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The Dreadnaught's hull is carved out of a segment from the corpse of the [[Worm]] god [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]],<ref name="XLI"/> whom Oryx had previously slain in order to learn the power to [[Take]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> Oryx turned the High War "inside out" by tying it into the structure of the Dreadnaught.<ref name="XLI"/> In effect, his Ascendant Realm has become the Dreadnaught and vice versa, becoming physically mobile and thus more difficult to attack.<ref name="XLI"/><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/harrowed-darkhollow-mask-2 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Harrowed Darkhollow Mask'']</ref> Its design is a consistent rectangular hexahedron along its length, while the ends curve like an inverted pyramid. Four main spines protrude from the bow while the aft has one engine. Numerous lesser spines protrude outward from both bow and aft.<ref name="Prologue">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQymFddoo9I YouTube: Official Destiny: The Taken King Prologue Cinematic]</ref> | The Dreadnaught's hull is carved out of a segment from the corpse of the [[Worm]] god [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]],<ref name="XLI"/> whom Oryx had previously slain in order to learn the power to [[Take]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> Oryx turned the High War "inside out" by tying it into the structure of the Dreadnaught.<ref name="XLI"/> In effect, his Ascendant Realm has become the Dreadnaught and vice versa, becoming physically mobile and thus more difficult to attack.<ref name="XLI"/><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/harrowed-darkhollow-mask-2 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Harrowed Darkhollow Mask'']</ref> Its design is a consistent rectangular hexahedron along its length, while the ends curve like an inverted pyramid. Four main spines protrude from the bow while the aft has one engine. Numerous lesser spines protrude outward from both bow and aft.<ref name="Prologue">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQymFddoo9I YouTube: Official Destiny: The Taken King Prologue Cinematic]</ref> | ||
One of the Dreadnaught's most notable features is a massive parabolic dish built into its side nearest the bow, which is the emitter for a paracausal superweapon capable of decimating fleets<ref name="XL"/> and even destroying a portion of Saturn's rings.<ref name="War"/> As the weapon charges, energy travels laterally along the Dreadnaught's waist 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.<ref name="Trailer"/><ref name="Prologue"/> Designed by [[Ir Halak]] and [[Ir Anûk]], the weapon draws on Oryx's power to briefly evert the Ascendant Realm within the Dreadnaught out into the physical realm.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> This is essentially the same principle as an [[Oversoul]] death impulse. The blast radius created by the weapon is approximately fifteen | One of the Dreadnaught's most notable features is a massive parabolic dish built into its side nearest the bow, which is the emitter for a paracausal superweapon capable of decimating fleets<ref name="XL"/> and even destroying a portion of Saturn's rings.<ref name="War"/> As the weapon charges, energy travels laterally along the Dreadnaught's waist 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.<ref name="Trailer"/><ref name="Prologue"/> Designed by [[Ir Halak]] and [[Ir Anûk]], the weapon draws on Oryx's power to briefly evert the Ascendant Realm within the Dreadnaught out into the physical realm.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> This is essentially the same principle as an [[Oversoul]] death impulse. The blast radius created by the weapon is approximately fifteen thousand kilometers in diameter.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Saturn#Trivia|Saturn]]''</ref> | ||
Apart from this weapon, the Dreadnaught is also capable of remotely generating "eversive breach events," creating interdimensional rifts either to Take nearby organisms or to attack a given area with a short-lived stream of energy.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> The Dreadnaught is capable of maneuvering in a manner impossible for conventional spacecraft because of its paracausal origins;<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/lost-to-light '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Lost to Light'']</ref> furthermore, it continuously emitted exotic radiation in the form of sterile neutrinos, phaetons, mass growl, gravity waves, and axions, with significant spikes in this radiation being correlated with the breach events taking place across the Solar system at the onset of the [[Taken War]]<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> when active. The Dreadnaught also generates its own gravitic field.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/talk-to-petra-4 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Talk to Petra'']</ref> | Apart from this weapon, the Dreadnaught is also capable of remotely generating "eversive breach events," creating interdimensional rifts either to Take nearby organisms or to attack a given area with a short-lived stream of energy.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> The Dreadnaught is capable of maneuvering in a manner impossible for conventional spacecraft because of its paracausal origins;<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/lost-to-light '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Lost to Light'']</ref> furthermore, it continuously emitted exotic radiation in the form of sterile neutrinos, phaetons, mass growl, gravity waves, and axions, with significant spikes in this radiation being correlated with the breach events taking place across the Solar system at the onset of the [[Taken War]]<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> when active. The Dreadnaught also generates its own gravitic field.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/talk-to-petra-4 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Talk to Petra'']</ref> | ||
