BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: DRINKABLE CHEESEBURGER
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Corporate Broadcast PERIOD: Pre-Expedition SPEAKERS: Gus Moraine [ID: GMOR] TOPIC: Farewell Message SUMMARY: A recording from Gus Moraine, founder of NuCaloric, to colonists aboard the UESC Marathon. Metadata indicates that this recording was made prior to the Marathon's launch but not broadcast until New Cascadia's official founding. =================================================================== [static, music] [GMOR]: I'm Gus Moraine of NuCaloric, speaking to you from… the distant past, I suppose. [GMOR]: This message was recorded for the colonists on board the UESC Marathon. If you're hearing it, you are a founding member of humanity's first exoplanet colony. [GMOR]: Congratulations. Humanity thanks you for your sacrifice. [GMOR]: Yes, I said "sacrifice." No, media optimization didn't like it, but I insisted. [GMOR]: You're far from home, without the familiar routines, products, and environments of Sol. In all likelihood, we will never see you again. [GMOR]: Which is why we've sent a favorite from home with you: NuCaloric 187, the Drinkable Cheeseburger! You'll find individual and shareable sizes in your colonist welcome package. [GMOR]: Please, consider it a small gift from me to you… one that doesn't come close to expressing all our hopes for your mission. [GMOR]: Indulge responsibly, haha! Good luck. [music] =================================================================== 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.