- homocidalham
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"That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.
Now try how and why."
From an older thread:
Until bungie explicitly states that Marathon and Halo are directly related, the only connection that exists is a large collection of easter eggs and references. Also, if any one tells you that the master chief is the security officer from marathon, they have been proven wrong by simple dates.
John was born in 2511, the marathon was launched in 2472 and arrived in 2773. This means that John would have had to have been born on the Marathon to even meet the Security officer.
John was 41 at the time of halo, even if Recon 54 had been born just as the marathon was departing he would have been 80 years old, which would ignore the fact that 2194 was the date of the creation of most battleroids, which means that if the SO were 24 at the time, the SO would be 382 years old at the time of halo.
To be clear: Recon 54, the security officer, is at the very least 317 years older than John.
Also, the Pillar of Autumn is nothing like the Marathon. Marathon is literally the Martian moon Deimos transformed into a giant ship.
Going off of what you've told me about the connections, I'm not sure how much of Marathon you've actually played.
Though, I will say that some of the thematic similarities go deeper than the symbols, though not in the way most people seem to think.
[Edited on 12.15.2011 1:42 AM PST]