address in the mailbox message <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

[rotund wedge]

I agree. I think that’ll come into play later

[golden turtle]

^^ Agreed.

IT SEEMS as though Durandal is inviting us onto the Marathon.

and WANTS us to go onto the ship.

[grave cloud]

how do we accept though?

[golden turtle]

hmmmmm

[dreamy hawk]

How do you mean? Durandal called the P’fhor to steal their ship. Or are you thinking a set up another way?

[rotund wedge]

Bingus has something to do with this . .

[fallow forge]

Didnt the devs say cryo will be available later this month?

[rotund wedge]

Yes, but we have to unlock it ourselves.

[grave cloud]

we need to unlock it

[inland haven]

They allso said it would be a community effort to unlock so maybe this is what they ment?

[golden turtle]

The Marathon was never a setup.

They intended to go to the Tau Ceti system to establish an exocolony. On the way, Durandal went Rampant. If Durandal hadn't gone rampant and sent out the distress call nothing would have happened

they didnt intent Durandal to go rampant, it was not a set up

[inland haven]

we prolly have to solve this and then it will unlock?

[dreamy hawk]

He was actually rampant before, likely. Strauss was a bit of a jerk.

[hallow stag]

Jasper's diary, from Dire Marsh, they believe all the idealisms behind the Marathon were just a facade, and that the colony's end was somewhat in the plans

[golden turtle]

Ahhh okay. I didn't know that.

[tiny kraken]

i think it's a126z but the first chunk looks wrong

[rotund wedge]

More than likely, we’ll have to let time pass some. Bungie seems to have the unlock on a schedule.

[tiny kraken]

I got BUTNOWLIQSHAUNTEDTOWHATONCEWASHOMEGODEARVIOLENTONE

[unreal slate]

Tastes like Bingus. Isn't.

[split fern]

where are the terminals you all talk about guys?

[hallow stag]

I know, I played the OGs, but some dialogues seem to hint to something else, given it's the diary of a nobody, lone survivor, but still

[dreamy hawk]

Oh I’m not familiar with that actually. But the UESC did intend for it to be successful. A lot of other factions, like MIDA, might have had their own plans, but it was a legitimate colonization effort.

[grave cloud]

yeah, I also do

[golden turtle]

"BUT NOW LIE SHAUNTED TO WHAT ONCE WAS" is the correct translation of the first one

[tiny kraken]

which makes me think "Go Dear Violent One To What Once Was Home But Now Liqs (sic) Haunted"

[haughty crag]

lies haunted?

[golden turtle]

lie shaunted

haunted?

[tiny kraken]

yes agreed it should be lies but the numbers say liqs

[fallow forge]

Here

[golden turtle]

mmm

[sudden pollen]

[golden turtle]

but now lies haunted

[dreamy hawk]

Durandal was an experiment in to rampancy and meta stability iirc. And given Strauss’ ties to MIDA there might be more there, too.

[rotund wedge]

Haunted. Shaunted isn’t a word

[fallow forge]

@split fern

[golden turtle]

yeah i realize that

LOL

i was thinking shunted but my brain wasnt connecting the irregularity

[hallow stag]

The terminal event from today just brings you to Durandal's invitation right? Or is there something else

[grave cloud]

"uescKillCount": 50496585
it's indeed going up on the website

[fallow forge]

There are yet so many marathons we need to run chat!

[rotund wedge]

You know, now that I think about it, I think we’ve seen the lies haunted message before.

[tiny kraken]

I think this is just a mistranscription of the numbers, read a 0 as a 9

fixing that makes it correctly "lies haunted"

[golden turtle]

one of the trailers I think

[rotund wedge]

I think it’s a passphrase.

[clear ridge]

Which website

[marsh lodge]

02 21 20 14 15 23 12 09 05 19 08 01 21 14 20 05 04 = BUT NOW LIES HAUNTED
20 15 23 08 01 20 15 14 05 03 05 23 01 19 08 15 13 05 = TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME
07 15 04 05 01 18 22 09 15 12 05 14 20 15 14 05 = GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE

Read from bottom up, A1Z26 cipher of terminal numbers

[grave cloud]

https://cryoarchive.systems

[golden turtle]

"GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE, TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME BUT NOW LIES HAUNTED"

its 100% an invitation

[tiny kraken]

the marathon was once home to BoBs and now lies haunted...?

[grave cloud]

GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME BUT NOW LIES HAUNTED

[golden turtle]

but i wonder why

[grave cloud]

it's indeed the marathon ship

[rotund wedge]

I think this phrase is in the intro.

[autumn kraken]

DUOS PLEASE

[dreamy hawk]

It was Durandal’s home.

[tiny kraken]

ur so right

[grave cloud]

haunted could be a synonym to abandoned maybe, not really haunted

[marsh lodge]

haunted by S'pht?

[golden turtle]

S'pht 👀

[dreamy hawk]

And their viruses.

[shut vale]

judging by this we have to now do this for the other zones

[rotund wedge]

We’re gonna have to fight ghosts on the marathon, calling it.

[fallow forge]

So im guessing it really will be unlocked later this month cause they’ll probably release the other terminals for march and outpost

[shut vale]

sentence 1 found #w

[unreal slate]

Lore. Solved.

[rancid carbon]

weres the terminal in overflow?

[inland haven]

They are not unlocked yet unfortunatley

[marsh lodge]

Building west of it

[shut vale]

yes

we wait

[fallow forge]

Then with those terminals will allow us to get to the marathon

[tiny kraken]

we did see a ghostly figure in one of the videos from cryoarchive.systems

[rotund wedge]

Yeah, I think we’re at a wall right now. Devs said later this month, so it’s certainly on a time frame.

[marsh lodge]

We did???

[tiny kraken]

yea lemme find it

[shut vale]

figured they would at least time gate a little bit because holy moly the difficulty spike in outpost is wicked from dire marsh

[muted pasture]

any info on terminals for dire marsh or outpost?

[shut vale]

can’t imagine cryo

[tiny kraken]

#📚marathon-lore-discussion message

[astral geyser]

not active yet

[rotund wedge]

Season three, we fight the psyche of Strauss inhabiting a shell.

[hallow stag]

Warden aside it isn't that bad

[inland haven]

Thats definetly a cloak of some kind maybe hints at a roaming boss?

[spring dragon]

Lore people, I'm working on making a basic introduction video and was wondering.. do I need to research the old marathon? Is it important to this game's story??

[grave cloud]

maybe we need to get the next maps terminal message

and the ip address also

[golden turtle]

Same general shape as a S'

phit

[dreamy hawk]

Durandal is going to send us on a quest to capture him. He lamented never getting the chance to humiliate him.

[golden turtle]

or however the fuck it's spelt

[shut vale]

albino compiler

[golden turtle]

The ghostly figure

[dreamy hawk]

So far, seems to be.

[fallow forge]

Was there just 1 w'rkncacnter or is there a whole species

[golden turtle]

yes very

[grave cloud]

the arg website leads me to believe that we need to wait, there's a lot of numbers going up related to in game events

[shut vale]

species that lived in stars

ancient, very very ancient

[rotund wedge]

That may be what occurs once we reach the Marathon. He’ll try to guide us like he guided the Mjolnir.

[fallow forge]

So theres a possibility of another becoming free

[astral geyser]

what happens when the timer reaches zero is that when the message transmitted

[dreamy hawk]

Or a being. Or force. We don’t know. We aren’t even certain if the Jjaro were a race or an individual.

[shut vale]

well this in this timeline the wrk was never unleashed no?

[shut vale]

or god!

[spring dragon]

I'm gathering than there's a lot more to this plot than what I've gathered in this game just from reading this chat for five seconds

[inland haven]

Maybe, do you have to sign into the website at all? Like link your bungie account?

[dreamy hawk]

That happens later. It could be a bad timeline, we just don’t know yet.

[shut vale]

gotcha

[golden turtle]

"SOMEWHERE IN THE HEAVANS THEY ARE WAITING" Could be refering to the wrkncanter???

[astral geyser]

nope

[golden turtle]

if they lived in the stars??

"They" could be the wrkncanter??

[shut vale]

naw i think that’s just the Marathon

[golden turtle]

the "They" i mean

[shut vale]

as we’ve been seeing Furandal inviting us

[golden turtle]

well yes i know that

[shut vale]

it would be cool to subvert that expectation tho

[fallow forge]

Or the pfhor

[golden turtle]

^^

[shut vale]

yeaaaa that’d be cool

[fallow forge]

Or jjaro

[dreamy hawk]

Or Yaro

[golden turtle]

I was refering to who/what the "They" are that are "waiting", not where

[civic aurora]

Everyone praise @rancid carbon for their cartogrophy skills

Map made

[astral geyser]

does the timer connect to the message transmitted?

[dreamy hawk]

Not Pthia

[shut vale]

they being the lost souls on the marathon

[dreamy hawk]

The P’fhor if I haven’t forgotten.

That was the distress signal sent to earth warning them to get ready.

[golden turtle]

oh yeah maybe actually

[sage lark]

Could be Pfhor or Jjaro

[golden turtle]

im just spitballing 🤷

[dreamy hawk]

But it would have arrived after the P’fhor, Durandal just embarrassed the P’fhor so badly they ended up not being able to invade earth as planned.

[shut vale]

yea no it’s a cool idea

[fallow forge]

I wonder if other planets of the tau ceti system will be available in later seasons

[dreamy hawk]

Marathon = Durandal’s story

[fallow forge]

Cause we’re just on tau ceti 4

[astral geyser]

and other parts of the marathon

[rancid carbon]

https://imgur.com/a/nuQrqdm Terminal locations

[copper grail]

are there any terminals on other maps yet?

[fallow forge]

Yes!

[dreamy walrus]

Isn't this post-pfhor war?

[golden turtle]

Yes but they are not active yet.

[fallow forge]

Oh yea… they’re dead arent they

[dreamy walrus]

Or about to be soon as the UESC and tbem have their like

[dreamy hawk]

Post invasion/eradication on TC.

[dreamy walrus]

Actual war iirc

[fallow forge]

Well ive heard the anomaly is possibly tied to the jjaro so it could be them if anything

[subtle oracle]

wait someone recap whats new in the last 2 hrs

[civic aurora]

https://imgur.com/a/nuQrqdm Terminal locations

[dreamy hawk]

Oh wait you’re right.

[civic aurora]

thank @rancid carbon

[subtle oracle]

we knew that alr

[astral geyser]

decoded some messages to im pretty sure

[subtle oracle]

tauceti gg had a map out by like 5pm

[dreamy hawk]

The P’fhor are no more assuming the timeline of the original games.

[golden turtle]

Terminals activated on Peremiter.

3 activation, three audio terminals that need to be enabled.

Each terminal has both a list of numbers, and an ip address.

Ip goes to the website, numbers are a cipher

02 21 20 14 15 23 12 09 05 19 08 01 21 14 20 05 04 = BUT NOW LIES HAUNTED
20 15 23 08 01 20 15 14 05 03 05 23 01 19 08 15 13 05 = TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME
07 15 04 05 01 18 22 09 15 12 05 14 20 15 14 05 = GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE

Read from bottom up, A1Z26 cipher of terminal numbers

Gathered from the Terminals throughout Perimeter

"GO DEAR VIOLENT ONE, TO WHAT ONCE WAS HOME BUT NOW LIES HAUNTED"

DURANDAL is inviting us to the Marathon. That's about all we have right now

[subtle oracle]

ohhhh the decoding is new

[golden turtle]

if im not wrong I think that's about all the concrete stuff we have right now

[subtle oracle]

makes sense. still 4%, 9 cams, and no movement on progress bars?

[gentle zodiac]

Stabilization numbers haven't really gone up in the past two hours.

[placid gust]

Oh shit ok

[gentle zodiac]

Still 0-1 when we need 100

[placid gust]

Maybe he could, like, give us a little more if he’s so eager for our visit you know lmao

[minor pendant]

Well i had 2 buddies stand at each terminal

and one of the terminals turned into a live camera feed

[golden turtle]

they all do that

[minor pendant]

We heard shooting through the camera so maybe there was audio

[minor pendant]

my bad twin thought we were onto something

coincidence ig

[golden turtle]

no problem !!! its still a really good find

[fallow forge]

Man this world building is peak

[sterile merlin]

so is durandal in this

[golden turtle]

this is all something we're all trying to figure out together so any and all "weird" things you notice are important

[golden turtle]

yes

[sterile merlin]

based

[minor pendant]

sooo are there gonna be pve perimeter lobbies the rest of the night

Lul

[marsh lodge]

Unfortunately, unless the same player has to interact with all 6 things then extract, doing every panel in one run does nothing

[civic aurora]

wont know until we try

[golden turtle]

^^ We both did this, nothing happened.

[minor pendant]

Wheres that camera feed go to

[unreal slate]

So we have solved the mystery of Bingus. But who is this elusive Marton??

[golden turtle]

We did extract after interacting with all 6

[minor pendant]

Where are all of them?

[fallow forge]

John Marathon?

[minor pendant]

We found one in data wall

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479642695491387582

[cold sedge]

mine was the big spiky ovaloid in the cryo archive promo footage

[minor pendant]

Mine looked like some place in the new map

[civic aurora]

is there any achievement for the terminals

[minor pendant]

Gave off that vibe

very dark

Looked like a lab type place

[golden turtle]

have you and your friends seen the camera website?

[minor pendant]

I have a vid i think, cant share rn but will asap

[minor pendant]

Naur

[golden turtle]

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

[minor pendant]

We have the ip written down

[sage lark]

Its cryoarchive

[cold sedge]

35.212.46.xxx?

[golden turtle]

the other terminals finish the ip iirc

[minor pendant]

uhhh hold on lemme ask

[civic aurora]

Is hamish sinclair in here? Dudes prob having a field day with all this

[unreal slate]

John Marathon's initials are JM. J and M are also letters in Jameson Locke. Jameson Locke was a Spartan IV who first appeared in Halo 2 Anniversary's both opening and ending with the task of hunting down the Master Chief. The Master Chief is a stand in for a Messianic savior of humanity. "Messianic" has 10 letters, and "Marathon" has 8. 10 - 2 = 8. 10 - 8 = 2. 2 = the amount of people who can share a drinkable cheeseburger. Duos with Master Chief unlockable skin confirmed?

[golden turtle]

is that how we unlock the next HALO game

[subtle oracle]

been waiting for the site to update all day

[astral geyser]

same

[marsh lodge]

is there any indicator or timer when the site might update? I thought I saw someone mention there being a time in the inspect elements

[magic geyser]

outpost came out and i think the Newwwwbs found out

[civic aurora]

A voice just boomed when I loaded map. Saying "You should not have come here"

[golden turtle]

same voice as the audio logs? or different?

[civic aurora]

no clue

[cold sedge]

35.212.46.162

[copper grail]

does anyone know what the count down on the cameras is for?

[civic aurora]

its on my stream. rewind it a few min to most recent load of map

[swift sparrow]

What

[golden turtle]

according to @marsh lodge it is the same voice as the audio logs

[astral geyser]

cryoarchive link

[golden turtle]

It appears there's a chance for Durandal to speak to you at the start of runs

[brave sparrow]

that happened to me too earlier, don't recognize the voice but maybe ORION?

[golden turtle]

"YOU WALK ACROSS YOUR TOMBS" is one

[hazy mist]

where do you put the ip to get to the message

[marsh lodge]

CHAT, I remember watching a clip of a streamer who got a random voiceline at the start of the run saying "Unanticipated signal override... YOU WALK ACROSS YOUR TOMB" and it sounds like Durandal

[golden turtle]

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

this is the link the IP takes you to

[gray sluice]

John durandal falling for the ragebait 24/7 D1 crash out icl

[hazy mist]

got it got it

[frozen fern]

So where is the new marathon game in the timeline? Because in marathon 2 Durandal says the phor killed everyone on tau ceti is that still correct?

[subtle oracle]

Yeah the weird man ai voice lines when you load in sometimes are durandal

[wise lark]

Just hopped in the chat so sorry if this has been talked about, anyone know what the new insta story on marathon page is about?

[subtle oracle]

basically saying "gtfo"

[subtle oracle]

we're talking ab hamish sinclairs website not marathon arg

[marsh lodge]

ohhh, question stands tho, cause somebody mentioned that at some point i think

mb tho

[copper grail]

ik they aint active yet but has anyone seen terminals on dire matsh yet?

[golden turtle]

there's one in algae ponds, me and @marsh lodge are looking for the rest rightn ow

[copper grail]

ok i will keep an eye out

[civic aurora]

have terminals in Dire launched yet?

[copper grail]

we did check green house and it isnt in the main buildings

[golden turtle]

there are terminals in all the zones. only the ones in perimeter are open

[civic aurora]

yall mapping them then?

[dusky compass]

What do those terminals do?

I followed one to the location it showed and found another one that showed me a security camera feed

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479643561103462400 is a tldr

[sage lark]

Cryo Archive puzzle to unlock marathon probably

[golden turtle]

its all but confirmed this is the case

the entire puzzle is DURANDAL inviting us onto the Marathon

thus far atleast

[dusky compass]

Oh hell yeah

[simple kernel]

Super new to discord and obviously this game. Where should I look on here to catch up on the lore that has been discovered so far

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479649649618059366 is about what we have at the moment, if im correct

as for game's lore, Jake the Alright is a good channel

[solemn carbon]

What are inert contagion samples

[simple kernel]

@golden turtle ahh ok, so just scroll up and dig?

[cloud marlin]

hey guys

whats the news on this ARG page

[golden turtle]

this is a link to the tldr of what we have so far

just click the blue

[gray sluice]

How do we know it's Durandal and not just a colony ai

[subtle oracle]

mushies/spores that dont spread the contagion

[subtle oracle]

voice actor

ben starr is very recognizable

and his only credit is durandal

[wise lark]

any good channel to follow arg stuff?

[solemn carbon]

Thank you were do you find them

[cloud marlin]

ngl gang fucked with us back then
so why not troll 90+ years in the future

durandal probably actually experiencing age and shit hence the form of the game..

[subtle oracle]

oh idk i just know what inert means and the lore of what the contagion is oops

[cloud marlin]

(ive only watched a few vids on the lore rundown so give me a break!!!)

[solemn carbon]

It's ok this contract is just driving me crazy

[rotund stump]

lol got too tired yesterday and got too nerdy and some bum decided to be an ass about it when I talked about rook

idk ig it's funny to be mad at someone doing lore in lore chat

[cold sedge]

Anyone make sense of these cams yet?

[cloud marlin]

okay idk if this is a question im allowed to fully ask but are the runner shell people's minds essentially enslaved

[marsh lodge]

There is a terminal in the main room of AI Uplink, the one that spawns with lasers and shit, inactive obviously, but note it down

[cloud marlin]

sorry i entered too early!!

[golden turtle]

one in algae ponds and one in laser room of AI uplink

that's all we've found

[rotund stump]

which part?

there's an assistive personality matrix and the user itself

[rotund wolf]

Where is the first terminal for perimeter? I found one in south relay that leads to one in data wall but I can’t find the first one

[gray sluice]

This mida first priority making me so mad bruh

[golden turtle]

^

@rotund wolf

[cloud marlin]

well idk my just general theory after watching some lore vids makes me really think the runner mercanaries and hell even UESC are being used by idk maybe the jjaro or whoever

i havent watched enough just know about the gods

and their build up

[minor bone]

anything new with the story

[acoustic juniper]

tldr durandal is social engineering the uesc and corps to clear marathon of spth compilers so he can go back to opening and closing doors

[astral geyser]

Durandal is inviting us onto the Marathon

[minor bone]

based

[cloud marlin]

yea him and tycho were very uh interesting characters to learn

again i havent looked fully

[minor bone]

but wait shouldnt he be on like a jjaro ship

[astral geyser]

his favorite activity

[cloud marlin]

last i left off on a video was that tycho is seeming to be worse

[acoustic juniper]

well at least durandal isnt wanting to kill humans

[rotund stump]

any grander picture theory aside we're just mercs giving our bodies up for a synthetic one by sekgen and a leased consciousness housing by cyac that effectively makes us immortal, unregistered and illegal thus losing our human rights and wartime protection

[acoustic juniper]

just obssessed with escaping the end of the universe

[cloud marlin]

fairs
but both being god complexes is wild

[acoustic juniper]

ai be like

[cloud marlin]

our IRL AI might do this shit

i mean chaosAI

[rotund stump]

also no all the matrixes are developed by several corps and not actual enslaved minds

[cloud marlin]

i mean thats the "actual" explanation but whos to say traxus or cyberachme see the true potential in using us as lore developes

[rotund stump]

locus and blackbird were the in-house UESC CSL projects when the military biomata project was still ongoing, glitch is MIDA's own gizmo, aux comes standard from the triage package

[cloud marlin]

sure rn we're just a merc grabbing resources and intel for the factions
but i mean power trips are real

and tau ceti 4 is still free pickins

[rotund stump]

well no there's rules to follow in canon 💀

[acoustic juniper]

remember me when we are turn out to be in a marathon infinite timeline and we see the wrkncacnter influence the maps in chaotic ways, different seasons being different timelines (maybe instead of uesc there with be pfhor in control of tau) or time travel through anomalies as durandal attempts to control wahtaver ancient tech to become god

[cloud marlin]

guess really we'll have to see how Bungie takes the lore development with the seasons
and judging with the theme for S2 idk

hate to say but that season is definitely more gameplay content sided then anything else
which is cool and shit but idk just sucks having to wait till june for this stuff

[rotund stump]

there's still stuff to learn from nighttime marsh

[cloud marlin]

its just marsh at dark tho

[cerulean sandal]

Where did you find Info about season 2 allready?

[cloud marlin]

what UESC just left behind shit..?

[rotund stump]

tau ceti might have nocturnal fauna and flora and patrols have different behavior

[cloud marlin]

roadmap

[astral geyser]

apprently some alien threats are going to be there

[astral geyser]

roadmap

[cloud marlin]

called nightfall (hmm what other bungie game have i heard similar before tho)

https://tenor.com/view/the-witness-destiny2-destiny-the-darkness-destiny2lightfall-gif-27590395

oh

rip lol

well the link still makes the point ig so no delete

[acoustic juniper]

their mini raids in d2 are called nightfalls also

[cloud marlin]

yea

[rotund stump]

"nightfall" for nighttime marsh and maybe that yeah

lack of visibility's an issue already

and potential nighttime threats

[cloud marlin]

well gm nightfalls if you're a goat like i used to be 😎
dead man's tale dungeon on nightfalls was goated

best d2 dungeon since pit (cold take)

anyways enough of that game lol
hope you guys are doing well and shit in your runs!!

[rotund stump]

new shell too if nighttime marsh is not enough for an s2

defender archetype maybe

[dark remnant]

Got a marathon key, maybe this is how well access cold archives?

[golden turtle]

its how you get into different rooms when you arleady are in the marathon

[cloud marlin]

wait do you think im hating lmao??

[golden turtle]

it has nothing to do with getting there

[rotund stump]

no just adding info lol mb

[wooden frigate]

Any recommended video or video series going over the history and lore?

[cloud marlin]

i love this game lol
was just saying minor things
im hyped for the new FREE shell tho

the fact its all free besides that BP is fire

the shell will definitely be more trapper and anti area with the codename sentinel

[finite night]

Mandaloregaming reviews

[dreamy hawk]

Did you find this near one of the terminals, or elsewhere?

[vague shoal]

is there anything more to the command wing than loot, that we know of yet?

[dreamy hawk]

HiddenExperia is an old hat at Bungie lore, and My Name is Byf does a good job from what I’ve seen.

[golden turtle]

Jake the Alright is great too

[subtle oracle]

excited for byf to get into it. He made a loooot of D2 lore very digestable for a wide audience

[rotund wolf]

Does anything happen if I hit all 6/3 terminals in one run?

[dreamy hawk]

Agreed! And I’m excited to have more reason to watch more HiddenExperia since I haven’t been the biggest Halo follower in years.

[dark remnant]

Got it off the tox warden

[dreamy hawk]

Thank you!

[faint thicket]

What's the lore behind how vandal stands in the loadout area?

😭

[rotund stump]

well byf did already make a whole vid on the gods lol

[rotund wolf]

Cause I just did but was not able to extract so imma try again at some point but hopefully not die

[thin geyser]

what's going on with cryoarchive.system?

is there a channel for the ARG

[rotund stump]

this is it

[thin geyser]

boom

[rotund stump]

gonna need some elaboration lol

[fallen turret]

So i did all the terminals around perimeter and it gave me an ip which leads to a cryoarchive camera with many teasers the ip is 35.212.46.162

[rotund stump]

but if you want some vandal history I gotchu

[astral palm]

terminals say 4%? 4% to what

[tulip nebula]

so i found several images for the new easter egg right now. does anyone have any oher info. im diving deep into it

yes skeleton man its another arg

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479643561103462400

[subtle oracle]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CrBSMJYxox3HGYiS1zLV6ZrfpJqPYIW?usp=sharing

[unreal slate]

NuCaloric Food 187, the Drinkable Cheeseburger, is considered NuCaloric corporate property and subject to legal action if discovered outside of NuCaloric possession.

[minor pendant]

Drinkable cheeserburber

[proper robin]

So, at the bottom of the page, where it says System responding, there are multiple different symbols, each time the System Responding, is sent it's different

[tulip nebula]

@golden turtle i found the same stuff

[golden turtle]

thats about all there is until the next terminals open

[silent helm]

I just game here to post about how i happy i was to scan the gun sticker to find that website but y'all already on that haha

[golden turtle]

probably atleast

[serene marsh]

oh all the terminal stuff has been figured out? 😅

[dreamy hawk]

Common idea is a UESC kill count.

[golden turtle]

for the most part yes

[minor pendant]

Soooooooo

Anything new from when we lasts poke wandering

[woeful thorn]

Is there anything I missed the past twoish hours?

[minor pendant]

spoke*

[minor pendant]

Yeah this

[dreamy hawk]

Nothing new since early this evening I believe.

[minor pendant]

word

[woeful thorn]

Ohh okay okay

[dreamy hawk]

Unless I missed something. 🤷

[serene marsh]

i found ben starr's voice on my own and that's enough reward for me fr

[silent helm]

did people really find the website by finding the ip? I just scanned the ZERO STEP SHIFT gun sticker lol

[golden turtle]

yes

[dreamy hawk]

The sticker was brought up a lot. But people did find the ip.

[tulip nebula]

brought to the arg website. two different timers on it. found several images and videos

the ip was easy to find

[silent helm]

hats off to the ip finders haha

[woeful thorn]

Yes!

[drifting garnet]

comes back from work, sees all the stuff on the new terminals

Oh shit

[subtle oracle]

are yall talking ab the camera site?

its pretty much a standstill rn

[tulip nebula]

yes the camera site

[subtle oracle]

has been for ab 6 hrs

[drifting garnet]

Uh, there a post another that sums up what’s been found so far?

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479643561103462400

[astral geyser]

yeah its pretty much a waiting game

[subtle oracle]

also https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CrBSMJYxox3HGYiS1zLV6ZrfpJqPYIW?usp=sharing

[dreamy hawk]

Gods work.

[unborn path]

Has anyone figured out how to get inside the pinwheel? I can't find the security clearance codes needed. (Outpost map)

[drifting garnet]

@golden turtle @subtle oracle sick, thanks!

[charred light]

🍑 👀

[cloud marlin]

hm ngl was just reading this https://taucetiiv.com/info/lore

[glacial juniper]

Oh cool the full OST is on youtube now

[cloud marlin]

all streaming sites too!!

[frozen fern]

I’ve been blasting the ost non stop today

[subtle oracle]

what does this have to do with what i sent

[glacial juniper]

this track plays in a few places, mostly on outpost, it's so ominous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tgL1cdl-ag

[cloud marlin]

i mean i was assuming it was some lore piece drive geez lol

just trying to talk

[cloud marlin]

code race is so good imo

[subtle oracle]

click it and look before replying brother what. they asked about the current ARG so i posted stuff i compiled for it

[tulip nebula]

@subtle oracle im trying to dive deeper into this arg

[cloud marlin]

my bad sorry

[subtle oracle]

i think we're kinda at a wall until tmrw

[subtle oracle]

all good just tryna stay on topic

[astral geyser]

its late we will continue tomorrow

[tulip nebula]

@subtle oracle is that when dire marsh will be on with the termirminals?

[astral geyser]

we dont know

[tulip nebula]

thinking its just a preview for the marathon ship

[cloud marlin]

yea it is

just cams for some random shit to happen
like how when the illuminate ARG happened for helldivers 2

and we'll get more as time goes and yea it will show something big im sure

[tulip nebula]

from the past when they did this for halo 3 it gave new insite of the games vehicles and armor

just remember we have to use all our tool like taking the picture bringing them into photoshop and finding hidden stuff. same with the audio

[drifting garnet]

At the very least, I’m taking this as confirmation Durandal’s still on TCIV

Or he came back

[cloud marlin]

well i guess im just confused how this arg is setup
like theres stuff in perim now that we do to help give cams back?

cause the whole point of args is that you or the community does a thing together and reveals the big puzzle

[gentle zodiac]

We are at 0-1 "stabilization". When they hit 100 the feeds are in color and allow you to full screen/screen capture.

[cloud marlin]

so yea idk ig sorry

[gentle zodiac]

We don't know what screencapture will do because it interacts with their API.

Also when the cameras "unlock" we can do something called "RUN_DIAG". We also do not know what this will do.

[subtle oracle]

those ones are still off we drk why

[subtle oracle]

i have full captures tho

[tulip nebula]

usually with arg there are simple information like finding the screenshots or audio clips. but there is hidden information that we have to find in that information. usually it will bring us to another website

[gentle zodiac]

Its called screen capture, but its a request to their API to do something.

[subtle oracle]

this makes sense tho. might swap them out

[cloud marlin]

hmm i see
i just more wanna know what i can do to bring progress for us honestly

[gentle zodiac]

It sends the camera ID and a timestamp to the API. We don't know what this will return until we unlock.

[tulip nebula]

@eternal thicket go to the website and start digging in the command line

[subtle oracle]

bc yeah the drive link i sent (not my personal acct) has the photos from the diff link end words and the feeds from the cams in color and audio

[remote token]

I always thought this was something from Halo or Halo has something from Marathon in it. Like the story is switched around or something.

[subtle oracle]

lots of halo stuff is recycled/inspired from marathon

[tulip nebula]

true

[cloud marlin]

guess we will see to be fair lol

hope i wont miss any tease stuff on the cams

[glacial perch]

e

[tulip nebula]

does anyone know what the 15min timer is

[cloud marlin]

but this probably will be 2 weeks long at least
since cyro is planned for mid march

so we probably will be cracking alot of lore and details for cyro this week at least

[gentle zodiac]

The timers for cameras/USEC kills are likely just when they refresh the aggregate numbers

Unless we find some different meaning

[cloud marlin]

hmm is there anything on Orion. IN MY OPINION the coolest cutscene NPC

ik as seasons come there will be more but
id imagine he doesnt only have like 30 seconds of screentime forever right..?

[subtle oracle]

probsbly 10ampst/1pm est reset

[eternal thicket]

What

[cloud marlin]

woa
is that me..?

[eternal thicket]

Yes

[minor bone]

anything new with sekeguchi

[fallow forge]

Ok i was gone for a bit any new updates?

[minor bone]

I cant play rn bc of work

[cloud marlin]

well ill leave you guys but was nice talking and meeting hope you the best for you runners on tau!!
and have a great weekend ofc!

[tropic sand]

LFG

[astral geyser]

wrong channel

[tropic sand]

i meant lets effin go sorry ^^

[tulip nebula]

does anyone know what the 15min timer is

[astral geyser]

oh sorry lol my bad

[astral geyser]

very used to people comg in here looking for group

[astral geyser]

nope

[tropic sand]

haa nah, i'm just excited since im going on my first run in a bit

guess its called a run here?

[cloud marlin]

yes
cant lie i still call it a raid
and hell ill call UESC
"USEC"

more familiar with that and just habited now

[tropic sand]

love arc, but the community annoyed me a bit, still gonna play it from time to time tho. depends on how good this gets

[cloud marlin]

fairs and same here
but i also dont wanna get into it since this isnt the place for rants and shit

[tropic sand]

aight my bad my bad

[rancid carbon]

Did all six terminals in one run, do we know if that’s necessary? Or just a lore dump?

[cloud marlin]

you're good lol
i mean idk id personally go on the rant but ive already been scolded for being off topic
(which im doing right now lol)

guess my only thing that sucks is since i can actually meet and talk with the community here unlike gen chat which requires caps lock and shit to even be seen

[safe basalt]

There’s 6???

[tropic sand]

hhahaha right its so reactive

[placid abyss]

There needs to be more channels

[cloud marlin]

id agree but with it being such a big server and everyone having that same mindset with their messages any new "off topic" channel would just become the same

[tropic sand]

full release has been like 2 days i guess, lets give it some time

[placid abyss]

Well it works quite well in bigger servers like The Finals and Arc Raiders

[cloud marlin]

i mean i have a feeling rn all the lore gurus hate me for my yapping which is fair but i just wanna yap to meet new people

[fallow wagon]

The website they put out has a UESC kill count counter

[tropic sand]

https://tenor.com/view/motivation-you-do-it-you-can-do-it-you-got-it-gif-6100021524376388629

[cloud marlin]

and before lfg is mentioned
i tried it and met one actually cool guy
and then an "IGL" that seemed pissed by me and the other guy just looting buildings we were in

shouldve known after my once root of nightmares raid lfg and on the app too
all bungie's lfging is just cooked

[carmine burrow]

lore question, where are the runners located physically? there's no FTL space flights in this setting right? what about FTL communication? are faction reps located somewhere back in Sol System?

[soft girder]

Well, establishing FTL comms is your first mission after the tutorial, you highjack the UESC's

[carmine burrow]

oh I missed that they were FTL lol thanks, so reps are in Sol

[soft girder]

As for where the server the runners are on is physically located, I've been wondering the same thing, but I assume they're on another ship orbiting Tau Ceti

Can't exactly teleport people a whole star away

[carmine burrow]

there also must be a ship that produces shells

[soft girder]

Oh yeah Sekiguchi provided bioprinters

[carmine burrow]

so do we not have solid info on this stuff yet? like are we on just one ship as runners with some sekgen bioprinters?

[rancid carbon]

Yes there’s six haha 😂

[carmine burrow]

and did this ship also take a hundred years to reach the system

[soft girder]

I mean I only know so much, IDK what's in the codex that I don't have yet

[carmine burrow]

or do we just not think about it

haha

[soft girder]

but yeah I'm pretty sure it did take that long

[glossy skiff]

we know where the hallway in the email about these terminals is supposed to be? I don't quite recall any place that had that winding intestinal looking ceiling

[placid abyss]

So are like shells recycled when they die

[carmine burrow]

yeah there's a lot of stuff in codex to be unlocked it's so cool

[soft girder]

There was an email??

[glossy skiff]

I know I got one

[fallow wagon]

Might be on the marathon actually?

[glossy skiff]

titled "step_00.exe" iirc

[soft girder]

God I feel so out of the loop on the terminal stuff, I just found one of the terminal vids and have been going through 35.212.46.xxx IP addresses trying to find anything

Oh you probably need to have engaged a lot with the DAC stuff I'm guessing which I didn't do enough of

[glossy skiff]

hmm, that could be yeah

[glossy skiff]

I still don't know what the dac is even about lmao, got that discord I'm and that's been it

[fallow wagon]

Idk Ive been reverse engineering the recent website that came out and there is a UESC kill counter, and 9 locations with cctv cameras that have some sort of ruleset governing when they are stable enough to watch

[glossy skiff]

I almost want to go around dire marsh and see if there's something, I still haven't explored all those underground tunnels and hallways

[soft girder]

I'm guessing that's what the IP address was for

[deft cipher]

I like the way the Worm lady talks to me

[tulip nebula]

@subtle oracle think i found more information if you goto the information when the message in the game, there is a picture and it shows text and a ip address. it brings me to a website for rampacy like in the halo lore.

[fallow wagon]

no I am looking at cryoarchive.systems

[deft cipher]

It will take me a bit to figure out which faction best suits my interests, fels a bit lame to not go with Oni and CyberAcme, but well, I will have to think about it.

[rotund stump]

I ain't home yet I gotta do the terminals when I'm out of class lol

[tall hearth]

cryo archive systems
System responding <762Y 03M 09D 08H 36M 47S>SVXSystem responding <762Y 03M 09D 08H 36M 47S>W&YSystem responding <762Y 03M 09D 08H 36M 47S>TZ

[fallow wagon]

what is it with the terminals? I never got a mail

[soft girder]

Yeah it's just the runtime for the computers on the Marathon, 762 years

[rotund stump]

also until FTL's confirmed by bungie themselves I don't think we're ever gonna solve the question of where runners come from lol

[rotund stump]

all terminals active throughout every map, all containing hints at cryo

[fallow wagon]

whats in the mail

[rotund stump]

no mail

[soft girder]

I wonder what triggers the terminals though? I got one pair to show me something, since then it's just been the garbage that shows up before they "do anything"

[rotund stump]

just that outpost came out half a day ago and all the terminals are now active with cam footages of cryo with some stuff to solve

also https://cryoarchive.systems

[fallow wagon]

I heard something about zone terminals online

[rotund stump]

yeah that

[deft cipher]

So far if i had to rank the Liasons in order of trustworthiness I would have to gooooo

Oni/CyberAcme (they kinda own us sooo)
Gantry/Mida (You can trust he can't be trusted)
Charter/Arachne (Killers like killing no trickery there)
Vulcan/Traxus (We are a tool, easily disposible)
Gaius/Nucal (Very logical, so any deciet can be reasoned)
Sekgen/Worm (Seems really nice, too nice.)

[glossy skiff]

what do you mean? ONI mentions FTL comms for your liason contacts

[rotund stump]

ftl comms not ftl transport

but etherstep could also be it

[soft girder]

Etherstep just builds the teleporters

[rotund stump]

that's up to bungie to confirm lol this convo goes nowhere otherwise

[glossy skiff]

yeah I always thought the runners were needlecasting

[fallow wagon]

CyberAcme is probably the most dangerous one, because of their access

[soft girder]

The intro cinematic thing does mention it taking 100 years from a message being sent to the UESC... either sending the Goliath off or it took 100 years to get there, not sure which

[glossy skiff]

or the uesc/corps sent ships to Tau Ceti and then the runners cast down from there

[deft cipher]

It's really tricky, I do wonder if in a future update the devs will roll out an ACTUAL faction system for players. Most faction systems in games SUCK because well usuallyl one always wins due to popularity. So it shouldn't be competitive against one another. I think The Finals probably has a good system last I remember.

[sinful thicket]

https://taucetiiv.com/info/lore gotta say this timeline here does a lot to make the changes Infinity causes quite a bit less confusing

we're playing on TCIV post Infinity, but the only change now is that Lh'owon is doomed but the W'rkncacnter is contained rather than free

[glossy skiff]

more I think that they lost contact and then 100 years later there was a message, but I don't think it was anything about the message travel time taking that long

[deft cipher]

Most dangerous, but the fact that they own us means they have the most reason to want to preserve and keep us going.
Although maybe some mind wipes involved.

[sinful thicket]

Durandal has been merged with Thoth no matter what

[rotund stump]

equanimity's off on a century-long trip and ftl could've also been invented mid-trip tbf

the marathon runs legacy tech so

[sinful thicket]

so that's not Durandal in the trailer, it's Durandal-Thoth

[fallow wagon]

But then, is it truly "us" they are preserving?

[soft girder]

Yeah... IDK I feel like Bungie would take the "FTL communication because quantum entanglement, FTL travel impossible" route since this is (relatively, very relatively) hard sci-fi compared to something like Destiny

[glossy skiff]

is every timeline Durandal merged with Thoth? I thought there was a couple where he was still... not normal, but not godlike lol

[rotund stump]

cyac holds our leash but the rest of the factions have the power to turn the thing on the leash into smth else lol

and honestly cyac wiping out the mind of every runner's just a net loss to them anyway

[deft cipher]

Maybe. I'm not sure. But well, they want to use us yes, that I can say. hmm....

[rotund stump]

us mercs are illegal but we're still just a bump in the numbers to these corps so there's no incentive

[deft cipher]

But the point is that they CAN and will Mindwipe if they have to, which is NOT good for us

[fallow wagon]

Until we find what they're looking for

We are disposable, and there is nothing they won't do to us to get what they want

[rotund stump]

but what are we to them anyway if not clients to extort from?

exactly

[fallow wagon]

The idea is to ideally escape that fate

now in a world like marathon's I doubt it's likely any runner would be able to

[rotund stump]

we're not the gods in numarathon

we're not the ones escaping

or even able to

[soft girder]

IMO the danger isn't deletion so much as simply being turned into something other than yourself. For all we know that was already done a long time ago

[fallow wagon]

Which is arguably a fate worse than deletion; losing yourself

[visual lynx]

is that an official Bungie publication or some fan thing?

[deft cipher]

So far I'm gonna represent SekGen, I just get good vibes. Highly manipulative vibes, but good ones.

[sinful thicket]

fanmade but it uses the original games and that long running marathonstory site as reference as far as I can tell

[rotund stump]

arguing from a storytelling direction the themes of escape are kinda played out already I think it'd be interesting to see how it goes if we keep being pawns

[visual lynx]

right I just saw the

© 2026 AndrewDavidJ. All Rights Reserved. Not affiliated with Bungie or Marathon.
at the bottom. they get a lot wrong / assert things of uncertain truth in that timeline.

[deft cipher]

What made yall decide what faction to represent on the discord?

[rotund stump]

mida for anarchy cuz fuck all that corp shit lol

[astral geyser]

worm

[rotund stump]

asked to get skinned tho

[sinful thicket]

also been a minute since i've played Infinity so perhaps the start of Infinity was actually after 2 ends and not where 2 begins where I thought it was

[rotund stump]

now I have my own mida double agent headcanon

[deft cipher]

Worm made me, soo xd