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;Harry: Who did the first Oni trailer? The one yanked from the web rather often.  
;Harry: Who did the first Oni trailer? The one yanked from the web rather often.  
;Alex: I did the direction for it, Steve [Abeyta] and Chris [Hughes] did all the animation.  
;Alex [Okita]: I did the direction for it, Steve [Abeyta] and Chris [Hughes] did all the animation.  
;Harry: And the crate with the Marathon logos. A nice touch...You made Hamish [Sinclair] really paranoid with that one...  
;Harry: And the crate with the Marathon logos. A nice touch...You made Hamish [Sinclair] really paranoid with that one...  
;Alex: (grinning) That was our goal.  
;Alex: (grinning) That was our goal.  

Revision as of 10:14, 31 October 2006

Damocles is the main computer of the TCTF Regional HQ, seen in CHAPTER 06 . COUNTERATTACK and CHAPTER 13 . PHOENIX RISING

It may coordinate the electronic infrastructure of the whole building, but its main purpose seems to store and process the information related to Konoko and her Daodan "symbiosis".

For that purpose, it's interfaced with Konoko's sister SLD, Shinatama. There'a seat built into the base of Damocles, and cables in the back of Shinatama's head plug into sockets under the headrest of that seat.

Damocles features a Marathon logo on the hull, as an Easter egg

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(adding a full-res image @oni2.net first chance I get; for now, just click it ^^)




Name origin

The name comes from a well-known anecdote of Sicilian history.

Sword of Damocles (on Wikipedia)
Damocles was an excessively flattering courtier in the court of Dionysius I of Syracuse, a 4th Century BC tyrant of Syracuse, Italy. He exclaimed that, as a great man of power and authority, Dionysius was truly fortunate. Dionysius offered to switch places with him for a day, so he could taste first hand that fortune. In the evening a banquet was held, where Damocles very much enjoyed being waited upon like a king. Only at the end of the meal did he look up and notice a sharpened sword hanging by a single piece of horsehair directly above his head. Immediately, he lost all taste for the fine foods and beautiful boys and asked leave of the tyrant, saying he no longer wanted to be so fortunate.

Bungie developers, however, admitted they used the name just because it sounded cool.

Harry
Who did the first Oni trailer? The one yanked from the web rather often.
Alex [Okita]
I did the direction for it, Steve [Abeyta] and Chris [Hughes] did all the animation.
Harry
And the crate with the Marathon logos. A nice touch...You made Hamish [Sinclair] really paranoid with that one...
Alex
(grinning) That was our goal.
Harry
That's why that picture of Damocles has a small Marathon logo on it, huh?
Alex
Yeah (laughs) It kicks up some dust.
Harry
Any significance to the name?
Alex
It's kind of cool name.
Harry
It's not gonna drop on your head or anything...
Alex
No, heh. Although it is kind of neat; it's a giant supercomputer which has all these cables going through the ceiling.

More on easter eggs HERE