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This Day in Marathon.
Day #929. It's MIDA Monday. Misriah Massacre If you go by the date in the game the Misriah Massacre occurred in 2345. But Bungie corrected this date in The Lost Network Packets. The Misriah Massacre now occurred in 2442 in line with the Ares Raid, the Third Martian War, the MIDA coup and the launch of the Marathon. As Martian rioters stormed the United Earth Government Misriah food distribution center UEG riot troopers came under heavy plasma fire (according to the UEG).  The UEG indiscriminately opened fire on the crowd and over five hundred starving Martians fleeing the scene were incinerated (according to MIDA).  Turns out that only three of the starving Martians (Martian rioters) were armed. Those three became known as the Misriah Three.  Their actions lead to the Third Martian War. Marathon Is Deadly Activism. |
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Day #928. Welcome to New Cascadia. Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)  New Cascadia by !moFPS on the Official Marathon Discord. November 23, 2025. A lovely place indeed. !moFPS gives us an idyllic view of New Cascadia. Only one problem. Everything down here wants to kill you. Just ask Dr. Clarissa Song. Oh... you can't she's dead.  This is Dr. Song by Kry.exe (@KryDotExe) on x.com. May 7, 2025. New Cascadia be like... "How do I kill thee? Let me count the ways". Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In Marathon 2 there is a turn of phrase that fits New Cascadia nicely: There is even a concept image in the manual.  Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before "Relax," said the colony AIs "We are programmed to receive You can check out any time you like But you can never leave" [LAUGHTER] |
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Day #927. Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?  Glitch by remakku on the Official Marathon Discord. November 29, 2025. Run away indeed. The artist known as remakku (aka shini shini koroshi, aka vennom_) gives us Glitch in dark alt psycho killer mode. Here's an even darker alt version.  Glitch by remakku on the Official Marathon Discord. November 29, 2025. The stuff of nightmares. remakku did an earlier Glitch piece many months ago which should have given us a heads up on where this was going.  Glitch by remakku on the Official Marathon Discord. April 4, 2025. They call her Lady It's a domme thing apparently. Run, run, run, run, run, run away Of course we were warned about this kind of thing in the small print way back on May 24, 2023.  marathonthegame.com May 24, 2023. A cryptic voice whispered in hushed, mellow tones that we were not welcome in this fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, far away land. Run, run, run, run, run, run away_YOU,ARE… Marathon Is Dark Alt. |
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Day #926. It's sketchy Friday. We've got sketches. I have been W'Hunter, the roaring pfhor, BrokedotBall, Zack.No one said keeping tabs on Marathon fans was easy. Particularly if they keep changing their name. But the Story page endeavours to preserve. The artist formerly known as Zack (and many other names) gives us... ...The Roaring Pfhor!  The Roaring Pfhor! by Zack on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. September 1, 2025. The Pfhor's secret weapon against the evil UESC empire. And yes, it is stolen. It's what the Pfhor do. Just ask the S'pht.  Pfhor slaver by Zack on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. June 16, 2025. If only all Marathon terminals were extensively researched like this.  Six Thousand Feet Under by Zack on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. September 6, 2025. And lastly...  No One Loves Me by Zack on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. October 25, 2025. Zack writes: i have no idea why is this in my gallery i didn't draw it i didn't download it it just existsPerhaps BrokedotBall drew it while Zack was sleeping. I will let you ponder on the hidden meaning of this sketch. Happy sketchy Friday. Stay sketchy. |
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Day #925. I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. I have been called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I am......ROLAND-54.  Roland 54 by Abel on the Official Marathon Discord. October 20, 2025. Abel writes: My take on protagonist from classic gamesHe went to say: I LOVE KKV-7 10mm SMG Flechette.Indeed. Underwater fights are the bane of Marathon 2. No weapon will work (correctly) underwater apart from your fists. This official Marathon 2 screenshot might suggest otherwise.  It appears on the front of the Marathon 2 box.  Marathon 2: Durandal box (front) Here's the full uncropped version of the official screenshot sourced directly from Bungie.  Did the player just kill a Fl'ckta with with the Zeus-Class Fusion Pistol? The Marathon 2 manual does say this about the Fusion Pistol: The S'pht have done their best to create an infinite supply of fusion batteries out of the finite number you were transported on board with. If it were not for their ingenuity and industrious nature you wouldn't be able to run around firing with reckless abandon at everything that moves as you are wont to do.Unfortunately reckless abandon doesn't work underwater in Marathon 2. Well apart from overloading your Fusion Pistol submerged. Try it Vidboi.  |
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Day #924. Marathon 2022 Paz found himself in the year 2022 (like you do) and saw Marathon (work in progress).
Paz writes: This will be Marathon in 2022.Of course no one believed him. Marathon 2014. Paz found himself in the year 2014 (like you do) and played Marathon.  Marathon 2014 by Paz on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. December 2, 2025. Paz writes: This will be Marathon in 2014.  Mjolnir Recon 54 by Paz on the Unofficial Marathon Discord. December 2, 2025. Of course no one believed him and he was locked away for his own protection.  The hangar spins but nothing moves, and my view is the same. Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was And the moral of the story? Stay out of hangar ninety six. You never know where you might end up. |
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Day #923. Fatum Iustum Stultorum.  I'M PISSING ON THE MOON!!!!!! by kamil-a (@kamil-a) on tumblr. November 14, 2025. kamil-a (@kamil-a) gives us... I'M PISSING ON THE MOON!!!!!! A tongue-in-cheek representation of the death of Tycho. Durandal tells us: 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."As fate would have it (or perhaps it was intentional) Durandal destroyed Tycho on a nameless Lh'owon moon.  It was actually the first question in The Seventh HoTBob Competition. There are only three named Lh'owon moons in Marathon 2: K'lia, T'jia, and Y'loa. Their celestial positioning can be determined from clues in the game. Fatum Iustum Stultorum is Latin for "The Just Fate of Fools" or variations thereof. Even though Tycho was destroyed his Pfhor-made clones (based on sixty-four billion exobyte images of his core) helped the Pfhor delay their inevitable defeat by the S'pht for over fifty years.
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Day #922. A new month. But what happened last month? Well here's a snapshot of what we featured. What did you miss?
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