MIDA
pages 25-31
THE LOST CHILD is a reference to Deimos, one of two Martian moons. Between 2406-2472 Deimos was hollowed out and converted into a colony ship. Deimos was renamed the UESC Marathon and departed for Tau Ceti on November 16, 2472.
The ONLY CHILD is a reference to Phobos, the second (and now only) Martian moon.
One interpretation of the image is that Demios (The Lost Child) is represented by the bleeding wound in Mars itself having been ripped out/away. Blood flows from the wound forming a gory likeness of the Marathon symbol.
A similar rendition appears in the MIDA graffiti at the Venice Art Walls (Venice Beach, Los Angeles).
Photograph courtesy of atriaventrica on Marathon Discord. May 24, 2023 5:56 PM PDT.
Note the Runner in the above graffiti. Whatever the Runner had in their hand has been blacked out.
Page 26 is a second piece of artwork that also appears in the MIDA graffiti at the Venice Art Walls (Venice Beach, Los Angeles).
Photograph courtesy of Bungie Inc.
One interpretation of the digital eye is that it represents the constant surveillance the population are
placed under by the authorities. A common theme in MIDA's ezine. Another interpretation is that it
represents the artificial life of clones.
Text on this page reads:
RISE RISE RISE
STARS AND BEY(OND)
The six stick figures in the centre are cipher characters in the Dancing Men cipher. The cipher was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1903 in the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Dancing Men.
The ciphertext decodes to RESIST .
This artwork also appears in the MIDA graffiti at the Venice Art Walls (Venice Beach, Los Angeles).
Photograph courtesy of JoySlip on Marathon Discord. May 24, 2023 5:22 PM PDT.
However, the Dancing Men cipher does not appear in the MIDA graffiti at the Venice Art Walls.
The vertical binary string is:
01010101010101110101010101010101010100101001 24
It appears again on Page 30 (see below).
The text M x x A
is MIDA where the middle two letters are substituted by a representation (x) of the MIDA logo.
The four vertical symbols in the top right of the page are odd and appear out of place. We will see two of them later when we gain access to the UESC website.
It may be MIDA's way of saying we have hacked into the UESC and have seen.
CHILDREN OF THE COMFORT CAGE appears again along with
caricatures of children with inane smiley faces.
POPULATION: PAWNSThe text down the left side says:
POPULATION: PAWNS
RISE UP RISE UP RISE UP
OUTSOURSCED EFFICIENCY
RISE UP
HUDDLED HAPPY MASSES
Three binary strings of different length appear on this page:
10101010101110101010101001101010100101001 22
01010101110101010101001101010100101001 23
01010101010101110101010101010101010100101001 24
The last string (#24) is the same as the one on page 28 above.
Each string ends with the same 15 bit sequence.
101010100101001
Each string also contains the same 21 bit sequence.
010101011101010101010
Indeed all three binary strings might have been originally identical if not for one small bit flip (in green below).
10101010101110101010101001101010100101001 22
01010101110101010101001101010100101001 23
01010101010101110101010101010101010100101001 24
The significance of this is unclear nor does the binary decode to anything meaningful (so far). Watch this space.
Text on this page includes:
WE ARE THE SHADOWS
MIDA
MARS INDEPENDEN(T)
CHILDREN OF THE COMFORT CAGE
ANTITRAX ANTITRAX ANTITRAX
REBELLION IN OUR STARS
CONSUME WORK COMSUME
OUTSOURSCED EFFICIENCY
Wheres the Joy?
Similar text appears on the MIDA graffiti art at the Venice Art Walls (Venice Beach, Los Angeles).
Photograph courtesy of Bungie Inc.
Last updated July 13, 2023