Gift Mast
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- "In [the Gift Mast's] light live the Harmony, and they are now our prey."
- — The Books of Sorrow, entry XLVI: The Gift Mast[1]
The Gift Mast was a Harmony megastructure overthrown by the Hive in the aftermath of the Hive-Harmony war.[1]
Characteristics[edit]
It was constructed around the black hole at the center of the Harmony's star system to tap its polar jets for energy. Described to be hollow, the Mast was filled with the Traveler's silver Light, and constantly sang a radiant "radio lullaby" which the Hive confidently labeled as "lies".
The Harmony was able to weaponize this megastructure to utilize the black hole's accretion disc to fire relativistic plasma jets to scour their enemies; the Hive called this the "Harmony Sting".[2][1]
Sources differ on whether it existed prior to the Traveler's patronage or was built after.[2]
History[edit]
The radiance of the Mast attracted the Hive into the system — who were following in the wake of the Deep as it pursued the Traveler[3] — and the three god siblings swore to destroy and feast upon it.[4] The armies of all three Hive Gods engaged the Harmony in a hundred and fifty year-long war, ending with Oryx's destruction of the Mast. The God King offered the majority of the remains of the Gift Mast to his armies so they could devour and gain power from the Light stored within.[1]
It is uncertain if Oryx ever learned its location through the Nicha Thought-ship, as it turned out to be a Vex trap.[5]
Eons later, the Cabal Emperor Calus mentioned the Mast in passing to his daughter.[2]
List of appearances[edit]
- Destiny: The Taken King (First mentioned)
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (Mentioned only)
- Beloved (Indirect mention)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XLVI: The Gift Mast
- ^ a b c Beloved, "I am a few days older.", "An ancient bone retrieved from the debris around a once-radiant black hole. Scholars tell me, Caiatl, that eons ago, a species lived around this deepness, and built an engine to tap its polar jets. But something came upon them from the dark and killed them all."
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XLIV: strict proof eternal
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XLI: Dreadnaught
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