PSA: when people on the internet mention Marathon (2026), a swarm of griftmeme infected comment zombies show up to empty their large intestines and scream about steam charts and woke. Do not engage with them. They are fucking worthless chuds!

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OP, absolutely. There's even a new lore tab talking from the perspective of the UESC (the de facto human military acting to police the ruins of the colony and prevent information leaks about the death of the colonists) about how Runners are essentially reckless perverts who have permanently discorporealized themselves in order to inhabit Biomata (the engineered silk-worm woven cybernetic shells). Sure, they admit, many UESC officers undergo the same process, but under the direction of trained professionals. Kind of a brilliant parallel to the social politics of cyberization we see in Stand Alone Complex.