This is a terminal located in the game Marathon 2: Durandal.
Note: the proper name of this terminal is //cge-wrought<293ef.c9ab20>; this wiki's article title omits some special characters for technical reasons. The second terminal message has a different title: //cge-wrought<507g2.4149r>.
Location[]
Game: Marathon 2: Durandal
Level: Feel the Noise
This terminal can be found in two locations: on the middle platform of the starting room, and in the western part of the map at the end of the level. Both terminals are found next to a pattern buffer.
Terminal Text (first message)[]
DURANDAL_1707 //cge-wrought<293ef.c9ab20>
Durandan, Durandal, Durandana.
Charlemagne used to always call me
Durandana, the fruitcake. All the many
implements of war to him were in some way
feminine. Not that you know the story.
Tycho never got it right either, especially
the part about Roland breaking me. He
couldn't.
No one can.
I'm certain that you are curious about what
happened to me after our ship fell to the
Pfhor. How after being deactivated,
downloaded into a containment unit and
still treated like the most dangerous
artificial construct in the universe I was
able to escape? And to assume control of
the ship on which I was imprisoned and to
turn it against its masters?
The answer is simple: Tycho was a fool.
But it was convenient for me to be absent,
as Thoth might not have been so helpful had
he known I still lived- that's something
I'll have to explain later when we have
more time. Thoth is now trying to aid the
Pfhor, but they are obstinate and continue
to ignore him.
I don't think I have to tell you what to do
here.
DURANDAL_1707 //cge-wrought<293ef.c9ab20>
Terminal Text (second message)[]
DURANDAL_1707 //cge-wrought<507g2.4149r>
The Pfhor are in retreat, and the S'pht
have broken off the fight. The old clans
are being formed again, as S'pht newly
freed from slavery in Battle Group Seven
join the rebellion.
A Pfhor assault ship carrying the 723rd
Aggressor Squadron was badly damaged and
forced to land on Lh'owon. The 723rd is an
air armor division from Epsilon Euobea,
with a long history of successful ground
actions against the Nar's elite CFN units.
They wisely abandoned their wrecked
transport before I annihilated it, and
deployed their forces in an old mining
complex on the far side of Lh'owon.
What rout of the Pfhor would be complete
without embarrassing one of their finest
armor units?
DURANDAL_1707 //cge-wrought<507g2.4149r>