Dreadnaught

The Dreadnaught and its fleet approaching Saturn

The Dreadnaught is a massive, millions of years-old Hive spaceship that serves as the fortress of Oryx, the God-King of the Hive. Accompanied by a Hive fleet, the Dreadnaught has entered into orbit around Saturn while Oryx prepares to enact his revenge against the Guardians for killing his son.^[1]

The Dreadnaught has a massive parabolic dish built into its starboard side which appears to be the emitter of some sort of super-weapon, capable of decimating fleets and even destroying a portion of Saturn's rings. As the weapon charges, energy travels laterally along the Dreadnaught's hull from each end until it reaches the dish, where it is collected and released in a devastating spherical pulse that expands outward from the ship, destroying or severely damaging anything in its path.^[2]

The Dreadnaught is a massive destination with its own patrol mode and other activities. The Dreadnaught includes many raid-like secret locations and puzzles that players can revisit and solve to earn special rewards. Players will not only have to find a way inside the Dreadnaught in story missions, but also plant the beacons to be used later in patrol.^[1] Though it is a Hive ship, it is defended primarily by Oryx's personal army of Taken. In addition, a Cabal strike force has breached the interior and can be encountered engaging both the Hive and Taken.^[3]

Activities

Story Missions

Strikes

Raid

King's Fall

Gallery

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Dreadnaught Concept Art
Taken Fleet Concept Art
Inside the Dreadnaught
Orbit-Menu map of the Dreadnaught
The Dreadnaught's main weapon, firing.
The energy pulse from the Dreadnaught's main weapon, destroying everything in its path, including a pair of smaller Hive ships that were caught in its radius.
The player's ship approaches the unlit side of Saturn's rings, where the effects of the main weapon can clearly be seen. (It should be noted that Saturn's middle or "B" Ring is much denser than the inner "C" and "D"rings, instead of the reverse shown here, and would in fact appear brighter when seen from the sunward side. Based on the width of the "C" ring (approx 17500 km), we can deduce that the blast radius of the weapon is in the vicinity of 15000 km.