BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: PROTECT/DESTROY 3/5
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
PROTECT/DESTROY 3/5
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Personnel File PERIOD: Present Day TOPIC: UESC Captain "Orion" SUMMARY: A classified personnel file on UESC Captain Orion, created by MIDA operatives and shared by _gantry. The file outlines Orion's history with the UESC. =================================================================== >>>CLASSIFIED TARGET FILE: MIDA>>> >>>_gantry: know thine enemy, runner>>> CALLSIGN: "Orion" POSITION: Captain, 1st Tau Ceti Investigatory Unit CLASSIFICATION: PYROCLAST target BACKGROUND: Clashed with APHELION Group on Mars and Luna. Worked in high-security detention units on Luna, notorious for cruelties like "corrective isolation" and "punitive force-feeding". Publicly advocates for the use of "bio-augment manipulation" as a "persuasion tactic" (read: legalized torture). Held the company line at the Vallis Bohr Revolt, wiped up the blood at Jezero Crater Massacre, suspected ties to the Children of Mars erasure conspiracy. Suspected of deploying an unregulated and publicly undisclosed military AI, Cerberus, capable of mass violence. VULNERABILITIES: Two strikes for insubordination during early UESC career; purged from the record when leadership swapped over after Jezero. Personal relationship to MIDA agent "_philomena", estranged. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ]
About Codex in Marathon
The Codex is one of the most important progression systems in Marathon because it keeps track of the things that stay with your account over time. It covers achievements, collections, lore entries, cosmetics, titles, and other rewards tied to what you do in the game, and you can check it outside of your runs.
What makes the Codex stand out is that it is not just a lore menu. Marathon connects it to contracts, narrative items, and other in-game milestones, so the more you explore and complete, the more entries and rewards you unlock. It also carries over between seasons, even when things like gear, faction progression, contract progression, and player level reset.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Codex is Marathon’s long-term progression hub. It tracks things like achievements, lore-related discoveries, cosmetics, titles, and other milestone-based rewards, and it can be viewed outside of runs.
The Codex keeps a record of what you have completed and found in Marathon. That includes progress from contracts, narrative items, and other achievements, along with the rewards tied to those goals.
Yes. Codex progression carries over between seasons, which makes it one of Marathon’s main long-term systems even when seasonal resets affect gear and other progression.
The Codex includes free cosmetics and other unlocks tied to objectives. You can get rewards like weapon styles, stickers, profile emblems, profile backgrounds, titles, runner shell cosmetics, and loadout packages.
Codex entries are unlocked by doing things like completing contracts, finding narrative items, completing objectives, and hitting other in-game milestones. As you keep playing, more entries and rewards open up.
The Marathon Codex page helps you understand what the Codex is, how it works, what kind of rewards it offers, and why it matters for long-term progression. It is also a useful place to get a simple view of the game’s achievement and reward tracking system.