The Coming War: Difference between revisions

''The drawing of the system fades out entirely and the camera transitions to [[Saturn]] from the top down. Eleven [[Hive warship]]s can be seen in the planet's rings with the [[Dreadnaught]] looming among them.

*'''MARA SOV''': I still bear the scars. The Awoken are my family now.

*'''MARA SOV: And I am their Queen.

''An enormous battle begins, as the Hive and the Awoken fight amongst the rings of Saturn. The Galliots begin firing at the Hive warships, causing massive damage. Several supporting Hive [[Tombship]]s are destroyed while the warships return fire. The camera tilts and pans about as the Awoken play havoc among the Hive. Suddenly, Uldren notices the Dreadnaught in the center, and prepares to fire onto it with two others. The missiles launched fail to even scratch the hull. Uldren looks back in dismay.''

''The camera cuts to a view of the Queen's ship, and then inside. Three [[Royal Awoken Guard]]s are at computers while the Queen stands upon the central platform, looking through the viewport at the distant battle. Several [[Techeun]]s can be seen coming to her.''

''As the four of them stand in position Mara's eyes begin to glow a bright blue, and they flicker until she closes them. Several blue-white wisps of bright energy appear between the Techeuns' outstretched hands, while outside a much larger line of energy forms outside the Queen's ship along the line of her own outstretched hands.''

''Seven spheres of brilliant blue light coalesce out of the line as a result of the Coven's channeling energy to the Queen; the line of energy dissipates and the [[Harbinger]]s rush forward. They arc up into the asteroid ring and begin dragging with them hundreds of rocks ranging in size from dust mites to Tombship-sized ones, along with a few Tombships themselves, pulling them inexorably with them to the Dreadnaught.''

''Mara Sov collapses from overexertion and the Witches catch her. The Harbingers continue their assault, easily tearing through multiple Hive ships on the way to their true target: The Dreadnaught. Upon slamming into the sides of the flagship, however, the Dreadnaught remains completely undamaged. The camera fades away as Hive ships drift towards it.''

''The Queen, now revived, steps forward to see what has happened, as if in disbelief; her eyes lose their glow. The camera cuts to the side of the Dreadnaught, the massive parabolic dish of the ship's cannon looming in the midground.''

''[[Oryx, the Taken King]] stands on an exposed balcony of his ship. An immense sword sits by his side. He steps up to a small, circular platform, glowing green-white with an unknown energy.''

*'''MARA SOV''': We've know since you've escaped from that... pit.

''Oryx slowly raises his sword over his head, then slams it down into the podium, a shockwave spreading through the observation room followed by fog-like tendrils of an etheric pale blue-white. The parabolic dish begins to charge outside quickly; and fires. A massive spherical shockwave erupts outward in a massive radius, obliterating the clustered asteroids, Oryx's own fleet, and the Awoken armada—twelve Ketches—all in an instant.''

''Mara Sov, witnessing her impending doom, stares on in sorrow, before closing her eyes in resignation. The shockwave effortlessly destroys all of the lead Ketches. Several dozen Galliots desperately try to turn about and flee as Hive warships dissolve around them, but are caught in the shockwave too, and disintegrate. The camera cuts to the inside of Uldren's cockpit, his face a grimace of effort as he tries to regain control of his ship. As it shakes violently, he starts to scream, and the camera cuts to black, his scream echoing.''

''The Guardian's ship enters Phobos and zooms along canyons and cliffs in an attempt to find [[Fleetbase Korus]], the command center of the [[Skyburners]].''

''The ship starts to descend, finding a landing zone for the Guardian. As it flies across the surface, a Cabal land tank is seen, burning and half destroyed.''

''Another wailing Legionary crawls out of some debris, and dies. The Ghost scans its corpse.''

The camera fades in and pans down to the [[Aerodrome]], where the Guardian previously escaped. The area is completely silent, and now overrun with Taken. Dead Cabal blanket the field. A perspective view shows the members of the Taken—former Centurions, Knights, Psions, and [[Acolyte]]s—all twitching uncontrollably, against their will. Large black wings hove into view. An [[Echo of Oryx]] floats over the disfigured victims, surveying the scene. All of them kneel to the floor in reverence. The Echo sneers down at the newly Taken life forms. A [[Taken Psion]] demonstrates its ability by splitting into two copies of itself, still kneeling. A [[Taken Legionary]] lowers its head. Satisfied, the Echo disappears with a screech.''

''The camera cuts to Oryx himself, standing on a balcony outside the Dreadnaught. With his hands resting on his sword, he takes a deep breath. [[Echtar, Sword of Oryx]] walks up behind him and places the tip of his sword on the ground.''

*'''ERIS''': It hasn't spoken since Crota fell.