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Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life h
Posted By: Marathoner325Date: 1/30/10 11:11 a.m.

In Response To: Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life h (voltair)

: Actually I just got finished with Durandal and was still feeling like I'd
: beaten the tar out of the P'fohr (proper spelling?) Indirectly caused
: Tychos death, and generally saved the universe.

: Then I immediately started infinity and everything changed.

: Tycho was back,

: Durandal was in despair,

: and I was low on ammo...

: I don't know whether or not this is a continuation or a parallel
: circumstance? But either way it doesn't exactly sit well with me that
: Tycho is pulling my strings. I'm much happier doing Durandals bidding.

What supposedly happened at the end of Marathon 2 was that the detonation of Lh'owon's sun from the Trih Xeem freed the W'rkncacnter* concealed within it. This caused much destruction and the player is forced to travel through multiple realities or timelines, trying to prevent it, via Thoth's Jjarro technology which he is using to send you through the different realities.
This overall premise is vague, I know, and can easily get players feeling rather lost.

: The text has also been getting to me, particularly the sub-story of the man
: and the knife/broadsword. Does it focus on his relationship or else the
: battle between good and evil?

These sub-stories take place in the "dream" levels (the Electric Sheep levels and the level that follows each one) which are set as the transition between timelines. The stories that exist within these dream levels have been interpreted a lot, and I'm still not quite sure what to make of them, but they appear to be dreams or visions that the player is having—possibly a past life he has lived.

*The W'rkncacnter are a race of sentient beings that "live in chaos," which were trapped within Lh'owon's sun. They are first mentioned in the level "six Thousand Feet Under."
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/citadel.html#13 (Scroll down to the "Terminal 4" log.

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A new guy approches... but will he find life here?Voltair 1/29/10 4:34 p.m.
     Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hfusiongunrunner 1/29/10 4:53 p.m.
     Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hMarathoner325 1/29/10 4:59 p.m.
           Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hchiasaur11 1/29/10 7:32 p.m.
                 Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hvoltair 1/30/10 7:22 a.m.
                       Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hMarathoner325 1/30/10 11:11 a.m.
                             Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hVoltair 2/3/10 2:45 a.m.
                                   Re: A new guy approches... but will he find life hthermoplyae 2/4/10 4:36 a.m.

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