BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: TACTICAL: DESTROYER
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
TACTICAL: DESTROYER
rnnrqterm.cdx.access - -:- -.- -.- -:- -.- - =================================================================== RUNNERS' GUIDE v.1.001.01.tciv DESTROYER TACTICAL ABILITY: RIOT BARRICADE =================================================================== OVERVIEW: Nobody likes a bully. Be a bully. The DESTROYER SHELL's hard light mobile protection platform, or RIOT BARRICADE, is a gauntlet-mounted, personal space defender that allows a RUNNER to step hold ground, defend a retreat, or step into a conflict with confidence and bad intentions intact. OPERATION: • Activate RIOT BARRICADE • Take damage with no trauma to your shell • Hold or push the line until: • You change tactics, or… • RIOT BARRICADE dissipates • RIOT BARRICADE's charge dissipates when its power recycles • Incoming damage eats a RIOT BARRICADE's power, threatening its durability over time HISTORY: This variant of a mobile protection platform was first utilized in a security SHELL designed for use by local police forces in cases of extreme social disturbance, hence the name: RIOT BARRICADE. While testing DESTROYER prototypes, the UESC discovered the addition of the BARRICADE to what had previously been a wholly offensively-focused combat suite upped aggressiveness and success rates in live-fire field exercises. =================================================================== [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.