- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: ShinomoriX2
I heard an offhand comment once that it was supposed to symbolize hands cupping the earth, as in protecting it. I always liked that theory, wether or not it's true
Close, but not quite. The Marathon symbol represents a “world within a world.” Which is essentially what the Marathon is (a huge colony ship carved out of the Martian moon Demos.)