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Two years after the [[Taken War]] and one year after the [[SIVA Crisis]] The Cabal Empire's response would finally arrive. The [[Red Legion]] under the command of [[Dominus Ghaul]] who would launch a devastating assault on the Last City which was carried out flawlessly. Taking the City by surprise, the Red Legion rapidly overwhelmed it and destroyed the [[Tower]] while his [[Traveler Cage|cage device]] latched onto the Traveler. Ghaul's forces took particular care to capture the [[Speaker]] alive, as the Dominus was interested in his connection to the Traveler. In a desperate plan to kill him, [[The Guardian]] boarded his flagship, [[The Immortal]], and destroyed its shield generator in advance of a concentrated attack. This attack never materialized, and Ghaul personally stepped out to confront the Guardian. As the two faced off, the Cage activated its suppressive shield and stripped the Guardian -- all Guardians -- of their Light. With his victory assured, Ghaul beat and mocked the Guardian before kicking them off of the Immortal. Dominus Ghaul and his Red Legion had succeeded where previous forces had failed to accomplish for centuries, invading the Last City and defeating its Guardians.

In addition to conquering the Last City, he sent his prized warship, [[The Almighty]], to the systems sun to destabilize it and cause it to go supernova should the system resist any further. His remaining forces have been sent to the [[European Dead Zone]] to hunt the remaining Guardians, to [[Io]] to mine the remaining energy from the Traveler and to [[Nessus]] to study the [[Vex]]. Ghaul also sent a powerful force to [[Mars]] to reinforce the Cabal forces there, finally driving the [[Vex]] from Meridian Bay and destroying the portal to the [[Black Garden]], he also destroyed most of the Virgo Prohibition, and all other places in the solar system.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-gulch-european-dead-zone-3?highlight=Everywhere Ghost Scan the Gulch]</ref>

For a time, the Red Legion maintained complete control of the Solar System but a few Guardians were able to regain control of their Light from interacting with a Shard of the Traveler in the European Dead Zone. In doing so, they began to fight back against the Red Legion, humiliating their forces. At first, the guardians conducted minor operations such as scouting and analysis. These operations would soon advance into the theft of Legion supplies, and the assassination of their leaders. Soon after, the Legion firebase is disabled, with further operations being carried out. Gathering the Remnants of the Vanguard, the Guardians planned an organized attack to reclaim the Last City preceded by the disabling of the Almighty. Despite the loss of their Light, the Vanguard Leadership launched the attack to reclaim the Last City. As this occurred, the Guardian was tasked with boarding the Almighty and permanently disabling the superweapon. After eliminating the thread of the Almighty, the Guardian heads back to Earth to join the fight. Hearing of both the attack and the loss of the Almighty, the Consul angrily demanded Ghaul to take the Light from the Traveler, and destroy the Guardians. The Dominus, however, remained adamant that he needed to prove his worth to be chosen by the Traveler. In his rage, the Consul released the weakened Speaker and ranted that Ghaul had already been chosen, not by the Traveler but by the Consul, the day he found him as an orphan and raised him to be the warrior who would deliver their people and promise him vengeance. Convinced by this argument but angered by the Consul's arrogant insubordination, Ghaul killed his old adviser while swearing to take the Light by force.