Amanda Holliday: Difference between revisions

While travelling with another family who had a young daughter named [[Lucia]], the refugee band was forced to take shelter within a crashed dropship in a forest due to bad weather. While the adults scavenged food, water, and supplies nearby, Amanda and Lucia were bored and began making decorations to brighten their refuge at Nora's suggestion. Amanda was shown by Lucia how to work with the electronic components they scavenged form the dropship which they used to create small lights all around the ship. Once they finished decorating, the families made up songs to sing together to celebrate and pass the time. Not long after this Amanda and her family became separated from Lucia's family, and she never learned the fate of her friend.<ref name="DBtD">'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]:  [[Lore:Dawning_Delights#Dawning_Before_the_Dawning|Dawning Before the Dawning]]''</ref>

Amanda's mother died while defending her family on the road as they were crossing the Panama Ravine.<ref name="LC">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last Call]] post-mission dialogue''</ref> She and her father buried Nora with the Chaperone before carrying on their journey towards the Last City.<ref name="GC"/> Sadly, when they were only a half-day's walk away from the gates of the City, Amanda's father also perished, leaving her the only survivor of her family and refugee group to reach the last safe haven for humanity under the [[Traveler]].<ref name="LC"/> A young Amanda stood in the [[Tower]] with [[Commander Zavala]], watching a ship flying in the sky with wonder.<ref>'''Destiny 2: Zavala Trailer''' '''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRFbg8NaCs'''</ref> Her love of flight and a knack for working with [[Golden Age]] tech gained from her time on the road enabled Amanda to become a leader of the Tower's Shipwrights when she grew up.<ref name="Shipwright"/> Amanda also began to celebrate [[The Dawning]] and would decorate her workspace in the Tower hanger with lights, just as she had done with Lucia when she was younger.<ref name="DBtD"/>

When a [[The Guardian|newly risen Guardian]] from the [[Cosmodrome]] in [[Old Russia]] arrived at the Tower, Amanda inspected the ''[[Arcadia-class Jumpship|Arcadia]]''-class [[Jumpship]] they had used to escape the [[Fallen]]. After finishing her repairs to the ship she informed the Guardian that the [[NLS Drive|NLS]] warp drive was missing and that they were lucky to not have exploded upon takeoff.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Hunter Rises]] / [[A Titan Rises]] / [[A Warlock Rises]]''</ref>

Amanda was responsible for outfitting [[Eris Morn]]'s ship with stealth technology, presumably stolen from [[Rasputin]], at the behest of [[Cayde-6]]. As she oversaw the maintenance [[Frame]]s installation of the last stealth drive, she told Cayde that it was interesting technology and questioned why they were modifying Eris' ship, but he dodged the question. She then noted that Zavala had sign-off on all launches and that she needed to know what was going on. She did not believe his lie that it was for a stargazing tour, he told her the truth about his plan to use in for an unsanctioned mission to board the [[Dreadnaught]]. Amanda chose to log it as a "test flight" and stated that it would be ready for him to depart soon, but he protested that he would not be the one flying it.<ref name="CS">'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard. [[Cayde's Stash]]''</ref>

===The Red War===

====Fall of the Last City====

{{Quote|Come on, big guy. Do something.|Amanda, wishing for the Traveler to awaken}}

When the [[Red Legion]] invaded [[The Last City]], Amanda was ordered by Commander [[Zavala]] to pick up [[The Guardian]] from the [[Tower]] in her [[Hawk]] and aid them in reaching [[Dominus Ghaul]]'s flagship, the ''[[The Immortal|Immortal]]''. As she dodged through the aerial battle above the city, destroying several Cabal ships along the way, Amanda looked at the Traveler as the Cabal attached a [[Traveler Cage|cage]] to it. Amanda quietly whispered a plea to the Traveler to help them before executing a risky maneuver to deposit the Guardian aboard the ''Immortal'' so they could disable it. She told the Guardian to contact her when they were ready for extraction, but Amanda soon lost contact with them as the Cabal's cage on the Traveler activated and stripped the Guardians of the [[Light]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Homecoming]]''</ref>