The Lost Network Packets was an attachment to an email sent from Bungie to Hamish Sinclair, maintainer of the Marathon Story Page, meant to clear up some conflicting dates within the Marathon story. The original attachment is as follows: Our defenses are collapsing. I had no idea just how soft all of our security personnel have become. They just can't fight anymore. Maybe it was the stasis, or maybe they just never fought a hard fight. We've had to fall back along three corridors, but one group was cut off when the bulkhead door sealed shut. 2194- War between Icarus and Thermopylae.