Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log

If there was any doubt that Marathon would be Bungie’s new canvas for community puzzles and ARGs, let it go, because the community has already stumbled into a doozy. Terminals linked to Marathon (the ship) on Perimeter have suddenly awoken, and they’re pointing toward a spooky audio log seemingly left by Durandal, the rampant AI from the original Marathon series.

These terminals, as far as I can tell so far, are sharing scraps of info about the Cryo Archive, the upcoming fourth map that’s supposedly similar to a Destiny raid. As shared by Reddit user Ok_Fold_1268 (and others), terminals that were previously inoperable on certain compounds in Perimeter now display a map marker that points toward a second terminal.

I took a Rook shell into Perimeter and followed the clue shared by Ok_Fold. In the back hallways of the main South Relay building, I found this first terminal with the insignia of the Marathon ship. It was making a distinct clicking sound, almost like a fax machine.

The map on screen points toward a spot in the middle of Data Wall. It’s a fairly direct route from South Relay: down the green hatch outside Relay, through Tunnels until it spits out into the outside of Data Wall. Head in, go up a level or two, and look for this secluded, dark hallway not far from Hauler.