BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: PARADIGM SHIFT 3/5
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
PARADIGM SHIFT 3/5
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Colony Broadcast PERIOD: Colony Era SPEAKERS: Caruso, L. [ID: LCAR] TOPIC: Contagion Countermeasures SUMMARY: A recording of President Caruso's address to New Cascadia colonists during the height of quarantine and rationing measures. Caruso attempts to stabilize morale, quell panic, and present possible solutions to the unfolding crisis. =================================================================== [LCAR]: Citizens of New Cascadia, thank you for your attention and patience. I won't keep you all in suspense. You asked for concrete updates, so that's what you'll hear. [LCAR]: With careful rationing, our emergency food stockpiles will last at least three years. [LCAR]: This frugality buys precious time for the research teams, working around the clock to study the contagion and restore agricultural production. [LCAR]: While I am hopeful for a cure, it is not our only option. [LCAR]: Our engineers believe that the original landing craft could be relaunched to the Marathon. It is our best means of evacuation if the need arises. [LCAR]: I won't pretend this is easy. Seeing our loved ones under quarantine, feeling the ground and air shift around us… [sighs] It's enough to make anyone lose hope. [LCAR]: I'm not asking for hope. Just… remembrance. [LCAR]: Please remember… that we are still here. Remember that… we only have each other. =================================================================== 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.