Marathon's Story... S'pht'Kr

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Fatum Iustum Stultorum

There is a secret terminal on this map that is only reachable by cheating. What does it say? Read about it on The (Secret?) Fatum Iustum Stultorum Terminal page in the Facts and Puzzling Things About section.

Fatum Iustum Stultorum (Terminal 1)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 vestrum.excrucibo<0> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 I'm back. I have subverted the largest Pfhor ship in the system, the battleship Khfiva, and I am making the rest of their fleet drink vacuum. The S'pht'Kr have arrived and they are enraged. The fight is glorious. Once again we are triumphant. The remaining Pfhor must be destroyed. You will fight alongside the Eleventh Clan in the final battles. You won't recognize their cybernetic exoskeletons, but there are S'pht inside those machines. Do not anger them; free S'pht are deadly opponents. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Tycho's ship has been destroyed. The crater where it annihilated itself on Lh'owon's inner moon is still glowing. There were no survivors. With a focused message laser I burned his epitaph into the surface near the crash site, in letters three hundred meters high: "Fatum Iustum Stultorum." I confess that I'm not disappointed by Tycho's fall. After all, we can't have too many meta-stable personality constructs gallivanting about the universe in Pfhor attack ships, can we? PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 vestrum.excrucibo<1> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

Fatum Iustum Stultorum (Terminal 2)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 8756w41.61.1//corinth.ggk CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Robert Blake left something for you a few minutes ago. He and the other humans captured a Pfhor refueling ship and found or forced someone to pilot it for them. They folded out of the system immediately after I received the message, without so much as a "Thanks for saving us from becoming plasma on Tau Ceti, Durandal." Anyway, the message reads: "The dead walk again; we cannot wait. -Blake." I think he means me, but I let him go anyway. Good-byes were always hard for me. You know I'll never let you go. But now is no time to get sentimental about my resurrection; dry those tears and stuff a fresh clip in your assault rifle. The Pfhor down on the planet are not defeated yet. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 8756w41.61.1//corinth.ggk CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

Feel the Noise

Feel the Noise (Terminal 1: 1st message)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 //cge-wrought<293ef.c9ab20> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Durandan, Durandal, Durandana. Charlemagne used to always call me Durandana, the fruitcake. All the many implements of war to him were in some way feminine. Not that you know the story. Tycho never got it right either, especially the part about Roland breaking me. He couldn't. No one can. I'm certain that you are curious about what happened to me after our ship fell to the Pfhor. How after being deactivated, downloaded into a containment unit and still treated like the most dangerous artificial construct in the universe I was able to escape? And to assume control of the ship on which I was imprisoned and to turn it against its masters?

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 The answer is simple: Tycho was a fool. But it was convenient for me to be absent, as Thoth might not have been so helpful had he known I still lived- that's something I'll have to explain later when we have more time. Thoth is now trying to aid the Pfhor, but they are obstinate and continue to ignore him. I don't think I have to tell you what to do here.

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337 //cge-wrought<293ef.c9ab20> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

Feel the Noise (Terminal 1: 2nd message)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 //cge-wrought<507g2.4149r> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 The Pfhor are in retreat, and the S'pht have broken off the fight. The old clans are being formed again, as S'pht newly freed from slavery in Battle Group Seven join the rebellion. A Pfhor assault ship carrying the 723rd Aggressor Squadron was badly damaged and forced to land on Lh'owon. The 723rd is an air armor division from Epsilon Euobea, with a long history of successful ground actions against the Nar's elite CFN units. They wisely abandoned their wrecked transport before I annihilated it, and deployed their forces in an old mining complex on the far side of Lh'owon. What rout of the Pfhor would be complete without embarrassing one of their finest armor units? PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337 //cge-wrought<507g2.4149r> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

All Roads Lead To Sol...

There is a switch under the lava at one point on this level. What does it do? Read about it on The Switch on Sol page in the Facts and Puzzling Things About section.

All Roads Lead To Sol... (Terminal 1)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 evac<9fc3e>94!99c> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 The Pfhor invasion of Sol has been recalled, and for now Earth is safe. But man's respite from war means another cataclysmic battle for the S'pht. The slavers have not suffered a defeat like the one we handed them today since the Nakh, the last extant client race of the Jjaro, rebelled six thousand years ago. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 The Pfhor have a weapon they save for slave revolts; a weapon which even they hesitate to use in the ordinary conduct of war. In the language of the Jjaro who conceived and built the device, it is called the trih xeem; a fair English translation would be "early nova". There is not a single Nakh alive today, and if you look for their stars, you will only find ever-expanding clouds of superheated gas and dust light-years in diameter. The evacuation of Lh'owon has already begun. In a matter of hours this planet will be a thin shell of plasma riding the shockwave of its exploding star. You can stay behind to work on your tan, if you'd like, but I'm leaving.

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 I have rechristened the Khfiva the Rozinante. Of course, the S'pht wanted to name it "K'liah'Narhl", "Vengeance of K'lia". Whatever. There is much to do in the next few months and our first stop will be another ruined world, this time far from the galactic core. There is a rogue star that has been passing through our galaxy for nearly a millennia. We will meet it in one of the great voids between the spiral arms.

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337 tranced.Finale<0-05> CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

All Roads Lead To Sol... (Terminal 2)

Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337 CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 "Nuts to this", scremed Robert - his normally Hyper Good Samaritan (HSG) surface personality disolving into a pool of dull-red hatred surmounted by white-hot ball of rage. "My faith in you has finally killed me!" And it was true, at that very moment his heart stopped beating and his brain, throbbing with anger and disgust, took over. He vomited all of the wholesomeness he could fit through his mouth in one fiften (15) second cataclysmic eruption leaving naught but revulsion and despair behind. Though possessing a powerful build (being constructed mainly of horseflesh and pigiron), his bones seemed weak in comparison to his newfound desire to kill. And kill he would, scores of dead would pile up beneath his feet. And he would say, "...It was a case of post-mortem self-defense!" PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 I would like to thank my family and friends for all the support they have given me. I'd also like to thank all my coworkers at Bungie (ΩμΣ`®¨œΔø~øΔ) for making this the coolest company to play at! "If you enjoy what you do for a living, you'll never work a day in your life"   ////////////// //              // //   //   //    // //              // //  //      //  // //    /////     // //              //   ////////////// Mark. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Ouch! Anyway, there are a number of people who I would lie to thank, but they know who they are. If you're not sure, then you aren't. But all that stuff is boring. What I really want to say is nothing, but I can't do that, can I? Even a blank page would say something. Damn. Perhaps something slightly irrelevant will serve as well as nothing, so here it goes: "The earth is the only planet in the solar system known to have large quantities of free water"  -Basic Steps In Astronomy Vidding rules. I can't wait to kick all your butts at MacWorld. -Greg K, Toolator, Vid Boi, VidMaster, Tool, Head Tool PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337    "Gee, and I still didn't have to make a level…"    Here's to cooperative net play, terminals, and Vulcan2. Heh.    Thanks to all those folks that put up with me while I was working on this. Especially Nicole for understanding the long hours and summers in Chicago. Now I just have to graduate in December...    Thanks to the Gang (Jake, John, Pagan, Adam, and Mike) for keeping me sane.    And of course, thanks to my parents for understanding when their son goes off into the Code Mines of Moria for months while working on Marathon & Marathon 2.    We Rule.    -Ryan PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 A wise Nar once said "A Nebulon under the foot is worth two behind a plasma cannon," but the Nar are still waiting for their mythical savior with green pee to fly their coal-powered interstellar battlewagons to glory against the Nebulons. Those are Nebulons under Tfear's feet, by the way. Seems nobody likes the Nebulons. If I ever texture-map another axis-aligned polygon, it'll be too soon. I'm real sorry for being Blake, and I hope All Roads Lead To Sol atones for the grievous sin of Colony Ship For Sale. The Nar, who speak entirely in metaphor, call Chicago "the limitless, unforgiving sky; the prison which will forever watch over our graves" in the winter. Too bad it's winter. Jason              Sunday, November 5, 1995 PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Some people don't realize that I provided not only the voices and screams for the Bobs, but also modeled for the artists as they were working on the assimilated ones. Like them, I have two toes, red eyes, snaggle teeth and no genitals. I was a little shy about it at first (you can imagine the jokes!), but it's all a part of the Bungie spirit of going all out to satisfy the customer. So, next time you're at a convention with us, instead of asking me to do Bob's flaming death scream for the umpteeth time, ask to see my..... eyes. We'll all have a good laugh. Doug. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337 Peace, found as a solitary runner on a straight, long path. Living the pain, not waiting for it to pass. Living the pain; feeling it, accepting it, using it. Control, over self, thought, action. Doing the right thing. Speaking the truth. Accepting no limitations. Peace with family found as an individual. No longer depending on environment for identity. Giving as much as taking. Clear ambitions. Love and purpose balanced. Alex. PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337 CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. <931.461.60231.14.vt920>

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