I hit the stairs with a sliver of health and a grenade on cooldown. You can feel the room change the moment the terminal wakes up—silence snaps into a humming threat. I chose the second-floor corridor and watched a transport descend; your choices here decide whether you leave with the manifest or respawn and try again.
I’ve run this run enough times to know where enemies spawn and which corners hide loot, so I’ll point you straight to the UESC terminal and what to do once the drone appears.
Marathon Equitable Distribution 2 contract guide
Observation: The contract has two tidy objectives that you can finish on a single trip through Algae Ponds.
Equitable Distribution 2 is a priority contract in Marathon that hands out useful rewards when you complete both tasks on the same run. The objectives are short and precise:
- Summon the transport drone from the second-floor terminal in Algae Ponds
- Exfil with UESC Supplies and the Drone Manifest
How to Summon Transport Drone via the second-floor terminal in Algae Ponds
Observation: Algae Ponds is a named Point of Interest on Dire Marsh and the terminal sits on the building’s second floor, not on the ground level.
Find the Algae Ponds building on Dire Marsh and take the stairs up to floor two. Once you arrive the quest marker should lock onto the terminal—this is not a scavenger hunt; the objective reveals itself when you’re in the right room.
The terminal is a locked safe for the run—approach through the hallway with green structures, push through the plastic strip curtains, and you’ll spot it tucked behind large industrial filters in the next room. Interact to hack; that action summons the transport you must bring down.
Where is the UESC security terminal in Algae Ponds?
The UESC security terminal sits on the building’s second floor, hidden behind plastic strip curtains and industrial filters in a short corridor. When you step into the room the marker appears, so move directly to the filters and search the alcove.
How do you summon the transport drone?
Hack the second-floor terminal. The hack sequence triggers the transport’s arrival—no side objectives required. Once hacked, a drone appears overhead on the quest marker and you’ll have a small window to bring it down before it escapes.
How to get the UESC Supplies and Drone Manifest
Observation: The manifest and supplies only appear after you destroy the spawned drone and salvage its wreck.
The drone is a hornet that will try to zip out of range the moment it spawns. Prioritize it: shoot it down and then salvage the remains. The salvage contains both the UESC Supplies and the Drone Manifest you need to complete the contract.
How do I get the UESC supplies and drone manifest?
After the drone is destroyed, salvage the wreck to collect both required items. Both must be in your inventory when you exfil; dying after salvage forces a fresh run and drops the contract progress.
Small tactical notes from my runs: move fast to the terminal, clear the room before hacking if possible, and use controlled bursts on the drone to avoid wasting time. Bungie tuned the encounter so it rewards decisiveness and map awareness—play like you mean it and you’ll leave with the manifest.
Complete the hack, bring down the drone, salvage both items, and exfil with them in your inventory; die and you repeat the loop—no partial credit here. Ready to steal UESC freight and leave Dire Marsh with proof in hand?