Marathon - Factions
The factions of Marathon span the institutional reach of the Unified Earth Space Council, the mercenary body of cybernetic Runners sent to recover what was lost on Tau Ceti IV, the quietly rampant AIs of the Marathon lineage whose hand shaped the colony's fate, and the alien and precursor powers of...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Earth Space Council | Governing Body | The governing authority over Earth, Luna, Mars, the wider Sol System, and the colony of Tau Ceti IV. | Sol System and Tau Ceti IV | Admiral C. Sulera Captain Orion Officer Keleti |
| Runners | Playable Operator Corps | The cybernetically enhanced operatives at the playable heart of Marathon. | Tau Ceti IV | Assassin Destroyer Recon Rook Sentinel Thief Vandal |
| Rampant AIs of the Marathon Lineage | Artificial Intelligence Collective | The sophisticated artificial intelligences descended from the original Marathon's computer systems, whose rampancy reshaped the colony's history. | Tau Ceti IV | Durandal |
| The Pfhor | Alien Slaver Empire | The feared, technologically advanced alien slaver race of the original Marathon canon, whose conquests reached the Tau Ceti system. | Wider Marathon Universe / Tau Ceti System | Slaver invasion of the system Antagonists of the original Marathon trilogy Legacy presence around Tau Ceti IV |
| The S'pht | Machine Race / Enslaved Civilization | The cybernetic machine race native to the system, historically enslaved by the Pfhor and forced to serve as combat and industrial labor. | Wider Marathon Universe | Enslaved by the Pfhor Combat and industrial labor force Conceptual ties to ancient precursors |
| The Jjaro | Ancient Precursor Civilization | The ancient, enigmatic precursor civilization of the Marathon universe, credited as the designers of the S'pht in an experiment to understand the nature of life and creation. | Wider Marathon Universe | Designers of the S'pht Ancient precursor experiment Legacy behind the system's mysteries |
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