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I recently began playing Marathon for the first time, and as
a huge Halo fan, this terminal caught my eye.
WARNING: CORE OS (AF44+2DEB) MOD DATE LATER
THAN CURRENT DATE/TIME
ff~~x~f~sx~~
%%%here was nothing to be gained from hesitation
now%&^)}:>?~~~~~~~fxf~~~~~~~~~~f~~~~
et in her possession it
would become something of consequence: though it was nothing
more than a simp~le tho`~~``f`~~~rticular flower, or more
precise~.
~~hen she had it just so the room flickered and tore, bending
into somewhere else: ~~~ffs`~~~~f~~~[system error #25 at
_Jackson]~~~~%*|\]~``se which she caused to be consumed by an
ashless fire.
doors opened before her without cause, their locks rusted and
shatter#~#[>ff
fxf~~~~~
~~efore her slender hands began to dance in front of her
horrified face. r~~fefore turning into a fine powder which
settled in a pile on ~~~~4*)
where she had been standing.<'scod BFB1 0002'+1Ad2>
14 seven hundred miles away, eyes on fire, tearing at her
hair. Turning in fury she kicked viciouslyf
aAnger made her careless and she mis~#&fx~~~gBd{}{@fx($~~
!#%8\
~fxf~~~~fx
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The first line was a bombshell.
WARNING: CORE OS (AF44+2DEB) MOD DATE LATER
THAN CURRENT DATE/TIME
This means the message is from the future. Who would talk
to the player in Marathon from the future? "Core OS" is
most likely the Core operating system of the Marathon.
I have no clue what AF44+2DEB is.
"(T?)here was nothing to be gained from hesitation
now in her possession it would become something of
consequence: though it was nothing
more than a simp~le tho(ught?)`~~``f`~~~rticular flower, or
more precise~.
~~(T?)hen she had it just so the room flickered and tore,
bending into somewhere else"
I'm guessing this thing the character has is some sort of
technology that "folds" space to make space travel shorter. Is
there anything in Halo like that?
"doors opened before her without cause, their locks rusted
and shatter(ed?)" Going out on a limb, I would guess this was
Cortana, because she had a knack for opening doors.
(This is where I go off on crazy Halo/Marathon Connections)
The Fifth Cortana letter is simple.
"... In my palace deep, Lyca lies asleep ..."
This is from Blake's "Little Girl Found" Why is this important?
The Girl in the related poem "Little Girl Lost" is 7 years old.
Cortana is limited to seven years of life. The poem begins
in futurity, which means the writer is from the future, as is the
terminal message.
I still have no clue what this terminal means, but that's what
this thread is for.