Marathon Rubicon

From Traxus

Marathon Rubicon is a scenario set in the Marathon universe fifty years after the events of Marathon 2. Originally released for Marathon Infinity, it was later rereleased as the Aleph One-only Rubicon X, a vastly overhauled version with new and restructured levels which is now considered by the original authors to be the definitive version^{[citation needed]}.

Volunteer series

See Rubicon Volunteers.

Weapons

• Magnum .44 Ultra Class Pistol, an upgraded version of the original Magnum Mega Class with 12 bullets per clip instead of 8.
• MA-75B Assault Rifle/Grenade Launcher, which has a new design but functions identically to the original in gameplay. On one level, the player is issued specialized ammunition for it which can fire underwater.
• Mercury A3 Fusion Rifle
• WSTE-M Combat Shotgun
• SPNKR X-34 SSM Launcher, a version of the original trilogy's rocket launcher which loads three rockets at a time instead of the original's two.
• UESC Carpet Mortar, a heavy-duty assault weapon which fires around 10 grenades in a single shot and can be fired twice before reloading.
• Dangi AI324b Maser, which fires a constant, incredibly accurate, and deadly laser.
• Alien Weapon, used by the Pfhor Enforcers and dropped by them when they die. The primary firing mode is a slow-moving but precise energy bolt, while the secondary fire works only at close range, but does no damage. Both firing modes are able to completely disintegrate any enemy short of a Drinniol.

Installation

For players on Macintosh computers running MacOS 9 or earlier, the Rubicon Standard package is recommended. The Infinity application required to install it can be found here. The "Rubicon AO Light" version breaks some smearing-based graphical effects which were part of the original design.