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Hive tend to use physical chains with Runes in order to lock doors, and recently energy barriers powered by Soulfire crystals. Hive Runes have various meanings that the Hive can use to tap into different dimensions either as a doorway to another location or as a source of power. These dimensions hold no distinction between a word and its meaning, and in cases where the Hive erode the barrier between these dimensions and our own, the Hive rune for "death" can bring literal death to others.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-festering-halls-titan-3| Ghost Scan: Festering Halls, Titan]</ref> Chains with these Runes cannot be broken physically. Runes can be "hacked" and cause the chains to disintegrate, though it is considered incredibly difficult to do so; a triptych of Runes is said to be "uncrackable". Ghosts are able to hack Hive Runes, but it takes them time.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/the-summoning-pits| The Summoning Pits - Ghost dialogue]</ref> Some Rune-locked doors, however, can only be broken using a Hive item known as a [[Tomb Husk]]. Hive crystals are structures powered by, or made of, Soulfire, an energy implied to be emitted by souls themselves. Hive crystals are used as power sources either for rituals or, more commonly, for maintaining barriers, whether to guard entrances or to shield a particular Hive from attack. Although the exact mechanism behind the barriers and crystals is unknown, a cutoff comment by [[Clovis Bray I]] has him believe that the barriers are some form of emitted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect| Casimir field], though Ana mutes his communications link before he can bloviate further.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/06)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Seraph - Mission - Operation: Diocles''</ref> | Hive tend to use physical chains with Runes in order to lock doors, and recently energy barriers powered by Soulfire crystals. Hive Runes have various meanings that the Hive can use to tap into different dimensions either as a doorway to another location or as a source of power. These dimensions hold no distinction between a word and its meaning, and in cases where the Hive erode the barrier between these dimensions and our own, the Hive rune for "death" can bring literal death to others.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-festering-halls-titan-3| Ghost Scan: Festering Halls, Titan]</ref> Chains with these Runes cannot be broken physically. Runes can be "hacked" and cause the chains to disintegrate, though it is considered incredibly difficult to do so; a triptych of Runes is said to be "uncrackable". Ghosts are able to hack Hive Runes, but it takes them time.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/the-summoning-pits| The Summoning Pits - Ghost dialogue]</ref> Some Rune-locked doors, however, can only be broken using a Hive item known as a [[Tomb Husk]]. Hive crystals are structures powered by, or made of, Soulfire, an energy implied to be emitted by souls themselves. Hive crystals are used as power sources either for rituals or, more commonly, for maintaining barriers, whether to guard entrances or to shield a particular Hive from attack. Although the exact mechanism behind the barriers and crystals is unknown, a cutoff comment by [[Clovis Bray I]] has him believe that the barriers are some form of emitted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect| Casimir field], though Ana mutes his communications link before he can bloviate further.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/06)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Seraph - Mission - Operation: Diocles''</ref> | ||
Hive have access to several forms of teleportation, from simple materialising and de-materialising from seemingly dust, to climbing out of shallow pools of water. The most iconic of them are "Ruptures";<ref>'''Destiny: [[The Taken King]]''' - ''[[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/lost-to-light|Lost to Light]]''</ref><ref>'''Destiny: [[The Taken King]]''' - [[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-rupture|Rupture - Ghost Scan]]''</ref> dimensional portals to different parts of space, or even new "spaces" in other dimensions such as the [[Ascendant Realm]] or the [[Vex Network]]<ref name=Partition/> | Hive have access to several forms of teleportation, from simple materialising and de-materialising from seemingly dust, to climbing out of shallow pools of water. The most iconic of them are "Ruptures";<ref>'''Destiny: [[The Taken King]]''' - ''[[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/lost-to-light|Lost to Light]]''</ref><ref>'''Destiny: [[The Taken King]]''' - [[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-rupture|Rupture - Ghost Scan]]''</ref> dimensional portals to different parts of space, or even new "spaces" in other dimensions such as the [[Ascendant Realm]] or the [[Vex Network]],<ref name=Partition/> caused by cutting a wound into the flesh of space itself,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive_Arsenal#Tomb_Ship|Tomb Ship]]''</ref> which they use for interstellar travel. These wounds can be performed either by use of the Sword Logic,<ref name=Incision/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into The Sky]]''</ref> through Soulfire rifts,<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/06)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Seraph - Weapon - Disparity''</ref> whatever method is employed by Tombships, or through Hive statues that are used to both activate and navigate through Ruptures. According to Eris Morn, however, only an Ascendant is able will a Rupture to open,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard - Mission - [[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/enemy-of-my-enemy|Enemy of my Enemy]]</ref> and only Ascendant Hive can move through them;<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard - Mission -[[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/lost-to-light|Lost to Light]]</ref> a Rupture can sense if a being holds an Ascendant's soul<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard - Mission -[[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/regicide|Regicide]]</ref> and will repulse any who do not possess one. There exists another method: a turbine known as a "Dimensional Lock", which allows Oryx to move between dimensions. Crota also appears to have one in his Throne World. According to scans, the place the lock is kept along with everything in said place only exists in one realm as long as the turbine is stationary.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Ghost]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-dimensional-lock Ishtar Collective - Ghost Scan: Dimensional Lock]''</ref> | ||
Some known Hive materials include [[Hadium Flake|Hadium]], which is a reactive crystal that stores any energy it is exposed to, [[Wormspore]], a concentrated transmutation catalyst that reacts to both the Light and the Darkness, and [[Moldering Shard]]s. [[Osmium]] holds a certain significance to the Hive due to their early years on [[Fundament]], seemingly a precious component for certain rituals, and a variant found scattered within Savathun's Throne World known as [[Fundemental Osmium]] is described as a super-dense transition metal with paracausal traces made from supernovae and dead stars that was taken from Fundament.<ref>''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-hard-evidence| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hard-evidence-step-4| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence Step 4]''</ref> There also exists a filament that's said by Fynch to be a metamaterial capable of soaking up everything from vibration to EM radiation; an "all in one" passive scanner. Other examples of Hive inventions mentioned by Fynch include a Hive torch that may be used to broadcast signals by pulsing exotic radiation in a cycle, a "boson impactor" that can be used as a bomb, and a difficult-to-make adhesive mixed with a "morta-toxin" - an exotic poison that affects Hive.<ref name=EMT/> An unknown type of stone is used in the construction of Hive [[Tombship]]s,<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/fused-tomb-stone?highlight=tombship Tomb-Stone]</ref> along with their structures like their combat arenas; [[Toland]] questions if the stones have a strengthening function or are merely used as a legacy of a forgotten time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Ghost]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-hive-stone Ishtar Collective - Ghost Scan: Hive Stone]''</ref> | Some known Hive materials include [[Hadium Flake|Hadium]], which is a reactive crystal that stores any energy it is exposed to, [[Wormspore]], a concentrated transmutation catalyst that reacts to both the Light and the Darkness, and [[Moldering Shard]]s. [[Osmium]] holds a certain significance to the Hive due to their early years on [[Fundament]], seemingly a precious component for certain rituals, and a variant found scattered within Savathun's Throne World known as [[Fundemental Osmium]] is described as a super-dense transition metal with paracausal traces made from supernovae and dead stars that was taken from Fundament.<ref>''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-hard-evidence| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence]''</ref><ref>''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hard-evidence-step-4| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence Step 4]''</ref> There also exists a filament that's said by Fynch to be a metamaterial capable of soaking up everything from vibration to EM radiation; an "all in one" passive scanner. Other examples of Hive inventions mentioned by Fynch include a Hive torch that may be used to broadcast signals by pulsing exotic radiation in a cycle, a "boson impactor" that can be used as a bomb, and a difficult-to-make adhesive mixed with a "morta-toxin" - an exotic poison that affects Hive.<ref name=EMT/> An unknown type of stone is used in the construction of Hive [[Tombship]]s,<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/fused-tomb-stone?highlight=tombship Tomb-Stone]</ref> along with their structures like their combat arenas; [[Toland]] questions if the stones have a strengthening function or are merely used as a legacy of a forgotten time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Ghost]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-hive-stone Ishtar Collective - Ghost Scan: Hive Stone]''</ref> | ||