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==Overview==
==Overview==
===Pyramid===
An ancient and highly advanced "race", these ships have been around for approximately as long as the Traveler. Few have survived their onslaughts, which are as mysterious as they are arbitrary—each species that the Traveler visits, they arrive shortly thereafter, be it a few centuries or long millennia. By then the Traveler has long departed, leaving some to speculate that it may be their agent, while those that have witnessed the Fleet's hostility towards it have argued the opposite. No clear consensus has ever been reached, nor are their goals as clear-cut as one of their servant species, the [[Hive]].
Overwhelmingly, the dominant representative of the Fleet is the solitary ISO, a regular tetrahedron (in which all four faces are equilateral triangles). These pyramids share a consistent design and size, double the size of Eliksni Ketches, with the exception of the so-called "J-brain" units, pyramids with the mass and size of Jupiter. Running down their edges and converging at the four points are banks of exotic weaponry. They possess acausal shielding in which any object, projectile, or photonic particle is fired at gets caught and held in seemingly eternal stasis; moreover the object is physically shifted onto another plane of reality entirely, trapped, yet still "present" in the main plane. They are made from a black substance that seemingly ripples and flows like water to the naked eye but is dry and smooth upon touch. It is impervious to all known weaponry, including Light-empowered weapons and powers. Any apparent injury will leave a minor scar of glowing material that quickly heals and returns to normal. Light-blessed beings report a chilling sensation upon touch.
 
Each pyramid contains a fleet of "scales", hexagonal prisms, with daggerlike points orbiting about it. These dagger points are apparently semi-autonomous and will react as either a unit or individually, by either physically swarming the target or attacking from afar. The "scales" are known to the Hierarchy as autowars, and range from a few dozen to a hundred meters. They are made from the same substance as their larger brethren and are equipped with similar weapons.
 
Inside the larger pyramids are endless halls and chambers intended for human habitation, illuminated by golden lights amid deep shadows. Each pyramidal "side" faces inwards towards the center; gravity consistently maintains a recognizable up and down until one reaches the boundary between sides, at which point the perspective changes, and the inner ear struggles to maintain balance. At the center of each pyramid, where upon an ordinary vessel would be a fusion reactor, is a large spherical chamber with four "entrances" leading into it. Upon a dais is a veiled statue with folded wings of sinuous membrane and feather, and surrounding it are smaller effigies of indistinct creatures. Before The Guardian's corruption these halls remained empty; afterward, they teem with the armies of [[Darkness]].
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===Shadowkeeper===
The name given to entities wholly corrupted by the pyramids in service to the Darkness is simply the "Shadowkeeper". There is no distinction between willing servitude and outright enslavement. Members of all six species present in the solar system are among their ranks—[[Humanity|Human]], [[Awoken]], [[Fallen|Eliksni]], [[Cabal]], [[Hive]], and [[Vex]]. Their physical appearance is that of a rippling shadow, more opaque than the [[Taken]] armies commanded by [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], with eyes of golden fire. They command powers and abilities that are unlike the powers of the Light, based upon the physics of [[paracausality]], and bound completely to the Darkness.
 
According to remnants of [[Rasputin]]'s analyses from the [[Forum:First Collapse|First Collapse]], there is growing evidence that these beings are wholly artificial, drawn out of the collective psyche of entire racial minds. Examples include the Black Swordsman, otherwise known as Kirito, apparently created wholesale out of an artificial program that had formerly been under Rasputin's prerogative, which in turn had been based upon a [[Wikipedia:Kirito (Sword Art Online)|character]] from a [[Wikipedia:Sword Art Online (2012 TV series)|centuries-old entertainment series]].
 
The most notable of these servants is simply The Guardian, hero of the Last City and killer of their many and varied foes. It is unknown how The Guardian finally fell to the Darkness' service but it is believed exposure to [[Stasis]] is what hastened their fall, much in the same manner as what happened to [[Dredgen Yor|Rezyl Azzir]]. What is known for certain is that, during the war against the Black Fleet, the Guardian slowly and surely grew more erratic, disappearing for weeks on end in pursuit of the City's enemies—and finally, one day after a very lengthily departure, returned at the head of an army by the side of the Black Swordsman and the White Angel, and overran [[Earth]]'s defenses. They personally slew millions of [[Guardian]]s and civilians where before they had once staunchly defended.


==History==
==History==
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<center>'''[[Forum:The White Angel|The White Angel]]'''<br>
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A rogue a-life program designed by Rasputin to keep the Swordsman in check as its necessary other half; as a paired set of programs, their "existence" is slaved to the other. Corrupted by the Black Fleet during the First Collapse, losing all trace of its former personality and reverted to what it knew: killing, healing, or be killed. Unlike the Swordsman it remained semi-active on the Moon, repelling Hive and Fallen forces from its facility, until the Black Fleet reclaimed it in preparation for their assault.</center>
A rogue a-life program designed by Rasputin to keep the Swordsman in check as its necessary other half; as a paired set of programs, their "existence" is slaved to the other. Corrupted by the Black Fleet during the First Collapse, losing all trace of its former personality and reverting to what it knew: killing, healing, or be killed. Unlike the Swordsman it remained semi-active on the Moon, repelling Hive and Fallen forces from its facility, until the Black Fleet reclaimed it in preparation for their assault.</center>
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*Tenebrous Shield
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====Shipbased====
==Organization==
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===Pyramid===
The main composition of the Fleet are its monolithic Pyramids. They are uniform in shape yet widely vary by size—the largest measures over fifteen thousand kilometers evenly spread; the smallest nearly a thousand meters.


==Trivia==
Being regular tetrahedrons, in which all four faces are equilateral triangles, they contain no distinguishing features apart from banks of exotic weaponry running the length of their edges and converging at each point, and their armor plating. This plating is made out of a black substance that absorbs light and suppresses electromagnetic radiation, earning their name well, and seemingly ripples and flows like water to the naked eye. Any apparent injury will leave a minor scarring of orange-red glowing material that quickly recovers to its original smoothness. Light-blessed beings report a chilling sensation upon touch.
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The pyramids possess a form of shielding that "freezes" oncoming projectiles by shifting them onto an alternate plane of reality into eternal stasis, and is always active. Their weapons defy analysis, capable of wiping entire enemy fleets with but a single pulse of enigmatic energy. There is no apparent visible means of propulsion or power generation as no reactor core was ever discovered upon a pyramid prior to their invasion.
 
Though no clear fleet-based roles have been observed, from catastrophic engagements with them the following hierarchy has been tentatively reconstructed.
 
*'''Ordinary Pyramid'''—the most common, numbering over ten thousand ships, and the smallest, measuring nearly a thousand meters.
*'''"Light-class" Pyramid'''—the next most common, numbering almost a thousand ships, two kilometers. They possess fewer "weapons" but seem to bear the most pyramidic scales yet far.
*'''"Heavy-class" Pyramid'''—the third most common, numbering around five hundred, anywhere between five to a hundred kilometers, and act as escorts.
*'''Large Pyramid'''—the second least common, numbering at fifty, these behemoths are fifteen thousand kilometers in size, yet almost seemingly massless.
*'''"Jupiter-class" Pyramid'''—the least common, numbering just twelve. These solitary, gargantuan vessels measure at 70,000 kilometers with an approximate mass of Jupiter, are constructed in situ out of the solar system's own mass, and are the source of the enshrouding of Sol.
 
===Scale===
Each pyramid contains a fleet of "scales", hexagonal prisms, with daggerlike points orbiting about it. These dagger points are apparently semi-autonomous and will react as either a unit or individually, by either physically swarming the target or attacking from afar. The "scales" are known to the Hierarchy as autowars, and range from a few dozen to a hundred meters. They are made from the same substance as their larger brethren and are equipped with similar weapons.
 
Though no clear fleet-based roles have been observed, from catastrophic engagements with them the following hierarchy has been tentatively reconstructed.
*'''Ordinary Scale'''—measuring ten meters evenly, they seem to favor swarm tactics.
*'''Medium Scale'''—measuring between ten to twenty-five meters, they seem to favor support roles.
*'''Heavy Scale'''—measuring between fifteen and thirty meters, they seem to favor "bubble" tactics, that is englobe a select enemy and drown them in weaponsfire.
*'''Autowar Scale'''—measuring one hundred meters, named such by the Hierarchy of Hierarchies, they construct new Scales in situ and send them into battle, and are just as deadly as their smaller counterparts.
 
===Shadowkeeper===
The name given to entities wholly corrupted by the pyramids in service to the Darkness is simply the "Shadowkeeper". There is no distinction between willing servitude and outright enslavement. Members of all six species present in the solar system are among their ranks—[[Humanity|Human]], [[Awoken]], [[Fallen|Eliksni]], [[Cabal]], [[Hive]], and [[Vex]]. Their physical appearance is that of a rippling shadow, more opaque than the [[Taken]] armies commanded by [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], with eyes of golden fire. They command powers and abilities that are the antithetical opposite of the Light—Stasis, Entropy, and Fracture.
 
According to remnants of [[Rasputin]]'s analyses from the First Collapse, there is growing evidence that these beings are wholly artificial, drawn out of the collective psyche of entire racial minds. Examples include the Black Swordsman, otherwise known as Kirito, apparently created wholesale out of an artificial program that had formerly been under Rasputin's prerogative, which in turn had been based upon a [[Wikipedia:Kirito (Sword Art Online)|character]] from a [[Wikipedia:Sword Art Online (2012 TV series)|centuries-old entertainment series]]. This means that they are specially constructed, tailor made even, for each invasion of a targeted species. They supplement the Nightmares that soften up resistance to the Pyramids until the main Fleet arrives.
 
The most notable of these servants is simply The Guardian, hero of the Last City and killer of their many and varied foes. It is unknown how The Guardian finally fell to the Darkness' service but it is believed exposure to [[Stasis]] is what hastened their fall, much in the same manner as what happened to [[Dredgen Yor|Rezyl Azzir]]. What is known for certain is that, during the war against the Black Fleet, the Guardian slowly and surely grew more erratic, disappearing for weeks on end in pursuit of the City's enemies—and finally, one day after a very lengthily departure, returned at the head of an army by the side of the Black Swordsman and the White Angel, and overran [[Earth]]'s defenses. They personally slew millions of [[Guardian]]s and civilians where before they had once staunchly defended.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==


==List of Appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
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