BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: RUN/HIDE 2/6
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
RUN/HIDE 2/6
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Recorded Message PERIOD: Present Day SPEAKERS: UESC Captain Orion [ID: ORION] TOPIC: Runners SUMMARY: A recorded message sent by UESC Captain Orion. =================================================================== [ORION]: Listen, Runner. We pay a price for order in this world, and that price is not getting everything exactly the way you want. We've got billions of civs living across Earth, Luna, and Mars. You think we can hold that together by letting everyone have an equal say? Someone needs to be in charge, making the hard decisions, or else people die. Real people. Not criminals like you, who've rigged the system, who can die a hundred times and keep coming back. When real people die, that's it. It's over. [ORION]: MIDA doesn't care about starving civs on Mars. They care about power. The power to spread their propaganda and start riots and turn regular people against their own families, against their own interests. [ORION]: Read your history books. The one time MIDA managed to get into power, they didn't feed people. They didn't eradicate poverty. They formed death squads and held public executions. And don't give me that garbage about how it was 500 years ago. If you think we've changed so much in 500 years, you're not paying attention. MIDA is the same. People are the same. Think about who your allies are… and what they really have you fighting for. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]
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.