BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: PRIME: ASSASSIN
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
PRIME: ASSASSIN
rnnrqterm.cdx.access - -:- -.- -.- -:- -.- - =================================================================== RUNNERS' GUIDE v.1.001.01.tciv ASSASSIN PRIME ABILITY: ACTIVE CAMO =================================================================== OVERVIEW: Few abilities are as advantageous for both lethality and pacifism as ACTIVE CAMO. When invisible to the world—or as quasi-invisible as light-bending camouflage can achieve—a RUNNER is given choices. Strike or retreat. Engage or avoid. Controlling your options in uncertain environments can tilt your odds toward survival. As a RUNNER, few things are more valuable. OPERATION: • Slip into ACTIVE CAMO • Go INVISIBLE • Move as a SHADOW • STRIKE at will • Or ESCAPE unseen • You were never here HISTORY: ACTIVE CAMO is a complicated technology. The UESC worked in secret for centuries to perfect its use on an individual scale. Applications to robotics were the first successful executions of anything sized for single-soldier use, but condensing the tech and power requirement to anything that would allow comfortable mobility seemed impossible. Then came SHELLS. With a SHELL, the body could more easily and seamlessly merge with the tech. As with many mil-sci breakthroughs, the UESC's eventual success started an arms race. One RUNNERS took full advantage of. =================================================================== [RNNRqterm] || CyberAcme Systems, Inc. ///REDACTED///
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.