BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: RUN/HIDE 6/6
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Personal Log PERIOD: Present Day SPEAKERS: UESC Captain Orion [ID: ORION] TOPIC: UESC Mission Priorities SUMMARY: A personal log recorded by UESC Captain Orion regarding the status of the New Cascadia colony and the UESC Marathon. =================================================================== [ORION]: Self-report 092, call sign Orion. We've completed our secondary investigation into the outpost. I've collected all colony records that I can for classification, but recordkeeping is scattered and disorganized. There's no easy way to interact with colony AI for an export or purge, so we're doing this the old-fashioned way. [ORION]: Accounts of the event are fairly consistent, but extremely vague. It's pretty clear our UESC forebearers were engaging in an intel lockdown. But in what we can find, we've got strong evidence of asymmetric tactics. The UESC came here with reduced military capacity, thinking they wouldn't need the firepower. Clearly, they were wrong. The casualty lists are staggering. [ORION]: Even if they had been prepared, I don't know it would've made much difference. Based on these reports, I believe even a fully outfitted fleet would've struggled. And that… that worries me. We can't let word of this get out until we understand the full threat and how to survive it. Save report. =================================================================== 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.