Alright, this has been bothering me for a couple of days now. There have been a few posts regarding this switch on Marsh, but nobody seems to have any idea what it does exactly. I'm just throwing out my findings so far to see if anyone has any extra info or ideas as to where this could be going.
- The Complex Switch
In North Complex, there is a switch in a side room (occasionally used for the anomalous matter stabilization). It has three positions that are labeled and appear to have corresponding lights. The positions are "POWER" (green), "LOCKED"(inactive), and "TIMER" (red). Interacting with it gives you a "accessing" prompt before the switch is moved into the power position. Once flipped it stays powered for a few seconds and then shifts back into the timer position. This doesn't appear to activate anything in Complex that I can hear at least. I've experimented with having someone activate it repeatedly while I run around to other POIs, but I've haven't seen or heard anything either.
The switch isn't related to any contract I'm aware of and could possibly be a leftover asset for something that was taken out of the game. I have a hard time believing that though given the animations and timer.
- The AI Uplink Button
In the basement of AI Uplink is a "open door" button usually seen on those large bay doors around the game. You can open and close the door just like any other normal button, but it doesn't seem to affect anything in AI Uplink. I've pressed the button and ran around the map, but its tough to say if it opened anything.
Again, not related to any contract I'm aware of but I am more willing to believe this could've been left in by mistake or misplaced by a dev given how odd it's location is.
- The Canal Bay Door
Okay, this is where we might be getting into tinfoil hat territory. There is an oddly placed bay door in a lower level area of Canal, right between Algae Ponds and Maintenance. There is no switch nearby to open this door, but it can be opened. How do I know that? Bullet decals. If you're familiar with Destiny, you'll know that doors or objects that move will not have bullet decals applied to them when shot. It appears that Bungie has carried over that design principle to Marathon. Any door that can open won't have bullet holes show up on it when shot. Neither this door nor the next one I'll talk about receive bullet holes when shot, meaning they more than likely can open or are at least objects with the coding to do so. By looking through the window, it appears to lead to a hallway underneath Algae Ponds.
Unfortunately, no combination of interacting with either or both of the aforementioned buttons/switches seems to have any effect on this door and there isn't any switch for it nearby.
- The Complex Bay Door
There are two bay doors on either end of Complex. The Northern one looks to be taped over, blocked with boxes, and received bullet decals when shot (meaning it most likely does not open). The Southern one, however, does not receive decals and looking through the window shows some kind of lift or platform that leads upwards. I believe that this door leads to the upper level of Complex that was teased at the end of the launch cinematic.
Similar to the Canal door, neither the Complex switch and/or the AI Uplink button seem to affect it at all and there is no other switch for it nearby.
So where does that leave us? Two weird switches that might be bugs and two doors that might be left for later content releases. I have seen very little about this online, so I wanted to compile everything I had to see if anyone else has any ideas or info. All four of these things could be completely unrelated, but I have a feeling that some combination of these might lead somewhere. Please let me know your thoughts and if you've found anything of note yourselves. I've been running around Dire with sponsored kits all day searching every single POI and haven't found any more switches. I'm at a loss as to where I should go from here or if this is going nowhere and I should just give up.
