📚marathon-lore-discussion

[visual lynx]

well the Marathon Science Director seems to likely have been MIDA-aligned

and also a huge AI guy

[rotund stump]

it's not so much towards mida itself than towards the entire martian population

trax IV was a disaster lol

[karmic wasp]

I think they kinda failed the first time but the second attempt they succeed

The hidden ammo stash were on the marathon by mida

Do you think we could find a few on cyro archive too ?

[rotund stump]

Mida Is Dripped Asl

also absolutely expect mida graffiti on the marathon lol

[karmic wasp]

There were none on the original

Soo i Dont think-

But that doesn't mean is not there.

[rotund stump]

I mean outpost is pretty pristine I think given it's a UESC worm nest

but I expect some quiet corner with scribbles

[karmic wasp]

We don't know if the remaining cyborg are still on tau ceti

Tycho and Durandal did confirmed that no one survived during the second Attack

[eager geyser]

so on camera 02 Index there is a box or sth in the lower right corner. I really think that was less in Frame yesterday night.

are the cams slowly panning?

nvm they FOV changes when you resize the window

[visual lynx]

Tycho claimed that in Marathon 2, but in the same sentence he claimed all the cyborgs were annihilated. in Infinity he instead says the cyborgs were all "translated to Pfhor slave tanks", but not all of them survived.

[dreamy hawk]

The remaining ones should be gone, but there are new ones on the way.

Or arrived. Im not sure what the status of that UESC ship is that’s bringing reinforcements.

[limber ravine]

Hey i went to sleep before fully finding out what the terminals were meant for on current marathon? Think i watched a skarrow video before i went bed but was there anything else found on them?

[pure glen]

I recall from the old April playtest there being an item called the “Battleroid black box” which was a purple rarity upgrade/barter item. I haven’t seen it anywhere in game, so I assume they cut it in order to leave the fates of the battleroids ambiguous. Or maybe they want to show us what happened in a different way than that

[dreamy hawk]

Does anyone have a link, it was one of the earlier ARGs if I’m not hallucinating, that had drafts of a UESC memorandum?

[visual lynx]

they specifically decided not to send cyborgs on the Equanimity because that would be perceived as an invasion rather than a rescue mission

some people wanted to send them, but they were overruled

[dreamy hawk]

Yeah, but I’m thinking that they’re still on there. Over the three? versions a lot changed while not changing; I wonder if they were actually removed or if they were just removed on paper.

My money is having just been removed on paper, and later becoming some kind of boss for us to fight. Hidden Cyborgs not on the manifest are a staple of Marathon, after all.

[dreamy hawk]

I don’t believe so. Nothing new since ~midday yesterday.

[subtle oracle]

Alr gamers im gonna sleep (probably past reset) so pls tag me for any big revelations

Yall dont have to worry if you wanna ping me ill read through them

Ik its sacriligious for some discord users

[limber ravine]

wdym past reset?

[subtle oracle]

like daily reset i assume is in ~5 hrs (same time as launch on the 5th and outpost unlock yesterday) and I will be sleeping more than that many hrs

Oh shit its icarus everyone hide

rampant fs

[zinc moat]

For when the Marsh terminals open, the one at Algae is on the second floor of the main building

and for Outpost, Flight Control second floor

[keen plank]

Hah! I generally agree. Despite a broader desire to understand their history as a whole. There's Mida & New/Nu Mida. The latter of which seems to be responsible for Gantry.

Currently, Mida is more of an anarchist movement that's very anti-authority in any sense. This includes the corporations responsible for our existence and gameplay. Notably, Gandry seems very dismissive of Cyberacme in an almost sarcastic way rather than a purely hateful one.

Which makes sense considering it's a company similar to Microsoft or Apple. Mida has bigger targets. It heavily dislikes Traxus (who can blame them considering the Traxus 4 AI rampancy on Mars?) but particularly loathes the UESC.

Notably, their brief rule of Mars resulted in them going from vitriolic anarchist revolutionaries to psuedo fascists that killed 10% of all people on Mars And then the UESC eventually forced them out. And that was seemingly after Mida got more than what they could possibly want at the negotiation table.

[keen plank]

Unsurprising. They were a likely candidate. And a pretty spooky one if they could essentially rival Tycho in some aspects.

Reposting:

Ship AI:
Durandal - Du_0706419v4.96 – Goal-oriented; creative; focused. Underutilized; tends to brood. Need to find ways to distract. SCIENG crew to be kept informed, but I’ll keep an eye on this myself.
Leela - Le_0413418v5.06 – Adaptable; detail-oriented. Second best candidate for colony oversight once mission enters second phase.
Tycho - Ty_2121418v5.06 – Proactive; assertive. Can be overbearing; monitor interactions with Durandal. Be sure to inform SCIENG crew.

Colony AI:
Arthur - Ar_1814419v4.93 – Benevolent autocrat; no-nonsense; problem solver. Classic patriarchal authority figure.
Bastion - Ba_0423419v4.89 – Problem solver; confident, bordering on boastful. May need to go onto accelerated re-compile cycle, inform SCIENG crew.
Darius - Da_1907420v4.86 – Dutiful; diligent; motivated. Always puts others ahead of self. May need to address this at some point.
Gabriel - Ga_2815420v4.81 – Compassionate; empathetic, transparent. Perhaps our greatest achievement to date. Will most likely need to be moved to an accelerated re-compile cycle at some point.

‼️ Icarus - Ic_1624420v4.73 – Motivated; assertive; proactive. Will need to keep isolated from Tycho or establish hierarchy at outset. Inform SCIENG of situation. ‼️

Joyeuse - Jo_0309421v4.69 – Resilient; optimistic; patient. Colony AI: defense, training
Lilith - Li_1817421v4.65 – Focused; assertive; good communicator. Designated candidate for colony oversite during second phase.
Naarah - Na_0602422v4.61 – Proactive; goal-oriented; committed. May need to be reminded from time to time about their primary function; inform SCIENG crew.

(credits to pcole from clade )

[dreamy hawk]

MIDA always sounds nice until you get to how they treated Mars themselves.

[rotund stump]

mida never would've worked

same as telling people to be free

in that same telling you're indoctrinating regardless of material of indoctrination

[astral palm]

so whats up with durandal and mida? voicelines at the start of the game are 100% connected to what faction contract you are running, last time i got durandal only on mida contract

[rotund stump]

mida's not in love with a world without UESC it's simply in love with the idea of revolution

the fash gov was an endpoint of when its love has nowhere to go

...which is precisely why I like it now more than ever being an actual anarchist org lol

[rotund stump]

wait you mean the rare intro durandal dialogue or the ones on the terminals?

[astral palm]

intro dialogue, theyre definitely dependant on which factions contract youre running

[rotund stump]

only one I remember so far is "flail your way through the waves" and that was from a tweet 😭

[astral palm]

since i started running seki ive only been getting seki themed dialogues

last time i went mida i got durandal

[rotund stump]

gonna take a while to compile all of them from everybody I suppose

[dreamy hawk]

When your entire identity is destroying the system, it’s a difficult place when you suddenly are the system.

[rotund stump]

^^^

[feral pawn]

huh

It would be nice to know a little more about it...

anyway

[vapid bay]

devs can we please get some lore/terminal entries about the weapons? would love to see some cool writing about them!!

[finite night]

we still haven't solved terminals?

yep

i hope one of steps isn't broken

[shrewd ingot]

They’d have to try very hard to write lore for these weapons. They really don’t stand out as having much history compared to Destiny.

[quick mural]

is outpost on the marathon?'

[finite night]

nope

[shrewd ingot]

Outpost is a USEC Outpost, basically a point of landing, first stop for the colonists before they get sent out to other locations.

[vapid bay]

yeah thats fair, but there are a lot of similarities and many designs are inspired by the guns from the real games, would be cool if they wrote some lore about how the factions improved the weapons seperately to how durandal developed the weapons in m2/infinity

[quick mural]

cool thanks

also is there a lore reason why it rains fire there?

[shrewd ingot]

I’m being a little unimaginative because it’s early in the morning too I guess.. they could do some writing on runner shells in the past and more personal things but then that starts to tread into reading like Guardians on Patrol and Destiny

I’m enjoying the collectables that focus particularly on the colony on Tau Ceti. But I’m curious how long they can drag that out

[sour monolith]

Anyone found a 5th terminal?

[vapid bay]

also out of curiosity whats the name of the ship that the UESC sent to investigate the colony?

[sour monolith]

I have only found the south relay one and the overflow one, and their followups in data wall and and north decon shack

[broken zinc]

Spht statue lore goes craaazy. I only have two but that starting audio log is literally insane

[sour monolith]

What statues?

Another mystery?

[broken zinc]

Outpost has spht statues as an exfil item

[sour monolith]

So you get them when you exfil on outpost?

[broken zinc]

No you have to exfil with them

[shrewd ingot]

There are items that when extracted with you get a codex piece

[broken zinc]

Like any loot item on any map

[sour monolith]

Its crazy how much secret stuff this game has

[shrewd ingot]

It’s like, a regular thing.

[sour monolith]

I have also found audio logs, but didn't manage to extract with it

[sour monolith]

Ah

[shrewd ingot]

Yeah I just wouldn’t give Bungie too much credit for the idea lol. They ARE very good though

[broken zinc]

Like drinkable cheeseburgers in perimeter

Either way, the lore attached to the items is crazy

[broken zinc]

You can also look up what loot items have lore attached to them in the various areas, in the codex. It will show you a picture and name and everything

[sour monolith]

So no one is looking for the terminals that activated last night?

[broken zinc]

I believe all active terminals have been found on perimeter, and their messages have been heard by the community

I won't post the messages here just in case people want to find them on their own

[sour monolith]

How many?

Just to know if i have found them

[broken zinc]

Hm?

It will tell you in the codex how many

Oh sorry you're asking about terminals

The terminal puzzle is you will find one and it will give you a marker. The marker is the location of another terminal. Go find that terminal and a message will play. There are 6 terminals so three messages

[sour monolith]

Okok

Thank you

[dreamy hawk]

Idea is there will be more with the terminals after daily reset today. I’m bopping around rn if you wanna see them; I can show you around.

[manic kiln]

i just heard the first audio log when you collect a compiler effigy, and apparently a group of people of the colony seems to worship the S'pht. Is it a known thing from the old trilogy ?

[dreamy hawk]

Not as far as I am aware, as we don’t get the perspective of the survivors on Tau Ceti. That sounds like something that would have happened after the initial invasion.

[broken zinc]

That audio log is CRAZY

It sounds like they're worshiping both spht and w'rkncacnter

[dreamy hawk]

I’m assuming this log isn’t online yet?

[broken zinc]

I would assume it is because it's from outpost

[sleek elk]

would you still love me if i was a worm

[dreamy hawk]

Only if you’re Doctor Worm.

[broken zinc]

I could clip the audio from my twitch stream if people are interested

[dreamy hawk]

I would be.

[keen plank]

Always.

[night rampart]

Its a collectible log so it should be

[manic kiln]

maybe the anomaly ?

[dreamy hawk]

https://marathonthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Audiologs

These?

[manic kiln]

it's in the codex

[scarlet sluice]

so, Sakiguchi is just a cult, right?

[manic kiln]

what do you mean ?

[scarlet sluice]

they just seem/talk cultish

[manic kiln]

The corpo or the players with the role ?

[scarlet sluice]

the corpo

[manic kiln]

didn't unlock them so i can't tel

[gray sluice]

I really would love if it's some unitology type shi

Unitology is like THE MOST interesting religion of all time

[broken zinc]

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2716200797

^^ That is the audio for the first compiler loot codex (with a cameo of my snooty borzoi dog and my partner)

In it, the congregation seems to worship something that sounds like w'rcacnter and believes the compilers are their heralds.

[broken zinc]

not really. but as a sekgen employee i WILL give my life to nona.

[gray sluice]

Make us whole again

[keen plank]

Thanks Laur!

[broken zinc]

You're welcome, needless to say I was not expecting that when I finally sat down to listen to my codex LMAO

[tiny kraken]

this has got to be about the wrkncacnter right

[eternal shell]

it sure sounds like it

[broken zinc]

yes definitely absolutely

[eternal shell]

or maybe the jjarro

[tiny kraken]

formless devourers made of dream who sleep in burning prisons

[broken zinc]

i think in stream after this i contemplated either jjaro or wrkncacnter but figured since wrkncacnter are actually imprisoned in stars, that they are probably talking about them

[tiny kraken]

fr it's the burning prisons part for me

but plural??

[broken zinc]

yeah thats what got me too

[dreamy hawk]

Wild. Thank you. 100% sounds like the W’rcacanter. “Burning prisons” and whatnot.

[terse wren]

That’s just girls

[eternal shell]

if pathways into darkness is canon then there's a minimum of two

[dreamy hawk]

Or multiple pieces of one.

[broken zinc]

the audio logs are my favorite, i just wish they didnt auto play when im just trying to read my non-audio codex entries lmao

[terse wren]

Ya the original wrk was in Pathways into Darkness and literally called the Dreaming God

[eager mason]

is it even possible to get on the marathon yet?

[terse wren]

Ya Marathon 1 free on steam

[dreamy hawk]

And Durandal and Infinity. iOS, too.

[terse wren]

iOS no shit

[dreamy hawk]

Well actually I don’t think iOS is free…

[dreamy hawk]

We love Aleph One.

[eager mason]

goated

[terse wren]

Amazing team effort

I was there when it was born

[tiny kraken]

I am not a deep lore knower but what's interesting to me is that it was "burning prisons" plural
afaik there was only the one sun prison? the one in PiD was just underground right

[eternal shell]

underground and sleeping

[terse wren]

I can’t tell how much of my love for this game is pure nostalgia but I don’t care

[eternal shell]

then if successful you nuke it and the jjarro show up and cart it away

[dreamy hawk]

It’s worth being nostalgic for. Got me to come back.

[eternal shell]

but you gotta nuke it so it doesnt wake up before they arrive

[near remnant]

What lore item gives you this codex entry?

[dreamy hawk]

That we know of.

[eternal shell]

is how i understood it i dont feel like playing pid i gotta say

[tiny kraken]

agreed

[keen plank]

This is fantascially unsettling. And clearly implies that not only are the W’rcacanter the gods in this cult, but the "angels" are part of the reason the colony was slaugtered. Thanks again. I'll be sharing this with others down the line when they ask questions.

[terse wren]

Also tho pvpve is great imo. Really like darktide and Helldivers but they don’t scratch that heartpounding PvP itch.

[dreamy hawk]

The pyramid and the the star of L’whon or however I spell it.

[broken zinc]

a confiscated colonial folklore. it appears as a spht statue on outpost

[near remnant]

The implication in the original game is that Lhowon's star was just one of several prisons. It's unclear whether Big W is one entity or many; probably both is the right answer.

[near remnant]

Outpost loot?

[broken zinc]

yeah, i added that for clarity

[terse wren]

Weirdly the highest my heart rate has ever spiked during a game has probably been during giant fleet actions in EVE Online w the fc barking in my ear.

[sleek junco]

hey what all do we know about the night of 1000 deaths in lore

[eternal shell]

big w is weird enough to have it both ways

[broken zinc]

this is where i shamelessly plug my twitch stream because i'll be streaming priority contracts specifically and also lore hunting lmao 😂

[eternal shell]

thats why i rarely flew expensive stuff lol

[tiny kraken]

it's interesting to me that the codex entry seems to be about wrkncacnter but the statue was of a spht

[keen plank]

Notably the same kind of pagan idol seen in the launch cinemathc too. It makes it somewhat clear that as things got bad on Tau Ceti, different groups were formed in the chaos and infighting. One of them was a cult that worshiped aliens and cosmic level threats no one truly understands.

[near remnant]

Where is it located on the map or was it random?

[terse wren]

Ya it wasn’t even the ship it was fear of being the weak link

[dreamy hawk]

✨c✨h✨a✨o✨s✨

[broken zinc]

its random but high priority targets will drop them. Finishing events also give huge lore drops

bigger containers usually = better chances to find lore

[dreamy hawk]

Did the Jjaro visit TC same as Earth to lock something up? 👀

[broken zinc]

yeah the second one is just as unsettling but its not audio

[near remnant]

Oh is it the freaky lil' S'pht figurine.

[broken zinc]

i picked it up as a triage and my teammate was like 'youre just like the music video' LMAO

thank goodness we extracted and i lived

MY thief is a nice thief

[near remnant]

Well, remember that the colonists repelled the first attack on Tau Ceti IV and that led the Pfhor to attack the Marathon.

[keen plank]

Indeed. Seems like the Jjaro spent most of their time and energy spent on containment after thousands of years of running from the W'rcacnter.

Don't forget, the Jjaro were essentially the same thing as the Halo Forrunners before the universes were seperated into differrent franchises.

[near remnant]

The nine Battleroids succeeded on the surface.

[keen plank]

Indeed, which makes a good degree of sense considering...god it's weird, but in many ways the ship seems more important than the colony itself.

[dreamy hawk]

Until they didn’t. 😭

[near remnant]

One of their number died to imprison the W'rkncacnter if I remember rightly. It's the other figure mentioned in S'pht mythology.

[keen plank]

Oof. He's right.

[dreamy hawk]

Unclear. Pthia died, and Yaro flung the wrcncanter in to the sun.

[near remnant]

Wonder if just the Security Officer was stuffed full of Jjaro tech.

[dreamy hawk]

Pthia may be a race or individual. Or Yaro. Or Jjaro? It’s unclear.

[dreamy hawk]

The cyborgs all were iirc.

[keen plank]

Makes sense. This race is that bad. If the Pfthor are, in Durandal's words, "tough but manageable", these guys are terrifying and closer to The Flood or Destiny 2's Winnower.

[timid hedge]

What’s the current speculation for why the Tau Ceti colony collapsed and all the weird stuff happened? I assume it’s what we saw in the cinematic months ago. My guess could be wrcacanter since it’s this “chaotic” entity

[dreamy hawk]

That’s in part what makes them so hyper lethal. The Jjaro left tech left and right and the UESC has found some.

[near remnant]

I think it makes sense to be syncretic. Jjaro is Yaro, but whether Jjaro is a single individual or a race is something still debated. Hell, Jjaro/Yaro might even be Thoth.

[dreamy hawk]

The W’rcncanter destroyed all of reality. Durandal admits to being terrified of it.

[keen plank]

It's very much implied he and the BOBs are a result of using it. But we don't know how or by who.

[eternal shell]

the bobs too?

[dreamy hawk]

Yaro and Pthia are also spoken of terms like the Gardener and Winnower from Destiny, too.

[eternal shell]

thats new to me

[dreamy hawk]

BoBs are just regular people.

[keen plank]

Not all, but increasingly most of it and, most terrifyingly, often. They don't really take the stage until Maraton Infinite. But it says a lot how wild things get when they do.

[dreamy hawk]

“Born on Board”

[keen plank]

Ah I'm mixing things up them. What are the other type of units that the Security Officer is part of again?

I'm forgeting the name.

[near remnant]

Battleroids.

[keen plank]

Ahhhh, thanks.

[dreamy hawk]

Yes, technically just most of them, sorry. 😂

[near remnant]

There's nine or ten aboard the Marathon at some point.

[dreamy hawk]

Which afaik are cyborgs?

[near remnant]

Yeah.

[dreamy hawk]

Battleroids are a square but a rectangle is not a square kinda thing?

[keen plank]

Kind of. They seem much more than that. Like kind of ascendant ones.

[dreamy hawk]

Not all battleroids are mjolner cyborgs, but all mjolner cyborgs are batteroids.

[broken zinc]

for those most curious, I do read off the second entry. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2716216123

Hope to find more either today or next week.

[eternal shell]

the pfhor cyborgs you encounter in m2 and m-inf are defo not jjarro tech

[near remnant]

Battleroids are cyborgs, but not all cyborgs are Battleroids.

[keen plank]

Ooh, thanks!

[dreamy hawk]

The P’fhor did use Jjaro tech, just not as well. Similar to the Covenant and Forerunner tech.

It feels weird comparing marathon to halo when it came first…

[near remnant]

Yeah, their weapon that unleashes the W'rkncacnter is Jjaro tech iirc.

[dreamy hawk]

Trih xeem is, yeah.

[near remnant]

It is very similar to Halo in the sense that the Dreadnought is a true piece of Forerunner tech and everything else the Covenant built is derived from it as a pale imitation.

It's a common monomyth in Bungo narratives honestly.

[dreamy hawk]

Bungie just tells the same story with different skins. 😂

[broken zinc]

and theyll tell it again!!

[dreamy hawk]

This is not a criticism, mind you.

[near remnant]

They're on the path to self-iteration.

[broken zinc]

honestly though Marathon is easily their most successful telling of that story

destiny kinda went a little... to the wayside

[dreamy hawk]

It’s my favorite at least. But I wonder how much of that is due to the continued mystery, as opposed to say, Halo, where we’ve shone the light in all the nooks and crannies now.

[near remnant]

My own theory is that Traxus IV and the Battleroids share a common origin that's related to the events of Pathways into Darkness.

[dreamy hawk]

Why Traxus IV?

[swift fox]

Can anyone explain what’s going on with the ARG? I missed it earlier and am out of the loop

[near remnant]

|| Traxus IV became Durandal. ||

[dreamy hawk]

Is that confirmed somewhere?

Or is that the theory?

[near remnant]

Heavily implied in the original games.

[dreamy hawk]

I simply played too long ago, then.

[tiny kraken]

this is crazy

[oak gust]

Implied, and I have the specific terminals where it’s implied posted right here: https://taucetiiv.com/info/lore/entry/three-minds

[dreamy hawk]

Brb reading. ❤️❤️❤️

[broken zinc]

itsdefinitely been my favorite lore so far

[tiny kraken]

I feel like there's a slight implication of something hidden in Deimos?

[broken zinc]

theres also lore concerning AI rampancy and its stages

i cant remember off the top of my head what gave it, but it is also from outpost

[near remnant]

|| Tycho implies that Durandal's great shame took place on Mars and Bernard Strauss was responsible for the creation of Durandal which is further developed in this game in his commentories in the codex. ||

[dreamy hawk]

Oh the Tycho terminal. Nawh I just never added two and two I guess.

I just reread that one the other day. I’m doing good. 😂

[tiny kraken]

what does the X.II.IV.III.IV.XXII.ii at the end mean 🤔 doesn't really seem like a1z26

[broken zinc]

10.2.4.3.4.22

[tiny kraken]

it's almost like a section reference with the lowercase ii at the end

[solemn roost]

Found an easter egg from scanning a QR code found in the game, https://litter.catbox.moe/u6y4hw.png

Decodes to https://bung.ie/MIDNIGHT?r=qr

Redirects to https://cryoarchive.systems/

Any THINKERS in the chat who want to investigate.

Interestingly the website this redirects to has some odd API calls in the network traffic. Seems to be counting down towards something, or waiting till a certain amount of UESC are killed globally

[dreamy hawk]

This was investigated yesterday, but good find! Let me see if I can find a summary.

[eternal shell]

heh i saw a post on reddit where someone scanned it and it led to some rando album on bandcamp

[solemn roost]

There is also a .mp4 video sent when loading that website that has odd looking hex data

[dreamy hawk]

#📚marathon-lore-discussion message

Around there is the meat and potatoes.

[solemn roost]

And the API calls?

[dreamy hawk]

I just loaded in to a match so brb 😂

[solemn roost]

https://litter.catbox.moe/fb0za1.png

See here

{
  "state": {
    "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
      }
    },
    "shipDate": "2777-07-07T12:00:00.000Z",
    "memoryUnlocked": false,
    "uescKillCount": 67812827,
    "uescKillCountNextUpdateAt": "2026-03-07T15:31:00.109Z"
  }
}

This is returned from the API endpoint: https://cryoarchive.systems/api/public/state

Which is fetched periodically on a timer while the site is loaded

Knowing Bungie, I smell an ARG...

[broken zinc]

yes this is the newest arg, people are currently working on decoding it

decoding it may unlock the way to cryo archive.

but honestly we probably wont know the whole thing until the other terminals on Dire Marsh and Outpost come online, since those are part of the ARG

[digital plaza]

Shared Nightmare Phenomenology | Audio Log 1
https://youtu.be/jdBt5kiau5g

Shared Nightmare Phenomenology | Audio Log 2
https://youtu.be/6IPwKa9s7vo

[violet dew]

Hey guys I know we love hunting lore, Jus wanna ask if we can bump up the metacritic so many people who havent played the game bashing it so if we can lets try to bump it up!

[broken zinc]

who cares about metacritic anymore, people just do whatever there

[violet dew]

Yeah, but sometimes it does change peoples mind on buying the game just dont want people missing out on such a beautiful game because people who havent even tried it!

[broken zinc]

steam requires people to at least own the game and those reviews are very positive, with 90% of 8500 reviews saying the game is good

[violet dew]

yeah exactly^^ even on ps store it is a highrating

[broken zinc]

yeah so idk, review bombing on metacritic shouldnt hold nearly as much weight. i didnt even know people were doing so on metacritic, but then, you dont need to own the game to leave a review there

[frosty birch]

[violet dew]

Which makes no sense lol

[edgy plover]

Is it monitoring the terminals in the map?

[zinc moat]

A UESC kill count? Hmmm 🤔

[untold blade]

damn these nucaloric guys really fw tick milk

[edgy plover]

Maybe we have to kill every UESC member we see in certain areas?

Perhaps next to the terminals??

[oblique charm]

They are online wym sir

[broken zinc]

on dire marsh?

Perimeter they are

but Outpost yesterday and Dire Marsh the terminals were not on

[oblique charm]

I thought u meant the map smh I apologize for my outburst

[broken zinc]

its all good fam the chat moves fast

[sage lark]

Arent those the vaults?

7 of them

First one unlocked

Could be some interaction with the keys?

[dim shuttle]

So question, just so I feel like I'm understanding. We the players. Are just Brains in a Vat controlling Shells or am I looking at it wrong?

[broken zinc]

we're not even brains

[hollow finch]

Your brain is in a shell shaped as a runner, after enough shots your laying on your back on the ground getting sucked off by robots

[broken zinc]

we're just digitized consciousness. Think of the shells as gundams and we are the digital pilot runners

[hollow finch]

Realistically our brains are looking into screens being the runner in a game having to manage vault space and rage bait ingame

[sage lark]

We are not in a vat we have nothing physical anymore

We have been uploaded to the cyberspace or whatever

To a server

[broken zinc]

no. there is no brains. Our brains have been digitized. There is no physical body that we remain in. That's how cyberacme is able to control us and has ownership over us: they supply the servers that our consciousness reside in. They also keep a backup on file should we somehow lose our mind entirely.

[inland jasper]

What terminals have been found so far?

[hollow finch]

I have a brain

[broken zinc]

you as a player do sure lol but not the runner in universe

[hollow finch]

lol

[edgy plover]

Marathon infinite's lore has given me a headache.

This timeline, what the fuck.

[keen plank]

It's a wild game.

[daring wren]

Any discord/thread for Cryo Archives ARG progress?

[heady tendon]

So how do we pronounce Durandal? Durr-And-uhl or Doo-ran-Dahl

[tiny kraken]

right here

somewhere around #📚marathon-lore-discussion message

[dull kernel]

Durandal (it is a French word, often pronounced as "Duran-dall," avoiding a sharp "Du-Randal" sound) is often considered the French equivalent to King Arthur’s Excalibur.

[heady tendon]

Ah. Thank you

[empty mural]

So correct me if I'm wrong. But these terminal videos on cryoarchive.systems those are locations in the game.. yeah?

[zinc moat]

yeah

pretty sure anyway

the cameras are all labelled like POIs

[empty mural]

Has anyone gained access to cryo archive.systems/durandal

I feel like this is something that we have to get a number of players to access those terminals. There's a bar on the bottom of some of the cameras. Not to mention the other terminals that are missing from dire marsh

[zinc moat]

oh hey there's a leela page too

[empty mural]

Dang ok...unauthorized access too but that's something

[dry turret]

I figured out the terminals puzzle on perimeter, idk if i'm late but i'll write it anyways.

In the message says "3 pairings per zone required"

So i thought that there was 3 terminals but no its infact 3 pair.

So i figured that one on Station lead to another one on Hauler. And when i paired it there was a voice speaking about stuff.

I found another one in Overflow, far west in that zone, and it leads to another that i still have to figure out.

But i think if you do all three pairs in one game it probably grant you access somewhere, or could be just some cool lore stuff idk, but seeing that last trailer made me think it was a way to access UESC Marathon.

[unborn bane]

I don't think those pages are real, p sure you can put anything after the slash and it does the same

[zinc moat]

o

[dry turret]

Need to find the last pair

[empty mural]

Dang ...so it's just their 404 page basically

[zinc moat]

Overflow goes to the dcon building at North I think

[empty mural]

Welp @dry turret seems like he's on to something

Can you record the voices? Or is that a one time thing

[zinc moat]

and I think South goes to the thrid floor of Data Wall near the ticks

[dry turret]

I clipped the run

[empty mural]

What would suck is if there are a bunch of pairs and your account gets 3 of them at random

[dry turret]

If you guys want i can write down what it says

[empty mural]

That would be awesome

[unborn bane]

for the site, it seems that putting the POI names(revival, biostock, steerage) after the slash does lead to unique backgrounds along with the error

[empty mural]

So then these must be all places inside of cargo right?

[unborn bane]

seemingly it's all places inside of cryo archive, a specific portion of the marathon ship? I think cargo is just one of the poi's, maybe that's wrong tho

[dry turret]

After the pairing the voice says:

"Here you stand, feet on metal and concrete and soil. Flesh and oil, dreaming timid dreams.
You were never meant to walk in the starlight."

I'll try to do the other pair to see if its the same phrase. If it is that means probably need to do all 3 in one run and then every pair should have one piece (🏴‍☠️) of phrase

[digital plaza]

Personal Log: General Reed | Audio Log 1
https://youtu.be/GiM02wOHkvk

Personal Log: General Reed | Audio Log 2
https://youtu.be/ccLgB-uougc

[placid gust]

Didn’t a streamer already try doing all three in a game and nothing came out of it? I can’t remember for sure, but I thought it was already tried

[dry turret]

Idk im not watching anything online

[stray gate]

The % on the unactivated screen is still 4%, has not iterated with the updating kill count

co2.//filt.kernel on the unactivated screen reading 4% sounds like image processing?

[zinc moat]

AHA

That HTML class paid off

https://assets.thecdn.io/1532f938-a803-497f-81ae-fe1f29e6c757.png

[stray gate]

My team found the three pairs last night, then did a run and did all 3 pairs in one run, no head pat given, so I wonder if there is a 7th step or that doing them sets flags?

[unborn bane]

if you're on opera browser, you can put the cryo archive vids in PiP mode(randomly pops the buttons up sometimes) and get a good look at the images

[zinc moat]

Biostock https://assets.thecdn.io/89f9849a-3684-4dc7-beba-709b83d40e84.png

[zinc moat]

but I like digging through the website html :<

[lyric token]

There’s an achievement for eliminating 147 uesc units. Odd number lol

[unborn bane]

oh the images from going to them directly (/biostock) are actually different than the loops shown in the /cargo camera feed

[zinc moat]

o

[zinc moat]

7 x 21

[unborn bane]

https://imgur.com/a/bicwV5K - control

[unreal slate]

"Anti-Establishment" achievment. Something to do with Mida?

[zinc moat]

Steerage https://assets.thecdn.io/098e5a48-2cc6-44bb-a601-d0b569032ea1.png

[lyric token]

I don’t know enough about the significance of things like that. But yeah it is that achievement

[unborn bane]

https://imgur.com/a/jCARSPM - biostock

https://imgur.com/a/UFVy9CL - revival

[zinc moat]

hmm

[unreal slate]

Haha, internet search of "147 Marathon" brings up AI result "The 2019 Philadelphia Marathon disqualified 147 runners for cutting the course". That is pretty against the grain...

[zinc moat]

Preservation https://assets.thecdn.io/a9c41cc3-8185-43f6-b827-34af221eff20.png

Cryo Hub https://assets.thecdn.io/e16a58b3-a50f-4556-b1f4-124d916eeac9.png

[unreal slate]

Cheeseburger https://preview.redd.it/guys-i-found-it-v0-3kur9oho6dmg1.jpeg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=fb93e700e10be274eeeeafd098e4ab938fc1f84e

[zinc moat]

oh shit Cargo actually has an image behind the cameras

[tiny kraken]

drinkable cheeseburger is people

[zinc moat]

Cargo https://assets.thecdn.io/ce621aa9-d63b-4432-9411-c45a880c3288.png

[unreal slate]

Excuse me, I have seen the confidential ingredients and I assure you it is definitely not people

You can trust me.

[dry turret]

Yes i just did all three but nothing happened, well maybe its just some piece of lore and a little spoiler for something in the future

[unborn bane]

It's probably a case where you do the pairings and nothing happens til u do them on every map

[zinc moat]

Index has no full image RIP

what's on the page is a video and it's red from the get go

https://assets.thecdn.io/f5d8b1e5-d89a-4fb8-b1cd-2681c4d81a23.mp4

[dry turret]

anyways if you guys want im gonna write down the pairing locations

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

[zinc moat]

oh hey this JSON page has this
uescKillCountNextUpdateAt "2026-03-07T16:46:00.116Z"

the heck is Z time o.O

lordy I'm going down the rabbit hole http://www.maybeck.com/ztime/index.html

[scenic spruce]

This is some ready player one type shi

[unborn bane]

just a random guess, but .116z might be referring to the positioning of the next camera feed to be revealed?

[zinc moat]

I'm not really sure

[unborn bane]

I say that bc Z is typically used for coordinates, but no clue fr

[dry turret]

How does the website stuff works?

[zinc moat]

16:46:00 is 4:46 PM tho

[unborn bane]

I don't think we really know the point of the site yet besides clearly teasing the new map, I'm sure we're missing a large amount of info still tho

[tiny kraken]

Z is a timezone suffix referring to GMT iirc

[zinc moat]

yeah that's what I'm reading aboot

[tiny kraken]

ah didn't see the link

[real thorn]

The 3rd pair is south relay to data wall. I've been trying to find that damn third pair for hours. Crazy that it is in Overflow.

[zinc moat]

but apparently 4pm GMT is 11am EST and we've passed that 🤔

[astral geyser]

Good morning runners have we had any progress since last night

[zinc moat]

oh I just refreshed the JSON

ahaha

it updated

;P

[astral geyser]

Has the percentage moved at all???

[zinc moat]

uescKillCountNextUpdateAt    "2026-03-07T17:40:00.137Z"```

[astral geyser]

Are we still at 4%

[zinc moat]

so in ten minutes it updates

[astral geyser]

So we are at about the same since last night?

[zinc moat]

control's bar is longer than the other two, was it always like that

[astral geyser]

Nope they were all the same last night

[unborn bane]

^

[astral geyser]

That’s new

[zinc moat]

I guess we just have to keep taking out UESC bots 🤔

I'm looking at this btw https://cryoarchive.systems/api/public/state

hey who changed that next update time

ARE WE BEING WATCHED

[astral geyser]

They know

Grrrr I’m not on my pc right now I can’t see the site

[zinc moat]

SMOKEBOMB https://i.imgur.com/ajrSZ.gif

[real thorn]

Hey has anyone figured out the long strings of numbers from the marathon terminals? They seemed kinda important. (Not: 35.212.46.162)

[round totem]

guys what does tick milk taste like, i fel like thats important somehow

[green plume]

disease

[viscid cargo]

Why would they care bout UESC kill count? Even when they are the ones trying to keep us from everything?

[round totem]

maybe blood for the blood god

killbots with a preprogrammed kill limit

who knows

every time we hijack their network rto respawn a runner oni hacks it a litle more

once its complete we get her to digitally attack one of the marathon ais and give us acess

[stray gate]

It's iterating every 15 min and updates kill count total

[round totem]

maybe the marathon ais are going through a boot cycle to try and figure out what to do about a new threat that is draining resources afgter a certain threshold they were spun down to conserve energy

idk

[stray gate]

I tried to see if the unactivated screen % display updated with kills since last night but stays at 4% - so 4% is not kill count tracking

[viscid cargo]

What we do to get it to 4%, im late

[unborn bane]

I think 4% is likely related to the amount of people who have linked or not, otherwise it probably wouldn't be so low

[round totem]

is it still 4%? it was 4% last night so ther egoes countdown

[stray gate]

Dunno - but if you go to one of the 'reciever' screens without going to its mate first you have co2.//filt.kernel 4%

[round totem]

wait is ther ea proper way to activate the screens ive just seen that message since thy turne on and figured it was iot

[manic kiln]

cool info for thoes that don't know, the first 3 security report you collect on outpost explain the different stages of rampancy

[stray gate]

And warning abut pressurized gasses causing harm 🙂

[round totem]

rapancyt is a copol concept

[torn oyster]

I think, since the 4% hasn't updated, it's a red herring to throw people off

It's a random number but like, there's TONS of random stuff that make zero sense y'know?

Its been about 24hrs since terminals came online with no update to the percentage. I think it's just 'useless flavor'

[spiral stream]

i love the military industrial complex i am here for money and murder and nothing else #sponsoredbytraxus

[tiny kraken]

we did I think, it was a cipher, lemme find

[lusty hawk]

I want to know on which channel the feedback about cheats is given?

[torn oyster]

Feedback about cheats? Wdym

[round totem]

or maybe not so much random as tied to something not directly under our control like it wont update till the next stage is open and the new screen on the new map are up

[lusty hawk]

wallhack and pre-firing

[solid linden]

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"

[tiny kraken]

ty

[torn oyster]

'Violent One'. Noooo not us, I'm just studying food!

[lusty hawk]

I don't know, but I believe in the official verdict.

[torn oyster]

I don't understand what you mean. Are you trying to REPORT people for cheating?

[lusty hawk]

I'm just making a normal report.

[solid linden]

https://imgur.com/a/nuQrqdm for those who dont have the terminal map yet for perimeter

[swift fox]

Not here

[unborn bane]

above

[lusty hawk]

TY

[zinc moat]

Home could only mean the Marathon, cause I doubt people were living in Marsh

[tiny kraken]

someone mentioned that the marathon was certainly "home" for Durandal

[zinc moat]

though I guess there is the living quarters in Outpost 🤔

[tiny kraken]

and given those spooky videos, I sure think it lies haunted

[trim walrus]

Do the terminals in Perimeter all have to be activated in one go or no?

[quaint canopy]

bro the audio recordings in this game are so fun

[zinc moat]

the S'pht are kinda like sheet ghosts in a way

[quaint canopy]

i really hope they add more cutscenes for the lore

[solid linden]

No. 3 Pairs

[real thorn]

Cool thank you! Crazy simple cipher lol, will remember it.

[tiny kraken]

do you remember which terminal pairs gave which numbers

wonder if the order means anything

[real thorn]

I can send you screenshots of which links to which if you want.

[lusty hawk]

You may not be aware that many players who used DMA have progressed all the way from the testing stage to the official release.

[swift fox]

Can anyone explain what’s the deal with the terminals? I missed it earlier and it’s kinda going over my head

[zinc moat]

unless HOME is an acronym, in which case...

dear god, THE GREAT LAKES

[quaint canopy]

ive seen a bunch in game and was sad i couldnt interact with them

[solid linden]

anyways if you guys want im gonna write down the pairing locations
Station -> Hauler Overflow -> North Relay South Relay -> Data Wall

[unborn bane]

durandal is likey luring in runners to use them to get off the marathon

[turbid sleet]

DARI sounds a lot like the Assassin Shell... Coincidence?

[tiny kraken]

North relay, hauler, data wall is the order of these bottom to top

[swift fox]

Bruh what is going on we just using the lore channel as general 2 now?

[zinc moat]

kill count is at 70696674, up from 70074544

We're definitely going fast lol

that's like 600k kills in 20 minutes

[real thorn]

There are 6 terminals. 3 pairs. If you pair them up you get a cool kinda short monologue and 2 sets of numbers. 1 translates into words and the other is a link to a website.

[zinc moat]

bet ya it'll do something at all 7s

[tiny kraken]

but then it'd be 8 7s

too many

[swift fox]

Maybe all 8 for infinity

[stiff dragon]

I found a terminal with stuff, i think it's the arg (we got the notification in game about the terminals). Is there a discord server or somewhere where they're doing it?

[gray nacelle]

it says unauthorized access to whatever you put after

[stiff dragon]

I took a picture with my phone but you can't see much, i was lowkey shitting my pants

[gray nacelle]

I put /poopfart and it said unauthorized access

[night rampart]

probably some streamers and stuff working on it, but also we dont know how much we can do right now

Bungie said that cryo would come "in the second half of march"

[stiff dragon]

you can write in it?
also there are codes and i think a location, not sure if it's the terminal location

[stiff dragon]

makes sense :f

[night rampart]

this may just be a setup and the real meat of the arg comes in a few days/weeks

[muted siren]

The website has a countdown for 762 years. What date will be 762 years from now according to the lore of the Marathon?

[real thorn]

I think we're just supposed to wait 762 years

[gray nacelle]

I'm pretty sure that's when the marathon ship guys first got to tau ceti

762 years from 2026

[dusk hamlet]

that would be 2788, the marathon arrived in 2773

[gray nacelle]

I just work here

[real thorn]

Only 3 out of the 6 activate when you get near them. Then the activated one will tell you where to find its pair.

[muted siren]

I found some info on reddit that it is somehow must be 2773 year, not the 2788. Beause Marathon actually arrived at 2773
Found this on reddit too https://marathon.bungie.org/story/timetable.html

[dusk hamlet]

new cascadia was established in 87

the closest event on the official timeline that we have

[unborn bane]

game takes place a good bit AFTER the marathon arrives and everything goes wrong on it

[dusk hamlet]

yeah the pfhor arrive like five or six years into the colony's existence

[gray nacelle]

the same 4% in the same font is in overflow for the o2 percent, so it might just be a graphic decal they reused

[dusk hamlet]

oh that's not what you meant my bad

[muted siren]

Yeah we are much far away from the colony has been established

[torn oyster]

Yeah that's what I'm thinkin

Also, as somoene who never played OG Marathon. How much lore is the same between the 2? And what exactly WAS OG Marathon? Like, am I gunna be able to follow without having played the OG? Idk if I missed it but I have NO idea who tf Durandal is lmao

I'm prolly just dumb af and missed the name

[dusk hamlet]

so far there have been minimal retcons if any, the new game directly builds on the groundwork of the classics

[minor pendant]

Ok guys whats new

[dusk hamlet]

plenty of resources to get up to speed on the story without playing the games

[muted siren]

Someone on reddit told this about the timer:
"Its actually counting down to a time based on your system clock, to somewhere around the year 2788.
Made it show 0s by setting changing my year to 2788.
The exact time its counting down to is 7/7/2777 7am.
Nothing seems to happen letting actually tick to 0."

And i don't quite understand how does it work

[astral geyser]

Haven’t we had a few years changed around

[minor pendant]

What has happened in the last 12 hours

still 4%? 6 terminals with cameras and stuff?

[dusk hamlet]

oh haha of course it's counting to all sevens

[open rock]

Is there a marathon equivalent to the Super Bowl

[muted siren]

Yeah and there is also uesc killcounter on the site with cameras

[muted siren]

Is it a popular meme in bungie community? I just dont get it

[unborn bane]

"shipDate":"2777-07-07T12:00:00.000Z","memoryUnlocked":false
the timer is supposed to unlock a memory apparently

so most likely the time check happens locally across all devices, to ensure it reads right, but the confirmation that unlocks the memory must come from their server's internal timer

[gray nacelle]

doesn't the anomaly fuck with time, what if we gotta use the anomaly to speed up the timer or sumthing

[night rampart]

NOOOO I missed out on like 3 valuables logs because I think the game deleted them post-exfil because I wouldve gone over my credit wallet limit

I swear to god I picked up a xenobiopsy on outpost

[split fern]

it pretty much fucks with everything until it is stabilized

[dusk hamlet]

it would be cool if the temporal artifacts played into this yeah

[gray nacelle]

because right now, correct me if I'm wrong, there's no use to the anomaly yet besides 2k creds

[muted siren]

If your wallet is full, won't you get progress in your log notes when you carry items out after evacuation?

[night rampart]

I think thats what happened, but I cant confirm

maybe it doesnt count as a proper exfil of the item?

because if an item would put you over your credit cap I think it just gets tossed

[serene ether]

Anyone know which shell has cussing in voicelines? Heard it but can’t figure out which one lol

[tough scarab]

when there will be a duo mode, playing with randoms is fucked up

[dusk hamlet]

to be honest with you, i'm in no way a lore buff, just a tourist trying to catch up
not sure how significant the number actually is, but it is genuinely all over the place, and it has been driving people mad ever since the 90s

[night rampart]

bungie has an affinity for the number 7

it has to do with the seven "pillars" in their logo

[dusk hamlet]

https://marathon.bungie.org/story/seven.html like this lengthy chain of people finding 7s in the most unexpected places

it's a fun read

[night rampart]

its in basically all their games

[muted siren]

Oh God...
It was really unexpected

[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

this is what we have in the ARG so far

iirc

atleast as of last night

[dusk hamlet]

i see it as a cute easter egg more than anything else, kind of like the year in every game of the Anno series adding up to 9 if you combine the digits

[torn oyster]

WTF IS THE DAC?

[golden turtle]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CrBSMJYxox3HGYiS1zLV6ZrfpJqPYIW?usp=sharing aswell with the cameras

[night rampart]

ive heard that durandal has voice lines at some of the terminals, are there 3 different lines or is it always the one about questioning yourself

[keen goblet]

Btw the bot sent me something when I joined the server, whats that image meant to mean?

[cold sedge]

Theres a terminal in Bunker 4 just above west gate on Dire Marsh. For future reference.

[muted siren]

3 different voice lines

[golden turtle]

There are three differnt voice lines. Each of them are Durandal taunting/inviting us to the Marathon via cryptic words

[dusk hamlet]

oh yeah we should probably take note of the inactive terminals on other maps

[night rampart]

anyone have a recording/video? ive only heard one

[golden turtle]

OUTPOST:
Above the OC in Processing
Southwest of Dormitories Name
Sideroom at end of Drone Wing
DIRE MARSH:
Laser room in AI Uplink

the ones i've found so far

[night rampart]

I believe theres a terminal in the 2nd floor of the main building in Algae Ponds

[muted siren]

I have, but it is not in English

[azure narwhal]

so, when can i go to the marathon ship

next week?

[rocky cliff]

Meisters of Lore I call upon you once more.

Do any of you wise ones know if the Cyber Red Destoryer skin or Cyber Red as a group holds any direct connection to Arachne as a faction. I feel like they go hand and hand but was wondering. I am but a humble and curious caveman.

[golden turtle]

probably not unitl mid-march when Cryo fully unlocks

they said somewhere Cryo isnt active until mid-march, but this is the puzzle to unlock it

it'll probably open up over the course of 1/2 more weeks

[dusk hamlet]

yeah it's a community effort but also timegated since we don't have full access to the ARG yet

[muted siren]

Data wall: What do you do when you encounter the incomprehensible? When everything inside you screams to run away. Yes, you have a desire. A desire to conquer. But do you even understand why? Have you ever asked yourself?
North retranslator: I'm watching. You're curious creatures... Cruel. Your journey is just beginning. How many more marathons do you have to run?
Hauler: You stand on metal, concrete, and soil. You are made of flesh and oil, and cautious dreams. You are not meant to walk among the stars

I have translated them

[wispy oak]

baller

[golden turtle]

can i add this to my big ass wall post

[night rampart]

thanks

[wispy oak]

im also like 90% sure people already have em but i did also just pull all the videos and backgrounds from the CA website if anyone wants em

[muted siren]

Sure it is just audio messages on each terminal. And what post btw?

[golden turtle]

^

Three pairs of terminals unlocked on Perimeter.

Upon activation in:

Data Wall -- "What do you do when you encounter the incomprehensible? When everything inside you screams to run away. Yes, you have a desire. A desire to conquer -- But do you even understand why? Have you ever asked yourself?"
North Relay -- "I'm watching. You're curious creatures... Cruel. Your journey is just beginning. How many more marathons do you have to run?"
Hauler -- "You stand on metal, concrete, and soil. You are made of flesh and oil, and cautious dreams. You are not meant to walk among the stars."

Along with that, each terminal has a IP Address and a set of numbers.

Numbers:

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

IP address goes to https://cryoarchive.systems/ || Photos from the website: https://imgur.com/a/gtDs85n

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

[muted siren]

The text may be not 100% accurate because it is a translation

[golden turtle]

no problem ^ It's a close enough representation.

[wispy oak]

oh yeah i pulled both fonts too. I got the main font family for the readable text as well as the code block font in case anyone wants that for poster stuff. Def gunna use it

[cinder jolt]

YO WHERE IS THE DCON ON OUTPOST IT DOESNT SHOW ON THE MAP

YO WHERE IS THE DCON ON OUTPOST IT DOESNT SHOW ON THE MAP

[fallow iris]

Anyone running the terminals thats willing to pick up one?

[hasty python]

How can I do the Discord quest for Marathon without paying for the game??

Please help!!!!!!

[steel blade]

Refund it?

[hasty python]

I have no credit card or anything

IS it possible for me to do it somehow without paying or such stuff

Please i need this last quest

I have 10600

[steel blade]

Maybe by sharing the game

[hasty python]

and Ill get 10300

I mean ill get 11300

and I can buy my dream bundle

Wdym ' sharing the game '

[unborn bane]

You'll need a friend to lend you their account or something prob lol

[hasty python]

Dang

[steel blade]

Exactly

[hasty python]

None of my friends have it

Theres no free possible way?

...?

[naive torrent]

The Marathon lore is better than the actual game.

[steel blade]

Fr

[naive torrent]

🤷‍♂️

[hasty python]

Is that correlating with my question or no

[steel blade]

Sorry, idk what else you can do

[hasty python]

Alr

Do you have the game

[steel blade]

Ye

[hasty python]

Can u lend

or no

for 15 mins

.................

[steel blade]

No

Sorry

[hasty python]

dang ittttttttttttttttt

If you find a possible way lmk

Like the server slam, but it's gone now

[steel blade]

Sure bro

[hasty python]

alr thx

[steel blade]

Besides the general art style, is there any explanation in game why every runner has all those bright cosmetics instead of camouflages?

[signal steeple]

Corporate sponsorships needed to pay for their trillion dollar bodies

Because every runner is woefully in debt to cyac

[tiny veldt]

My guess is if they gave camo skins people would just use the ones with camo which would be an advantage.
Plus the colours are like logos on racing cars they stand out

[stray gate]

Our only form of self expression is colorful plastics 😛

[unreal parrot]

any update with the puzzle

[steel blade]

So its like, every body cost more that they profit from the raid?

[signal steeple]

To some extent yeah agreed. But besides just that, I'm not sure how they could add a camo skin that doesn't look super weird on a runner's body.

[unreal parrot]

anyone know where the picture in step 00 is

[signal steeple]

The bodies are incredibly expensive, and the artifacts of Tau ceti that you bring back to the corps are priceless. So for the corps it is worth the investment. It is also worth the investment to keep all runners dependent and indebted.

[potent citrus]

marathon need to come out with something to be able to revive enemy players

[unreal parrot]

drop a self rez

[signal steeple]

Because runners off the corporate leash would be a big problem for cyac

[potent citrus]

is we cant revive enemies then what the porpose of proximity chat

[signal steeple]

Can people pick up items when downed?

[signal steeple]

In my experience, to make peace with people before the shooting starts.

Other runners arent always toxic, especially if you tell them that you only have a sponsored kit. They don't care about that shit any more than you

[potent citrus]

we want to heard them beg

[tiny veldt]

Yes

[jade wagon]

Think so. You can drop a self-revive for a downed runner to use

[scenic summit]

Or the other runners could be bots to fill in?

[signal steeple]

Good to know!

[scenic summit]

At which point diplomacy wouldn't matter

[signal steeple]

There aren't runner bots. All runners are players.

[scenic summit]

I mostly play solo matches so I could see there being bots in solos but idk how I'd check

[steel blade]

And another thing, why uesc scav is still attacked by bots if they're in the same fraction

[signal steeple]

Maybe some time in the future, but currently I've not seen or heard anything that indicates there are runner bots

[steel blade]

I hope no, cuz Fortnite and Arena breakout infinite were ruined with addition of the bots in the match

[signal steeple]

The rook is basically hacked and hijacked by a runner consciousness. You are still their enemy, just wearing one of their bodies as a puppet. Rooks ability allows you to mask that by acting like a uesc bot and masking your runner signals.

[signal steeple]

Agreed, bots make pvp games far too easy.

[scenic summit]

I wouldn't expect them to just let me go into a match by myself solo

[signal steeple]

....thats why they match you with other players? It's not like player counts are beneath 1k or something where matchmaking becomes a real issue. There's tons of people to match with.

[scenic summit]

Yes they match you with other players but it would be a contingency on the off chance you can't for some reason.

It might happen almost never but they want to account for it I'm willing to bet

[signal steeple]

Maybe that'll be the case yeah. That could be a decent way to manage empty lobbies. But time will have to tell. I dont want to guess that there will be bots when I haven't seen anything indicating it yk?

Also this is crazy off topic for the lore channel.

[scenic summit]

There was a S'pht compiler that was implied to hack a shell in a recent trailer if I recall correctly

So maybe if there are "bots" they could just be "hacked by aliens"

[agile cairn]

Battleroid vs Destroyer shell

[finite night]

what is this question even

strongest man on earth vs 1 month baby

[signal steeple]

Battleroid no dif

[scenic summit]

Battleroid takes no fall damage

[onyx steeple]

lf1 chill games, grinding factions level 29

[finite night]

strongest man on earth that can see the predict the future vs 1 month limbless baby

[scenic summit]

In-universe its explicitly stated that a BoB would die to the same fall the player in Marathon 2 takes without issue. The player in Marathon 2026 takes fall damage, so this would indicate that the player in this game is intended to be weaker than in the classic games

[lime pewter]

I'm new here but damn, Marathon is peak scifi lore. Can't believe I'm new to this series... art style too is too sick. That's all. ❤️

[stray gate]

Original 3 games from the 90s free on Steam 🙂

[placid gust]

Yeah, the compiler is also like an easy enemy in old marathon and one shots a runner

[scenic summit]

Also worth keeping in mind from a game design perspective, a Battleroid managed to finish the events of the first three games "singlehandedly". This game wants the PvE element, so for the environment to be dangerous you might want to dial back the player strength

[burnt nebula]

will the marathon ship have a different design aesthetic to the colony? im kinda hoping its not just more multicolored walls and the exact same doors etc.

[astral geyser]

any updates on the ARG?

[scenic summit]

Time has also progressed, so the S'pht might have upgraded all their weapons, armor, and tech too. Especially with help from Durandal, since they're the only faction he seems to help for real for real (debatable, but more than most)

[burnt nebula]

runner shells are basically just disposable trash

[sudden pollen]

Yea, wouldnt fit with the aesthetic of the game at all

[dense jacinth]

i havent seen anything, right now we only have the terminals and the durandal dialogue and the uhhhh cyphered messages from the terminals

[vestal slate]

I just want PvE run only option so I can focus on the lore and learn the world.

[burnt nebula]

how about digi camo but its larey and neon and uselss as actual camo lol

[sudden pollen]

Could look cool if done well

[dense jacinth]

i usually just run around as rook and beg people to let me go and not shoot me LOL

[signal steeple]

Has the percentage on the data wall term changed?

[dense jacinth]

not from what ive seen, i literally slept and it doesnt seem to have changed

[signal steeple]

Interesting, I suppose it isn't tied to the uesc kill count like we were speculating last night

[burnt nebula]

anyone know if the marathon ship will look the same as the colony? same doors, same windows, same plain colors and barcodes etc?

[clever quartz]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1211816148769964073/1431462725283872779/Untitled466_20231018115927.gif

oops wrong channel

[gentle zodiac]

Stabilization for each feed remains at 0-1. Still a ways off from the goal of 100 for each

[dense jacinth]

yea, but its curious on why the uesc kill count is tracked on the site, but if it hasn't progressed the bar then it has to be something else

[golden turtle]

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

[signal steeple]

Agreed

[golden turtle]

the bottom lot have color. These are from the cameras on the ARG Website

That's generally what the Marathon will look like.

[gentle zodiac]

It could be for some future step. There are a number of properties of the website state that we were unsure of the significance.

[dense jacinth]

do we know how to continue the stabilization? there has to be something in game unless the stabilization was from us interacting with the terminals

[gentle zodiac]

Interacting with terminals didn't seem to push them. They have not changed since mid day yesterday and we did a number of runs trying different interactions with them.

[copper folio]

Hey I know this isn't lore but I keep getting error code weasel does anyone know how to fix this issue? i just want to play lol

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1475547886392709253/1479288914144661736

check announcements

and dev updates

[wide ibex]

chill squad looking for 1 more dm or message me

[digital plaza]

Archival PSA Recordings | Audio Log 1
https://youtu.be/majfzvSTO3A

[dense jacinth]

my goat thank you

[tall hearth]

https://giphy.com/gifs/memes-adorable-cute-cat-6iqK0cXu38mR0qxyx2

nooo

[golden turtle]

embed failure everyone point and laugh

kill kill kill

[tall hearth]

no dont please

stop it

[golden turtle]

har har har har hra

[tiny kraken]

can't even send the embed fail gif because it'll fail

[tall hearth]

😣

[tropic flint]

Anyone know what the best version of the OG games to play on modern hardware is? wanna dip my toes into unc gaming

[golden turtle]

i almost did the exact the same thing LOL

[tiny kraken]

they're free on steam apparently they run quite well

[dense jacinth]

all three marathon games are free on steam

[golden turtle]

im pretty sure they're all free on steam

[tiny kraken]

I haven't tried them myself but I've heard good things about the performance

[dense jacinth]

they were optimized for modern hardware from a fan community

[tropic flint]

noice i didnt know if it had some issues like other steam releases of older games!

ty all

[dense jacinth]

they're good, just remember ur TAB button is gonna be the interact button

[golden turtle]

<3

[tiny kraken]

https://alephone.lhowon.org/

[neat shuttle]

chill squad looking for 1 more

[digital plaza]

Confiscated Colonial Folklore | Audio Log
https://youtu.be/VPO7jexwCF4

[dense jacinth]

guys theres a looking for crew channel 💀

[tropic flint]

#lfc-any-zone

[dense jacinth]

im trying to think on what else we can do to stabilize the camera feeds cause i really dont wanna believe its a waiting game for the next step >:(

[unreal parrot]

I FOUND THE 3 PAIRS OF TERMANALS

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479909650458738839

terminals have been decoded

[dense jacinth]

holy quickshot LMFAO

[golden turtle]

LMAO

i should probably go back over my post and make it

like

gramatically legible

[limber tinsel]

I have come across the terminal but how do you use them?

[golden turtle]

each terminal is paired with the one that it shows the location of on the screen

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479909650458738839

when you activate the first terminal and go to the next, it plays an audio log

[dense jacinth]

terminals have already been decoded, you need to find one that has an image of a location then head to that location and just stand in front of the terminal there

repeat two more times and u have all three

[ornate river]

i wonder if intelligent creatures can be born that aren't human in this world through bioengineering, i know that shells are a thing but i want to know if there's posibility for new species of creatures born not kin to human

[mint hamlet]

anywhere I should start to dive into lore?

[golden turtle]

there's already the other aliens of the Marathon universe so that wouldnt be impossible

[golden turtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu7uN6-lNhk&list=PLjvQwUwD3L3AZyOQ-h5mXz7u74EliO3La

if you like youtube videos

thats what I watched

[dense jacinth]

i mean, u have the pfhor and their enslaved races from the original marathon games

[mint hamlet]

Thank ya thank ya. nice to see mandalore in there aswell. loved his marathon series

[golden turtle]

and the wrkncacanter or howeever you spell it

[ornate river]

the game lol, the codex has awesome stuff in it that builds and shapes the world in multiple avenues, also the voice acted missions

[dense jacinth]

the what.

[mint hamlet]

Well I dont own the game rn sorry. How does it compare to destiny's lore?

[dense jacinth]

oh

[golden turtle]

the evil anicent god thing

[dense jacinth]

yea that, i didnt know what i was called LOL

[golden turtle]

very different from destiny

[ornate river]

this is my first bungie game so i dont know sorry

[golden turtle]

incredible lore though

very fun world, super unique twist on some common tropes

alot of original stuff

very fun all around

[mint hamlet]

i see. Kind of thought the similarities ended at "ancient aliens did some wacky stuff to humans" also awful corporate entities manipulating humanity aswell.

[gentle barn]

Did we 7already get alll the terminals in outpost?

[golden turtle]

pretty accurate

[dense jacinth]

uhhh theres someone posting audio logs from the codex in game https://www.youtube.com/@Tasty_DODO

[golden turtle]

they cant be activated but people are looking to map all of them

[mint hamlet]

Like Clovis Bray and the Ishtar collective are not good people.

[gentle barn]

how about dire then? are those also locked?

[dense jacinth]

yea still locked

[golden turtle]

yes only perimeter is active

[gentle barn]

bruh

[dense jacinth]

im assuming we'll get mail when they unlock

[mint hamlet]

I may save em for when I play the game. Just dont have the money rn

[golden turtle]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1337170236641775748/1479909650458738839 is about all we have

for now until the next ones unlock

[gentle barn]

yeah i saw that but i just wanted to ask

[dense jacinth]

but reset already happened, i thought they'd send more mail out since we've linked all three in perimeter

[golden turtle]

yeah there isnt much else

[mint hamlet]

I wonder how much new stuff will change post the Marathon opening up to runners? bungie has done "post raid" content before

[golden turtle]

im currently under the belief that it'll be on weekly reset days

soo thursday i think

[mint hamlet]

maybe as we complete tasks on the Marathon things on Tau Ceti change over time

[golden turtle]

that, or there's something we havent connected

[limber tinsel]

So I can't interact why the ones on Perimiter because they already done but there are some yet to found on Dire Marsh ?

[dense jacinth]

ah yea, im holding out hope that its just something we haven't done cause im impatient and i dont like waiting >:(

[golden turtle]

you have to find an "activation" terminal and then go to the next one.

there are three sets of two

[dense jacinth]

no you can still do them, just gotta find the right terminal

[golden turtle]

me too dont worry

[placid galleon]

now that marathon is out, has anyone revisited the cinematics and tried to tie back the choice of Ozymandias to marathon?

[limber tinsel]

So I found a Marathon style terminal (the one that currently shows 4%) stay in front a bit to get all the information that then direct to the correct activation terminal that I can actually interact with?

[golden turtle]

im curious to this aswell, ozymandias is one of my favorite poems and i'd love to hear if you learn anything more

[dense jacinth]

if it has the 4% then its the wrong terminal, the right terminal will have an image of a location on ur map

[gentle barn]

which one is the 4% one?

[limber tinsel]

So all 3 set of terminal can't be active at the same time?

[dense jacinth]

theres also a sound activation when u stand in front of the right terminal

[placid galleon]

atleast from my very surface-level reading of ozymandias (i don't do a lot of poem analysis n the ones i do are VERY region specific) i imagine that ozymandias could be a stand in for an individual runner

[ornate river]

thats very nice of them

[limber tinsel]

found in data wall and the hauler

[ornate river]

[dense jacinth]

uhhh that i dont know, i did them all in three separate games as rook but thats just because i was running out of time

[placid galleon]

ESPECIALLY with the context of that line being followed up with "nothing beside remains" in the poem and the death of the assassin shell

iirc atleast

[golden turtle]

im under the belief that it's in reference to humanity. Ozymandias the poem is about the futility of grandure and the mortality of everything we are and make

humanity tried to immortalize themselves by reaching out into the stars and now "nothing ... remains"

[dense jacinth]

shit durandel would say to us honestly

[limber tinsel]

okay got it will try again to check if what I do sis correct

[golden turtle]

the ruins of a shattered statue read: "look upon my works ye mighty and despair", nothing beside remains. Ozymandias (king ramses II of egypt) thought himself immortal and incredible

and everything he did amounted to nothing in the face of time

thats atleast how i've always read it

[dense jacinth]

goodluck! the durandel voice lines are nice <3

[golden turtle]

its a poem about the futility of trying to immortalize oneself, and the futility of life in general

[dense jacinth]

wait literally durandel hello?

[placid galleon]

now i'm just wondering if ozymandias will be a recurring thing within marathon or if they'll try and encorporate other literature... it'd be interesting seeing how literature is worked into the game

[golden turtle]

i could definitely imagine the "Ozymandias" of the game being the big corporations, the uesc

"Look at how cool we are, we colonized another star system"

etc etc

and regardless of their money, regardless of their resources, it was for naught

they are the "ozymandias" and tau ceti is their kingdom

durandal even could be the "traveller from an antique land"

he allowed the distress call to reach sol, no?

[dense jacinth]

he was the one pinging for help that attracted the pfhor to marathon i thought

[golden turtle]

i mean the uhhh

[dense jacinth]

cause he went rampant and wanted escape or smth

[golden turtle]

"somewhere in the heavans they are waiting" call

[dense jacinth]

it was Leela i thought that sent that message? or whatever that AI was

[golden turtle]

maybe? im not certain

[dense jacinth]

i dont remember my old marathon lore is dusty...

[golden turtle]

casilda's song from the king in yellow is also really good

[dense jacinth]

i wonder if theres like, any relay towers in any of the maps we can interact with to stabilize a connection within the cryo archives

[limber tinsel]

king in yellow? (remember our promise ptsd)

[golden turtle]

signalis mentioned

foxy jumpscare gif

[gentle zodiac]

Dumping screenshots of from website from yesterday: https://imgur.com/a/gtDs85n

No real changes today until we figure out how to progress the game.

[golden turtle]

can i add this into my big wall post

[gentle zodiac]

go for it

[digital plaza]

Archival PSA Recordings | Audio Log 2
https://youtu.be/1T6J9GOaidU

[summer obsidian]

question --

do you think the marath c.0X keys could be used on terminals?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1479904077532889249/1479936025970082002/Marathon_ePb0Fepf4s.png?ex=69add954&is=69ac87d4&hm=9992e2e9a854aa3ef78fb4384ba25670ed19af24df092961f14ca2a87a353e56&

[wispy oak]

reminded me imgur existed- here are the individual background and mp4s

https://imgur.com/a/HjDVPBn

[random bear]

okay so i just got done with the nucaloric data reconstruction contracts..

|| dude durandal really did a number on Darius huh. Had the AI freaking out and wanting to self terminate ||

[summer obsidian]

haulure terminal had c.02 on it hmm

[astral geyser]

wait hold on the C.XX keys

[summer obsidian]

ya i linked one

they drop from outpost room

[astral geyser]

like used they key

[summer obsidian]

we might try

[gentle barn]

wait how do you get t9hem

[summer obsidian]

to take it in and see

[gentle barn]

and cou9ld you use it on the terminal????

[summer obsidian]

no idea yet

will be checking in a bit

[gentle barn]

which one you got? or none at all

[summer obsidian]

c.02

[gentle barn]

cuz those are gonna be the camera feeds im guessing

[summer obsidian]

so gonna try it in hauler in a bit

[gentle barn]

camera 02 isnt in the cctv thingy yet

theree is no monitor

[summer obsidian]

but hauler is fuckin spooky

[gentle barn]

so u ight be rihgt

[gentle barn]

hauler is the goat of POIs in perimeter

[summer obsidian]

ya

it's the coinflip one

https://i.imgur.com/lgj9Mie.png

so we'll check

[gentle barn]

im wishing you endless a amounts of luck

[summer obsidian]

🙏

[lusty galleon]

hauler is probably the coolest part of perimeter

[gentle barn]

just checked 02 cam is in the cctv thgings but maybe thats the way to get them to stabilize

[summer obsidian]

gonna scream in proximity chat if people show up

[dense jacinth]

last time I was in hauler I got jumped by three cloaked assassins and got stabbed to death 💀

[placid gust]

Yeah that sound like hauler lmao

[wispy oak]

had that happen at alge pond. Didnt even know people would be doing some shenanigans like that. Truly diabolical

[placid gust]

Hell, that just sounds like solo runs in general. Make any noise and an Assassin is ganking you from behind.

All fun and in the spirit when I’m doing a normal contract. When I’m on a priority “in a single run” contract? Generational crash out

Oh wait all the games in Cargo are reestablishing connection in like two minutes, checked the website just in time

Has there been any other major developments since last night?

[wispy oak]

also for anyone tracking, the APIs for the Cryo Archive website cycle every 15 minutes with it tracking kills. The only thing we havnt been able to identify in the sekgen discord is what the "memoryUnlocked": false can tether too. Im thinking its the big brain dome thing we saw in the trailer

[proper robin]

My worst experience with in a single run co tract was the one where you had to get a bio sample from quarantine for MIDA.

NO TEAM WANTS TO GO THERE.

[wispy oak]

not that im aware of but iv only been on the ball since this evening

[proper robin]

Let's just say it took me a bit. I learned my lesson afterwards and took the drop ship riding contract solo.

[terse wren]

The maps are great.

[placid gust]

That sounds likely. Whatever it is, it’s important - it seems to be a prominent feature of lots of the media

[terse wren]

Like very clear top talent

[placid gust]

Wait we’re receiving transmissions now

[dense jacinth]

Nope, only thing we’ve figured out is the progress bar isn’t connected to the UESC kill count at least I don’t think so

[wispy oak]

thats the data cycle

[wispy oak]

afaik the progress bars are the stabilization levels as according to https://cryoarchive.systems/api/public/cctv-cameras/stabilization

[dense jacinth]

apparently it’s a stabilization thing that we either have to wait for or it’s something we have to figure out how to do

[dense jacinth]

yea this

I’ve been thinking of what we could do to figure out how to stabilize it before I got in the game today, but besides like relay towers idk

[placid gust]

Ok so what is the data cycle doing exactly? Is it updating things? It seems we have progress bars on Control and Index now, which is progress

[dense jacinth]

cause as of current the stabilization is only at like 1 or 2 percent out of the 100 we need

[dense jacinth]

im assuming it’s just a refresh on the cams

[placid gust]

Ok interesting, interesting

[wispy oak]

every 15 minutes it sends updates to/from the API tags, which is as follows
https://cryoarchive.systems/api/public/cctv-cameras/stabilization - Camera stabilization ratio

https://cryoarchive.systems/api/public/state - Condition of each station and weather its been unlocked and completed - this also states the ship date, that memory unlocked info, and the UESC kill count at the bottom

what i do know is the update cycle at every 15 minutes is read in ZULU time, or UTC standard

and specifically the UESC kill count reads offset by an additional minute. So it waits for everything else to cycle over

while we dont know how the stabilization measures are increased afaik, we do know the progress bars on each camera relates to them- i think @dense jacinth has the right idea though, the higher the stabilization rate is the better quality CCTV we might recieve

[gentle zodiac]

https://imgur.com/a/gtDs85n they cap at 100

[wispy oak]

yeah im tracking that, just not sure we have figured out how it increases stability

[dense jacinth]

yea I was abt to say

[gentle zodiac]

But yeah we have made no progress in 24hrs it seems

Aside from uesc kills

[dense jacinth]

I’m thinking it’s maybe somewhere in pinwheel that we could increase stabilization?

[velvet temple]

Ummmmmmmmm has anyone else found a marathon c.03 key

[dense jacinth]

I have one yea

[velvet temple]

Any clues with it orrrr

[dense jacinth]

the keys are for in the cryo archive

[summer obsidian]

trying to use it on terminal but our squad got cooked 1 still alive tho

[wispy oak]

again, i think its relative to either tethered events or to different monitors unlocking. I honestly dont think there is anything we can do like, immedietly to increase it. Atleast within a day

[velvet temple]

It's just weird because can you even find other locations keys in perimeter or marsh

Makes me feel like there is something else and the description is interesting

[gentle barn]

Well since its only 3 cameras those have to be linked to the terminals from yesterday, maybe its kills nearby the terminal or number of people interactin g with them???

[olive geyser]

is there a google doc with everything so far ?

[tall hearth]

what terminals are we talking about

[wispy oak]

not sure, i still think people are organizing in smaller pockets. Sekgen discord has a couple of us that are watching but idk if there is like a dedicated discord or anything for it yet

[gentle barn]

Or maybe since the stabilization says "1" it might only be that said terminals have been interarcted with in the RIGHT way only once so far

[wispy oak]

i think the kills are a bit of a red herring tbh. Im sure they'll play some importance but rn its kinda just funny number go up. Unless something happens involving the number of casualties i dont think its super important

[olive geyser]

just found the https://marathon.karnemir.com/ in the pinned, but I guess there's nothing yet regarding the "ARG" with the api and such

[gentle barn]

https://imgur.com/lgj9Mie

[wispy oak]

yeah no this is all predated stuff

[olive geyser]

damn ok ty

[gentle barn]

idk man this seems logical to me?

[tall hearth]

oh i remeber seeing one of those but it was black, do we know how to interact with it?

[wispy oak]

that website and another are both fairly popular for old marathon lore, there is also https://compositionzero.pages.dev, https://marathoncodex.com

[dense jacinth]

is there a right way to link the terminals? I thought I was just go to one, get the location from it, then go to the locations and get durandel voice lines

[olive geyser]

thanks

[wispy oak]

i havnt been able to do anything with the terminals personally but afaik once we triggered the voicelines the progress went up. I havnt been able to actually confirm that though

if i recall correctly, Cargo unlocked while i was at work, which i think was like 4-5h in to the map opening

after that the terminals activated

[gentle barn]

does some have the full list of terminals and the corresponding terminals of perimeter

[wispy oak]

i believe @golden turtle has a list somewhere

i screencapped a message earlier but i cant send it in here

[summer obsidian]

key did not work or do anything on the t2erminal

[wispy oak]

its Data Wall, North Relay, and Hauler. Data wall is on the north face in one of the nook rooms, idk about the other 2

[digital plaza]

Welcome Package | Audio Log 1 STRAUSS IS SPEAKING IN THIS ONE!
https://youtu.be/p4OjqgBDJho

[wispy oak]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1rmsx0r/cryoarchive_systems_terminals_megathread/ here is the reddit megathread if you would like as well

probably the closest your gunna get to a public aggrigate rn

[gentle barn]

System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
SVX
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
W&Y
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
TZ@
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
UX&
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
SVX
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
W&Y
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
TZ@
System responding <762Y 03M 08D 14H 37M 12S>
UX&

idk just in case its important

[olive geyser]

ty again will keep an eye on it

[dense jacinth]

hmm… what else could we do for stabilization? do u think there’s something in like, pinwheel with the big antenna thingies? cause i really dunno rn

[wispy oak]

again, as far as i know the stabilization came along with unlocking the Cargo and connecting the website links. Its probably a timegate thing. We did our piece for the first couple moments, im sure by monday there will be more progression

but as of atleast right now, i think its just hurry up and wait.

[wispy oak]

someone on the thread pointed out that the end-date for the system countdown runs to 7/7/2777/7am local sys time

[deft cipher]

does anyone have footage of all teh contract cutscenes? i accidently skipped some dialogue bleh

[wispy oak]

someone also pointed out that internally the Camera 09 is also labeled CryoHub within the blocks, which i missed. If you put in the names of each labeled area (which we know exist because of the manifest from the API) it gives you unique unauthorized access pages

[hazy mist]

theres some on youtube

[deft cipher]

yeah but most of it either skips cutscenes, have too much talking, or is just a guide with no cutscne

[dense jacinth]

:( i don’t wanna believe it’s a waiting game now but u might be right…

[wispy oak]

on the bright side, i just finished doing some digging around on the unauthorized access pages

i can confirm 3 things

Control, Cargo, Cryo Hub, Index, Camera 06 and Camera 09 All either have accounted pages (Index, Cargo) or they go to a fallback page with the same backend png despite having flags in the API

Steerage, Preservation, Revival, and Biostock all have UNIQUE pages.

The Progress bars ARE tethered via BATCH command to the STABLE API plugin that reads based straight off the (0-1-2-ect) value

[dense jacinth]

just curious, the funky symblos next to the system responding, those were the same symbols from the ARG right?

[gentle barn]

Found another Terminal in Bio research south side in one of the red tower thingies

[hazy mist]

do you guys think that the "Death and the Strange Woman" codex is a parallel to tau ceti iv

the crow makes me think of a certain cat...

[dense jacinth]

found the fonts for the funky symbols plus the font for the text, the funky symbols font has the same amount of "letters" as the alphabet, tried matching them up see if i could translate anything but all i got was gibberish maybe im just bad or smth idk

[golden turtle]

dm them over to me

please

[novel hound]

More than likely it is just simply a font applied over normal letters and the gibberish is simply design choice. OR the more exciting option, its encoded

[dense jacinth]

thats what im thinking, there shouldnt be a reason for the symbols to keep changing in the system responding bar hopefully its something encoded

[tulip shale]

Probably

[simple garden]

were runners something that was present in the original Marathon?
if not, were ftl R&D intel provided through a CyAc coalition with SekGen to start having RUNNERS in TCIV?

since sekgen is trying to fight competition probably other corpos trying to reverse engineer or make up their own SHELLS
could it mean that we could see categorized SHELLS in the future?

ngl I'd like to play in Sol too eventually not just around TCIV

[vague shoal]

dont know if this terminal has been found yet, but I havent seen it in here yet:
Outpost, Airfield east building in the far north corner

[dusk hamlet]

no, biomata (shells) are a new concept
they were developed on earth sometime in the latter half of the marathon's voyage. lore-wise it's this 300 year gap of technological advancement none of which concerns the colony because they're light years away

[subtle oracle]

oh shit has marsh been done already?

Need a TLDR of the last like 10hrs. Last I remember we were stuck at 65mil UESC and no marsh or outpost terminals

[dusk hamlet]

you bring up a good point though, if FTL comms were a thing then maybe the colony could have at least known of these developments. i doubt they'd have the resources to set it up on TCIV though, it's very specific proprietary sekgen tech. maybe after they've properly settled and a few decades pass, but we all know that didn't go well

[dense jacinth]

UESC kill count is irrelevant for the cam progress bars as of now, we do know it’s stabilization now

everything else is abt the same LOL

[subtle oracle]

still 4%?

[simple garden]

ok so that's one thing I'm very curious about

are the shells UESC citizens

or colony members?

[vague shoal]

afaik terminals can be found but not active yet on the other maps

[subtle oracle]

oh okay yeah same old same old

man itd suck if this actually was time gated for awhile

[dusk hamlet]

the shells are synthetic and the means to produce them are (i think) on board one of the ships that arrived with project goliath, since every corp came along to check on the colony