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*[[Fusion rifle]]s operate on a similar principle to the [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Zeus_Class_Fusion_Pistol Zeus fusion pistol]. | *[[Fusion rifle]]s operate on a similar principle to the [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Zeus_Class_Fusion_Pistol Zeus fusion pistol]. | ||
* A patrol mission on the [[Moon]] is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level. | * A patrol mission on the [[Moon]] is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level. | ||
* Manus Celer Dei is the name of the ship Durandal used to return to Earth in the second game. It also happens to be a player ship in Destiny. | |||
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Marathon is a video game series developed by Bungie. A first-person shooter, it is the spiritual predecessor to the Halo franchise, and takes place in the same universe as Bungie's earlier game, Pathways Into Darkness.
Games
There are three games in the Marathon series:
List of references to Marathon in the Destiny series
- Tycho is a location in Destiny. An AI in Marathon is named likewise.
- The Fate of All Fools gets its name from the phrase, "the just fate of fools," which the AI Durandal carves into a planet's surface in Latin after destroying Tycho.
- The Duke MK.44 bears resemblance to the .44 Magnum.
- Fusion rifles operate on a similar principle to the Zeus fusion pistol.
- A patrol mission on the Moon is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level.
- Manus Celer Dei is the name of the ship Durandal used to return to Earth in the second game. It also happens to be a player ship in Destiny.
