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{{main|Golden Age}} - According to various in game quotes and Grimoire entries, the Golden Age lasted a few centuries. It came to a devastating end in the wake of the Collapse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''TouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> | {{main|Golden Age}} - According to various in game quotes and Grimoire entries, the Golden Age lasted a few centuries. It came to a devastating end in the wake of the Collapse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''TouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> | ||
*'''Present Day'''—[[Human]]ity detects and tracks the Traveler as it enters the [[Solar System]] and terraforms [[Mercury]], Venus, and the moons of [[Jupiter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human|Ghost Fragment: Human]]''</ref> When it reaches [[Mars]], the multinational [[Ares One]] mission is launched to make contact with it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> The Traveler promises humanity the universe <ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Ghost_Fragment:_Human_5|Ghost Fragment: Human 5]]</ref> and imparts its vast knowledge to the species,<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> spurring the colonization of the Solar System.<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> | *'''Present Day'''—[[Human]]ity detects and tracks the Traveler as it enters the [[Solar System]] and terraforms [[Mercury]], Venus, and the moons of [[Jupiter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human|Ghost Fragment: Human]]''</ref> When it reaches [[Mars]], the multinational [[Ares One]] mission is launched to make contact with it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> The Traveler promises humanity the universe <ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Ghost_Fragment:_Human_5|Ghost Fragment: Human 5]]</ref> and imparts its vast knowledge to the species,<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> spurring the colonization of the Solar System.<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> | ||
===Early Golden Age=== | ===Early Golden Age=== | ||
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| || || '''The Beginning of the Golden Age''' || *The [[Golden Age]], a centuries-long<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.<ref name="destiny story"/> | |||
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| || || '''The formation of the North American Empire''' || The [[North American Empire]] is formed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master_Rahool#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> | |||
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*The [[Cosmodrome]] is built in modern day Kazakhstan where humanity first takes to the stars in search of what lays beyond and ultimately in hope of escaping their overcrowded planet.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Old_Russia|Old Russia]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref> | |||
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| Fifty years after the Traveler's discovery || || || At the age of ninety, Commander [[Jacob Hardy]] records his experiences from the Ares One mission in his diary and explains how the Traveler's dramatic impact on human well-being and civilization changed everything<ref name="Human 4">'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human 4|Ghost Fragment: Human 4]]''</ref> while in the midst of studying the properties of Light-influenced terraforming.<ref name="Human 4"/> | |||
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| || || || The [[Cloud Walkers]] lead the first Exodus.<ref name="Cloud Walkers Tribute"> '''Bungie Armory:''' [https://www.bungie.net/en/armory/Detail?type=item&item=2188828894&itemname=Cloud%20Walker%20Tribute Cloud Walkers Tribute]</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The First off-Earth Colony''' || The first off-Earth colony is established in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on the [[Moon]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#The_Ocean_of_Storms|The Ocean of Storms]]''</ref> and an exobotany laboratory is built in [[Mare Cognitum]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#First_Light|First Light]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The foundation of [[Freehold]]''' || The city of [[Freehold]] is founded on Mars with the support of [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. It becomes known as one of humanity's greatest achievements.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places#Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay|Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places#Meridian Bay|Meridian Bay]]''</ref> | |||
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| || ||'''The Colonitzacion of Venus'''|| The [[Hesperonaut]]s first descend into Venus boiling mists and place terraforming engines in caldaras, beginning the planet's transformation into a habitable world.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0-3 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0 (3)'']</ref><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0-2 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0 (2)'']</ref><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-1-4 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 1 (4)'']</ref> They were later remembered by the Last City and the Guardians through a set of armor forged in their honor.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0'']</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The Discovery of the Vex''' || During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient Vex ruins are discovered. Early Vex research outposts like [[Campus 9]] attract Earth's brightest minds, leading to a colonization rush on the planet. The researchers found the [[Ishtar Collective]] and the [[Ishtar Academy]].<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The construction of the [[Warmind]]s''' || The [[Warmind]]s are built alongside an [[Planetary Defense Network|array]] of various [[Warsat|defense constructs]] as a deterrent against possible extraterrestrial threats.<ref>'''gameinformer''': ''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-anyway.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 What's Going On In Destiny's Story, Anyway?]''</ref><ref name="Russia 3">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia_3|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || || A copper box with a red lid is discovered, its lid dented, one hinge shattered. Inside is a small quantity of the finest, driest powder, more brown than gray, more blue than green. The powder is weighed by the grain, studied close. One hundred billion bits reside inside, all of them tiny and nearly spherical, and etched with the outlines of continents and islands and icecaps. Each sphere represents a planet. One is found of Earth, Mars, and Venus. Many studying presume that the box is a message of how minuscule all of creation is, and some wonder who delivered this message, and why.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Ghost_Fragment:_Ishtar_Sink|Ghost Fragment: Ishtar Sink]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || || A father on Venus shows his son a representation of what their world used to look like before the Traveler arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Golden_Age|Ghost Fragment: The Golden Age]]''</ref> | |||
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===Mid-Golden Age=== | ===Mid-Golden Age=== | ||
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| || || '''The colonization of the Asteroid Belt''' || Human settlements are established in the Asteroid Belt, subsequently becoming a treasure trove of industry.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_Asteroid_Belt#The_Asteroid_Belt|The Asteroid Belt]]''</ref><ref name="Silver">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy#Silver|Silver]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || ''' The creation of Silver''' || A currency known as Silver is developed, and is later used by the [[Reef]] post-Collapse.<ref name="Silver"/> | |||
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| || || '''The colonization of Jupiter''' || Jupiter and its moons become a cornerstone of human civilization, lunar cities buried deep in ice shelves and within subaqueous oceans.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref> | |||
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| || ||'''The creation of the [[Exo]]s''' || The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The creation of [[Engram]]s and [[Glimmer]]''' || Dr. [[Willa Bray]] develops the first engram matter-encryption techniques based on relic crystals' unique datastatic properties.<ref>'''Ishtar Collective''': ''[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/in-good-temper-2 Quest Step - In Good Temper]''</ref> [[Glimmer]] is presumably developed as a byproduct and used as a source of power.<ref>'''Destiny Tracker''': ''[http://db.destinytracker.com/items/3159615086-glimmer Glimmer]''</ref> | |||
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| || || || Information about Plutarch's writing on Fabius Maximus was encoded onto an engram. The engram includes the type of warfare termed the 'Fabian Strategy' - the strategy involves attrition tactics and avoiding direct conflict until an enemy makes a mistake.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Primary_Weapons#Fabian_Strategy|Fabian Strategy]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The investigation of Ishtar Collective''' || The [[Ishtar Collective]] captures a live Vex specimen<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref> and nearly go mad until a [[Warmind]] intervenes.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref> They send a group of two hundred twenty seven proxies into the Vex ruins to explore the Vex network.<ref name="Vex 4">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_4|Ghost Fragment: Vex 4]]''</ref> | |||
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===Late Golden Age=== | ===Late Golden Age=== | ||
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| || || '''The Foundation of [[Future War Cult]]''' || The [[Future War Cult]] is founded by [[Maya Sundaresh]] at Lhasa after experimenting with Vex technology. The group disbands, however, after many of its members either go insane, commit suicide, or leave out of ethical concerns. [[Maya Sundaresh]] is among them.<ref name="Vex 5">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_5|Ghost Fragment: Vex 5]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The development of The Kestrel''' || The Kestrel, an experimental long-range [[jumpship]], is prototyped. <ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/kestrel-class-ax0?highlight=reverse]</ref> | |||
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| || || || A pilot designated SABER GREEN piloting the ship Secure ISIS communicates with ICE MINARET. Civilian launches are not scrubbed and colonization efforts are being pushed beyond schedule<ref name="Russia 3"/> to preserve secrecy. They are carrying an antimatter payload of one annihilation-pumped caedometric weapon codenamed RIGOR, and two other unknown devices codenamed SKYSHOCK and APEX. ICE MINARET remarks that they both know where the order came from.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The development of [[SIVA]]''' || [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] begins developing technologies geared toward the colonization of the Solar System in the form of [[SIVA]] and [[Owl Sector#TRANSMISSION incident|Transmission]]. After going through several prototypes, SIVA is approved for deployment.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/SIVA#Dormant_SIVA:_Clovis_Bray_1.5|Dormant SIVA: Clovis Bray 1.5]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/SIVA#Dormant_SIVA:_Clovis_Bray_1.7|Dormant SIVA: Clovis Bray 1.7]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || || Sometime later General [[Chen Lanshu]] glides around the Cosmodrome and converses with submind [[Malahayati]] about the possibility of invasion and speculates whether or not the Traveler could have been an enemy.<ref name="Russia 3"/> Shortly thereafter, Chen Lanshu speaks to [[Willa Bray]] about the possibility of accelerating the colonization programs, and whether SIVA could be used for military purposes.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/sivamem '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''SIVA.MEM'']</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The construction of [[Site 6]]''' || [[Site 6]] is constructed.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The Exodus Black crash''' || Five hundred years before the [[Red War]],<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/70aj94/failsafe_mentions_her_that_her_crew_have_been/ DestinyLore Subreddit post]]</ref> the colony ship [[Exodus Black]], carrying a cache of SIVA, is launched.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia_4|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 4]]''</ref> Although Exodus Black's intended destination is the [[wikipedia:Kepler-186|Kepler-186]] system, the ship is intercepted by the [[Vex]]-inhabited centaur planetoid [[Nessus|7066 Nessus]] and crash-lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: "Exodus Down" armor flavor text''</ref> The survivors briefly try to make contact with Earth and send for help, but their signals are never received. The Vex soon exterminate the survivors, leaving only Exodus Black's failsafe AI, [[Failsafe]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [[Failsafe]] dialogue''</ref> | |||
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| || || '''The terraforming of [[Io]]''' || The Traveler begins terraforming [[Io]].<ref name="GFC6">'''Bungie (2017/20/4)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]]''</ref> | |||
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| || || || Members of the [[First Light]] colony investigate the tunnels beneath the Moon. They discover the Worms and the Hive nesting deep within, but do not survive to tell the tale.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Ocean_of_Storms_2|Ocean of Storms 2]]</ref> | |||
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==The Collapse== | ==The Collapse== | ||