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| 28 February || The Second Collapse begins || The Witness and its forces finally arrive at Earth's orbit to confront the Traveler. The forces of the Coalition respond to defend the Traveler, but the defense fails as Amanda Holliday and the other pilots go down in the fight. The Traveler shoots out a terraforming beam on the Pyramid the Witness was inhabiting, to which the Witness is unphased by, stepping out into open space to approach the Traveler. Upon communing with the Traveler, the Witness discovers the location of the Veil somewhere on Neptune and instructs its new Disciple Emperor Calus to find it. Osiris learns of the discovery and follow the Cabal fleet traveling there.

| - || [[First Contact]] || The Guardian follows Ikora's orders to pursue Osiris to Neptune's orbit. They fight the [[Shadow Legion]]: followers of Emperor Calus carrying Pyramid tech to shield their allies when killed. They are forced to use the different keycards to navigate the first Shadow Legion vessel, [[Vual Guadium]], and destroy its navigation computer. They fight a [[Tormentor]] for the first time, with Osiris replying that it is the result of Calus's ascension to one of the [[Disciples of the Witness]]. They finally destroy the navigation computer before they make their way to the other Shadow Legion vessel: [[Asteroth Rex II]]. The Guardian observes that Calus's flagship, ''[[Typhon Imperator]]'', is making its way to Neptune's surface as Calus taunts them. Osiris informs of a plan to use Cabal [[Drop Pod]]s to make their way to Neptune's surface. The Guardian scuttles the Cabal vessel by destroying its engines and makes their escape. Before they reach the Drop Pod launchers and rendezvous with Osiris, they confront the same Tormentor they'd seen earlier, [[Kavauust, Reverent of the Witness]], killing it. They follow Osiris's instruction to board the Drop Pod and land on Neptune. They land on a city on Neptune: Neomuna, and meet the [[Cloud Strider]]s [[Rohan]] and [[Nimbus]]. On the way to find Osiris, they discover a mysterious font filled with Darkness energy. They use the font and become the first being to discover [[Strand]]. They use the new Strand abilities to defend Osiris from the Shadow Legion before eventually becoming exhausted. After defeating the last of the local forces, the Guardian and Osiris work with the Cloud Striders to repel an invasion force led by the Disciple Calus. They regroup at the [[Hall of Heroes]] and learn that Cloud Striders are warriors of Neomuna with a maximum of a 10-year lifespan, after which they succumb to their augmentations. Before beginning their work to locate the Veil, they meet Nimbus and retrieve a [[Ascendant Scepter|gift]] from Mara Sov. She reminds the Guardian that they are fighting a two-front war with the Shadow Legion; one front on Neptune and another front on Earth. With her message received, the Guardian leaves to find the location of the Veil.

| - || [[On The Verge]] || Nimbus gives coordinates to the Guardian so Osiris can give them a new understanding of Strand. They interact with more Strand fonts and smash Vex along the way. Osiris encourages them to lean into using Strand rather than backing out of it and to go beyond their limits. They do so on the way and upon arriving at [[Maya's Retreat]], they interact with a large Strand font and discover the first Aspect for their Strand subclass. They test their mastery of Strand concepts on the [[Inquisitor Mind]], but they become exhausted before its defeat; Osiris encourages to not give up and unleash their mastery on its defeat. Osiris congratulates the Guardian on being capable of using Strand without constraint, but has yet to figure out how to control Strand more effectively. Osiris meets the [[Pouka]]s, semi-aqautic creatures capable of reflecting emotion onto its subject. Rohan and Osiris discuss the feeling of pain before they are interrupted by the commotion outside. They see the Radial Mast being transported in the direction of the Veil.

| - || [[No Time Left]] || The Guardian and Rohan begin making their way to the Radial Mast's location as Nimbus and Osiris act as support. Osiris discovers that Strand is capable of destroying suppression fields scattered throughout the city, so the Guardian destroys them with Strand. Nimbus assists the Guardian by using Neomuni tech to replicate [[Drake Tank]]s used by the Vanguard after clearing out the LZ first. They do so and use the Drake Tank to bypass Shadow Legion [[Interceptor]]s, [[Goliath Tank]]s, and Threshers blocking the way. They are forced to destroy more suppression fields and defeat an [[Imprint of Nezarec]] before they can rendezvous with Rohan. They meet him near an Ishtar Collective lab where the Radial Mast is located. They defend him as he finds a weak spot in the Radial Mast and defeat another Shadow Legion officer, [[Val Bho'kaurl]]. They become exhausted from using Strand before they were able to destroy the Radial Mast, so Rohan decides to sacrifice himself to destroy the Radial Mast. Nimbus asks the Guardian to bring Rohan's core to them. Meanwhile, Calus informs the Witness of the Radial Mast's destruction. The Witness then berates Calus on his lack of purpose before reminding him to secure the Veil so the Witness can create a link to it.

| - || [[Headlong]] || The Guardian forms a plan: Caiatl would rally the remaining Cabal at her side, Nimbus would reactivate the remaining CloudArk defenses throughout Neomuna, and Osiris would help them complete their understanding of Strand. On the way, they see the Shadow Legion preparing for a siege to uncover the Veil. They wield Strand from a different perspective and use that knowledge against the Vex. They interact with a large Strand font and discover the second Aspect for their Strand subclass. Upon mastery of the second Aspect, Osiris asks them to finish their training on the VexNet. They return to the Vex Domain and finish their proficiency of Strand by slaying the curator, [[Ioneion, System Control Flow]]. Phase 1 of their plan is complete, so they begin phase 2.

| - || [[Desperate Measures]] || In order for phase 2 to proceed, they must destroy the AA turrets set up by by the Shadow Legion before they go to the plaza to defend it. They use their weapons and abilities to defend themselves and the CloudArk turrets against Shadow Legion troops as well as [[Ishtar Collective]] ordnance to destroy Goliath Tanks. Empress Caiatl and her troops arrive to help the Guardian, therefore completing phase 2 of their plan. Phase 3 begins as the Shadow Legion continues their assault on the plaza. They and Caiatl are forced to defend the plaza on their own when the CloudArk turrets go down. The assault is on hold when a projection of Calus taunts Caiatl and blasts open the [[Veil Containment]] site. The Guardian navigates the abandoned Ishtar Collective lab before seeing the Veil themselves. Ghost becomes fascinated by the Veil's paracausal power being similar to the Traveler. As they continue exploring deeper in the lab, Caiatl informs them that Calus is on his way to their location for a final showdown, completing phase 3 of their plan. They confront Calus underneath the Veil and defeat him once and for all despite his powers as a Disciple of the Witness. Their victory is short-lived as the Witness possesses Ghost once again and establishes a link with the Veil. Ghost wonders ehat happened, to which Caiatl replies they lost. The Witness uses the Veil's power to create an incision on the Traveler and begins its plans for the [[Final Shape]] by entering the portsl.

| - || The Aftermath || The Guardian begins assisting the Neomuni in recovering from the war on Neomuna, from helping tracking down Rohan's notes leading them into the [[Black Garden]] to assisting [[Quinn Laghari|the Archivist]] in repairing Cloud Strider monuments damaged by the Vex. Despite the recovery efforts, the Neomuni would become haunted by nightmares, believing Nezarec to be responsible. The Guardian finally gains their mastery on Strand as they can now use it outside Neptune.

| 28 February-28 March || Operation: Prison Break || The Guardian meets Mara Sov, Mithrax, and [[Devrim Kay]] at [[The Farm]]. Mara Sov explains that the gift from her will be paramount to their operation to rescue prisoners captured. They begin at the EDZ, where they follow Amanda Holliday's distress signal. They use the Ascendant Scepter to breach the Pyramid warding through the Ascendant Plane. Then, they defeat the [[Warden Vincu'us, Shadow Legion|warden]] in charge using the Ascendant Scepter's balefires before they rescue Amanda. On the way out, she accidentally shoots Crow, believing him to be of Shadow Legion. Crow dismisses the comment as they all leave the Pyramid outpost in the EDZ. The Guardian receives a transmission from Mara Sov at the War Table explaining the Awoken becoming the latest addition to the Coalition and the role of a [[Queensguard]]. She tasks them with rescuing more prisoners before she can coronate them as Queensguard. They complete the task and become Queensguard. They then receive a message from Holliday thanking them for their rescue and tells them that another Pyramid outpost is found, this time in the Cosmodrome. Upon arrival, Crow and Devrim notes that the outpost is almost empty. They breach the warding using the Ascendant Scepter and enter it, but they are ambushed by Shadow Legion and Taken. The [[Zatocc, Devoted to the Witness|warden]] in charge uses its Psionic powers to banish the Guardian back to the Ascendant Plane. They overcome the warden's Psionic powers, defeat it, and rescue more prisoners. They call Devrim via holoprojector and learn from him that Mara has crowned him and Crow Queensguard as well. Mara then informs the Guardian that a Shadow Legion prison ship is in Earth's orbit, but it is impenetrable from the air, so they must use the Ascendant Scepter to breach its defenses. They learn that through their usage of balefires, they are able to open new Ley Line pathways. They use Ghost to hack the Shadow Legion security computer, then defeat the [[Bracus Kravaum, Shadow Legion|warden]] in charge of the orbital prison ship. Upon their success in freeing prisoners from the orbital prison, Amanda and Mithrax celebrate the occasion. Amanda reveals her journey to the Last City and the struggles of humanity. After the Guardian frees more prisoners, Amanda explains her reason for wanting to volunteer for the operation. She and Mithrax pick up a distress signal from a Shadow Legion prison base in the EDZ Tunnel, but they request assistance from the Guardian. They infiltrate the tunnels, destroy Shadow Legion heavy infantry, and defeat a Tormentor loyal to the Witness: [[Vereziia, Reverent of the Witness]]. Mithrax was able to free the prisoners, but Amanda is killed in the explosion. Zavala, Crow, Mara Sov, and Mithrax all grieve the the loss of Amanda, with Crow seeking vengeance and Mithrax blaming himself for her death. Mara and Caiatl reassure him that Amanda chose to die in the explosion and to lay aside his guilt.

| 7 March || Acquisition of [[Vexcalibur]] || The civilians of the EDZ begin seeing anomalies around the Gulch. The Guardian investigates the anomalies and follows the signal to a cave. Mithrax discovers a Vex signal leading to a [[Friendly Harpy|blue-eyed Harpy]] beeping "Assistant" in Morse Code, implying [[Asher Mir]] is still present in the Vex Domain somewhere. They penetrate the Avalon domain without the help of the Splicer Gauntlet, much to Mithrax's surprise, and follow the signal. Mithrax learns that the local Vex and the Avalon domain are at odds with each other, all thanks to Asher Mir, who has been fighting to stay independent of the Vex Network. A the direction of Asher, they slay [[Brakion, Genesis Mind|Variant Stalker Brakion, Repurposed Mind]]. A hologram of Asher Mir then allows the Guardian to retrieve Vexcalibur, thanking them for freeing him from his pain. On subsequent returns to the Avalon domain, they learn more secrets Asher is revealing to them and Mithrax, using data from [[Specimen Mu]], [[Specimen Iota]], and [[Specimen Gamma]], as well as the nature of the Pyramids as mediums. On another death of Brakion, Asher reveals that his research about the nature of the Pyramids holds knowledge about the Veil, before he becomes fully subsumed by the Vex Network.

| - || Return of Bracus Zahn || Following the decimation of the Shadow Legion flagsip on Earth, the Coalition turns their attention to a Cabal warbase in the EDZ. Empress Caiatl dispatches her Psions to secure the base, but they are soon captured by Shadow Legion forces under the command of the new Bracus Zahn. Devrim and the Cabal Empress tasks the Guardian with freeing her forces so the [[Ascendant Guard]]s can fight alongside them in their assault on the warbase. The Guardian follows Zahn and defeat him along with their Cabal allies, putting an end to his legacy.