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Posted by: Mr M12LRV
As for the topic, I think the Security Officer was resurrected from the man in Pathways Into Darkness. Sgt. Eddings' body parts and machine parts were used to create the Security Officer, but that is just a theory.I've argued this idea back and forth with Ender. It is a tempting idea considering Eddings' abilities to survive the temple, stop the dreaming god (W'rkncacnter), and use the yellow crystal to talk to the dead. However in the Marathon Timeline, Battleroids first appear in 2914. Though Eddings' age is not known, it can be assumed that he was between 18 and 35 during the events of Pathways in 1994. Assuming he was 18 (i.e. as young as possible) in 1994 and lived to be 100 (unlikely), he would have died in 2076. As stated above, Battleroids did not appear until 2194.
It doesn't really make any sense that an old soldier's corpse would be somehow preserved for over 100 years for the purpose of constructing a Battleroid (the technology for which almost certainly didn't exist at the time of Eddings' death). Particularly when there were plenty of other fresh dead soldiers in 2194. Also the Security Officer (SO) was a Mark IV Mjolnir cyborg, which implies that there were earlier versions before the Mark IV. If Eddings was so important, why wait until version IV to use his corpse?
It is a nice idea to think of Sgt. Eddings and the SO being one in the same. It is thematically and symbolically compelling considering the SO's role as Destiny in Infinity's final screen. But taking it literally is going too far. It really isn't possible that Eddings' corpse was reanimated to create the SO.
Posted by: H0FFman J
I always thought that was an AI trying to use "the security officer" as a platform to tell us something.
Marathon infinity has always and is still a riddle to me.You aren't alone there H0FFman. Infinity is a convoluted story which is difficult to fully comprehend. But with effort, its details can be deciphered. During the events of the Marathon series, many different AIs do try to use the SO to further their own goals. However, the terminals of Marathon Infinity's dream levels are a trip into the mind of the SO. For the first time, the player is able to read what the SO is thinking and feeling.
The story of Marathon Infinity can't really be described both succinctly and adequately. However the basic premise is that the SO jumps between multiple realities in his attempt to stop the release of the W'rkncacnter and subsequent destruction of the universe. He does this by using the Jjaro implants which he first received when he was reanimated and make him so much more than just a regular soldier.