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== [Gauntlet]: ACD/0 Feedback Fence == | == [Gauntlet]: [[ACD/0 Feedback Fence]] == | ||
'''The Active Contact Defense system uses Warsat hull material to store a retaliatory charge.''' | '''The Active Contact Defense system uses Warsat hull material to store a retaliatory charge.''' | ||
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''Thanks to enemy action, we have a lot of downed warsats. With some tweaking, we can peel out the superconductor and produce a personal defense system. Like so.'' | ''Thanks to enemy action, we have a lot of downed warsats. With some tweaking, we can peel out the superconductor and produce a personal defense system. Like so.'' | ||
== [Chest]: Actium War Rig == | == [Chest]: [[Actium War Rig]] == | ||
'''Conflict Resolution Solution #3479: Leave them to rest wherever they may fall.''' | '''Conflict Resolution Solution #3479: Leave them to rest wherever they may fall.''' | ||
'' | ''"Keep it clean. Your body. Your mind. Your armor. Weapons. Gear. Ammo. CRS #1: Keep it clean. Clean equals function. Clean equals focus. That's where it all starts. Skill matters. Training, practice, experience. All key ingredients. All valued assets as you balance death and glory on the battlefield. But once you're trained and ready for war. And once your gear is up to the standards of a proper, respected, walking, talking war machine. What comes next?"'' | ||
'' | ''"1177!"'' | ||
'' | ''"That's right. CRS #1177: Ammunition is your best friend. So what do you do?"'' | ||
'' | ''"Load up."'' | ||
'' | ''"Load. Up. Get yourself a weapon that spits unending fire and stock up on ammo until your shoulders slump and your back aches. Because each round is a war all its own."'' | ||
''—Lord Shaxx educating a gathering of Titans'''' | ''—Lord Shaxx educating a gathering of Titans'''' | ||
== [Helmet]: An Insurmountable Skullfort == | == [Helmet]: [[An Insurmountable Skullfort]] == | ||
'''BRAINVAULT Sigma-ACTIUM-IX Cranial Dreadnought (Invincible Type)''' | '''BRAINVAULT Sigma-ACTIUM-IX Cranial Dreadnought (Invincible Type)''' | ||
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''You are safe in your skullfort.'' | ''You are safe in your skullfort.'' | ||
== [Cloak]: Binary Phoenix == | == [Cloak] / [Mark] / [Bond]: [[Swordflight_4.1#Binary_Phoenix_Cloak|Binary Phoenix]] == | ||
'''The phoenix that fights itself, then rises from its ashes stronger than ever. That is the Crucible.''' | '''The phoenix that fights itself, then rises from its ashes stronger than ever. That is the Crucible.''' | ||
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''– Lord Shaxx'' | ''– Lord Shaxx'' | ||
== [Helmet]: Celestial Nighthawk == | == [Helmet]: [[Celestial Nighthawk]] == | ||
'''Starlight is your guide. No vacuum will contain you.''' | '''Starlight is your guide. No vacuum will contain you.''' | ||
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''One red-hot glowing finger.'' | ''One red-hot glowing finger.'' | ||
== [Chest]: Crest of Alpha Lupi == | == [Chest]: [[Crest of Alpha Lupi]] == | ||
'''Whoever survives our passing does so only by our consent.''' | '''Whoever survives our passing does so only by our consent.''' | ||
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''Perhaps you are the greater god now.'' | ''Perhaps you are the greater god now.'' | ||
== [Helmet]: Crown of Tempests == | == [Helmet]: [[Crown of Tempests]] == | ||
''Mighty are they of the stormcloud thrones, and quick to anger, but bounteous to those whom they love.'' | ''Mighty are they of the stormcloud thrones, and quick to anger, but bounteous to those whom they love.'' | ||
'' | ''"This is written that you may understand. The time of kings is long since gone from this world. Yes, their reign does linger—these shallow, frightened, aged men, clinging to their grand delusions of relevance in a world that has long since passed them by. But their reign is a lie, a fleeting charade that will crumble beneath the weight of their greed. In the end, though they may conquer the lands and seas and the fragile flesh upon which they trample, their empires will collapse and their graves will beckon. And the crowns of old will find new heads to bear the weight of their power. And the strong will be made to suffer as their weakness is brought to light."'' | ||
''—Author Unknown'' | ''—Author Unknown'' | ||
== [Pauldron]: Doom Fang Pauldrons == | == [Pauldron]: [[Doom Fang Pauldrons]] == | ||
'''Nobody calls it that.''' | '''Nobody calls it that.''' | ||
'' | ''"It was a Warlock who first worked out that the fangs could be used as some kind of conductive amplifier when specific light frequencies were run through 'em. I don't know the science. That's not for me. I just know they work. And in battle what works is what's best.'' | ||
'' | ''"Is it weird? Yeah. Maybe. Science fangs and space magic. But I've seen enough strange out there to understand normal ain't the norm. Anyway, the Warlock called 'em 'Bio-Conductive Trouble Breakers'. I call 'em 'Doom Fangs' 'cause of the fang, which is obvious, and then there's the doom we tend to inflict on a situation.'' | ||
'' | ''"Plus it just sounds cooler."'' | ||
''– Unknown Titan'' | ''– Unknown Titan'' | ||
== [Leg] Dunemarchers == | == [Leg] [[Dunemarchers]] == | ||
'''Whether on solid rock or shifting sand dune, the inexorable Sand Eaters never slow their pace.''' | '''Whether on solid rock or shifting sand dune, the inexorable Sand Eaters never slow their pace.''' | ||
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''End of file.'' | ''End of file.'' | ||
== [Bond]: Ego Talon Bond == | == [Bond]: [[Ego_Talon_IV#Ego_Talon_Bond|Ego Talon Bond]] == | ||
'''"You will find the nightmares grow worse. Thankfully, you no longer have need of sleep." —Gallida Tuyet''' | '''"You will find the nightmares grow worse. Thankfully, you no longer have need of sleep." —Gallida Tuyet''' | ||
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''—Ikora Rey, Warlock Vanguard'' | ''—Ikora Rey, Warlock Vanguard'' | ||
== [Cloak]: Exodus Down == | == [Cloak]: [[Exodus Down]] == | ||
'''This Guardian armor was repurposed from old Exodus Black crew flight suits.''' | '''This Guardian armor was repurposed from old Exodus Black crew flight suits.''' | ||
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''We have lost all sense of time. Past and future are like up and down, and we would walk them if we could, back to a place before Nessus, but we will always be on Nessus, too. I don't know. I don't know. They are trying to understand us. They must think like rivers. We are now receiving our own distress calls. I sound calmer than I feel.'' | ''We have lost all sense of time. Past and future are like up and down, and we would walk them if we could, back to a place before Nessus, but we will always be on Nessus, too. I don't know. I don't know. They are trying to understand us. They must think like rivers. We are now receiving our own distress calls. I sound calmer than I feel.'' | ||
== [Helmet]: Eye of Another World == | == [Helmet]: [[Eye of Another World]] == | ||
'''When the universe conspires, its enemies cannot hide.''' | '''When the universe conspires, its enemies cannot hide.''' | ||
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''Fool!'' | ''Fool!'' | ||
== [Helmet]: Foetracer == | == [Helmet]: [[Foetracer]] == | ||
'''"I see you."''' | '''"I see you."''' | ||
''I thought I was dead. Held my own for bit, but I could hear the Wizard wasn't alone and she'd be coming for whoever took out her spawn. It was just lying there, honestly. Looked like a standard old Outrider kit, but it had this rig, enough small diamond conduits to make me think it was something pulled out of those old Bray labs in the MNP. I don't just go putting things on my head, but I was desperate. Not sure what activated the thing, but sure enough there she was. I already had a lock on her, and once I engaged, there was nowhere she could hide.'' | ''I thought I was dead. Held my own for bit, but I could hear the Wizard wasn't alone and she'd be coming for whoever took out her spawn. It was just lying there, honestly. Looked like a standard old Outrider kit, but it had this rig, enough small diamond conduits to make me think it was something pulled out of those old Bray labs in the MNP. I don't just go putting things on my head, but I was desperate. Not sure what activated the thing, but sure enough there she was. I already had a lock on her, and once I engaged, there was nowhere she could hide.'' | ||
== [Cloak]: Frumious Cloak == | == [Cloak]: [[Frumious Cloak]] == | ||
'''Beware!''' | '''Beware!''' | ||
'' | ''"I used to ride the Light all around the system, doing my best to stay busy and stay away. Well I can tell you, contrary to popular opinion—and from personal experience—shacking up in the City's got its perks. And without the others looking out for us, we'd be running around tinkering with pea shooters and trying to fly those clunkers from the Cosmodrome, looking like a bunch a' dummies.'' | ||
'' | ''"Look— the City needs you; you need it. I mean, have you seen the goods they're peddling these days? The ships Holliday's been putting up in the air? They got your back here.'' | ||
'' | ''"I'm hungry. Let's get some ramen."'' | ||
''—Cayde-6'' | ''—Cayde-6'' | ||
== [Mark]: Gensym Knight == | == [Mark]: [[Gensym Knight Armor]] == | ||
'''"Remember, the universe is a chaotic system. This frippery won't protect you from the continuum." —Asher Mir''' | '''"Remember, the universe is a chaotic system. This frippery won't protect you from the continuum." —Asher Mir''' | ||
''Eris,'' | ''Eris,'' | ||
''I have scoured my library but found nothing on this | ''I have scoured my library but found nothing on this "Nokris" of which you speak. I am sorry both for the delay and that I could not be of more help. Do you ever feel any affection for the creatures that changed you? I confess this weakness myself. In the shadow of the Pyramidion, I have sometimes felt a kind of craven admiration for the illimitable superior beings that suffuse my body. I can feel them move through my veins with purpose, magnetized to the intent of the Minds that have come to machinoform Echo Mesa. I have a sense of their desires. They have changed since I fell. And so, I am—if nothing else—a new variable in whatever grand equation compels them.'' | ||
''My arm grows worse. This morning, I cut my finger and bled radiolaria. I will redouble my efforts.'' | ''My arm grows worse. This morning, I cut my finger and bled radiolaria. I will redouble my efforts.'' | ||
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''Asher Mir'' | ''Asher Mir'' | ||
== [ | == [Chest]: [[Hallowfire Heart]] == | ||
''' | '''"You who seek the Forge: your journey will be long, but your destination is closer than you think." —Ouros''' | ||
'' | ''"Commander, as best we can tell, they're all gone. Somehow the Legion found their outpost, and the Hunters say Centurions still hold the ruins. This was the last text transmission we got before the signal died."'' | ||
'' | ''—Sloane'' | ||
'' | ''"The fire burned within us. Not by choice, not because we sought the flame. But because there was no other way.'' | ||
'' | ''"When you stood before the Forge, there was no doubt. No fear. Not even anger.'' | ||
'' | ''"My order stood for generations. We held against the shadow, bearing a weapon that seared flesh and melted bone.'' | ||
'' | ''"And now we stand at the end. May history remember the Forge. Remember the Hammer. Remember the Sunbreakers."'' | ||
'' | ''—Ouros, Third and Final Empyreal Magistrate of the Sunbreaker'' | ||
''" | == [Helmet]: [[Nezarec's Sin]] == | ||
'''"He is that which is an end. And he shall rise again" - passage from Of Hated Nezarec, a pre-Golden Age text.''' | |||
''" | ''"He is that which is end. That which covets sin. The final god of pain—the purest light, the darkest hour. And He shall rise again. When the guiding shine fades and all seems lost He will call to you. Fear not. All He offers is not as dark as it may seem. For Nezarec is no demon, but a fiend, arch and vile in ways unknown. He is a path and a way, one of many. And his sin—so wicked, so divine—is that he will never cower when dusk does fall, but stand vigilant as old stars die and new Light blinks its first upon this fêted eternity." | ||
'' | ''—Passage from Of Hated Nezarec'' | ||
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== Arcstrider == | == [[Arcstrider]] == | ||
'''Flow like lightning. Strike like thunder.''' | '''Flow like lightning. Strike like thunder.''' | ||
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''We obliged.'' | ''We obliged.'' | ||
== Dawnblade == | == [[Dawnblade]] == | ||
'''Spread your wings and set the sky ablaze.''' | '''Spread your wings and set the sky ablaze.''' | ||
''A young—by Warlock standards—apprentice holds out a hand and reaches for flame. Nothing. The wizened teacher laughs. | ''A young—by Warlock standards—apprentice holds out a hand and reaches for flame. Nothing. The wizened teacher laughs. "You're supposed to be teaching me. Not laughing."'' | ||
''The teacher's arm extends as one word hangs in the air, | ''The teacher's arm extends as one word hangs in the air, "Sword." As quickly as it appeared, the blade vanishes. "That doesn't help."'' | ||
'' | ''"Sword." In a flash, the blade appears again, this time at the student's throat. Both pairs of eyes widened. One aghast, one aglow. "Say it with me."'' | ||
''Two voices ring: | ''Two voices ring: "Sword."'' | ||
''A blade appears in each outstretched hand. A pair of wings form on each Warlock's back. Two Warlocks take flight and vow to never again look down.'' | ''A blade appears in each outstretched hand. A pair of wings form on each Warlock's back. Two Warlocks take flight and vow to never again look down.'' | ||
== Gunslinger == | == [[Gunslinger]] == | ||
'''A lone wolf who lives for the perfect shot.''' | '''A lone wolf who lives for the perfect shot.''' | ||
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''What I love about my Ghost—'' | ''What I love about my Ghost—'' | ||
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== Clan Steward: Suraya Hawthorne == | == Clan Steward: [[Suraya Hawthorne]] == | ||
''Once a wanderer beyond the City, Suraya Hawthorne now acts as a liason between humanity and the Guardians.'' | ''Once a wanderer beyond the City, Suraya Hawthorne now acts as a liason between humanity and the Guardians.'' | ||
== Cryptarchs: Tyra Karn == | == Cryptarchs: [[Tyra Karn]] == | ||
''A historian and Cryptarch, Tyra Karn decodes engrams and seeks the treasures of humanity's past. | ''A historian and Cryptarch, Tyra Karn decodes engrams and seeks the treasures of humanity's past. | ||
== Dead Zone Scout: Devrim Kay == | == Dead Zone Scout: [[Devrim Kay]] == | ||
''Ever the gentleman sniper, Devrim Kay holds fast in the wilds of the EDZ.'' | ''Ever the gentleman sniper, Devrim Kay holds fast in the wilds of the EDZ.'' | ||
== Field Commander: Sloane == | == Field Commander: [[Sloane]] == | ||
''A veteran of many battlefields, Sloane oversees operations on Titan.'' | ''A veteran of many battlefields, Sloane oversees operations on Titan.'' | ||
== Exodus Black AI: [[Failsafe]] == | |||
''Survivor of a crashed Golden Age colony ship, the AI Failsafe acts as a guide to the Vex-haunted wastes of Nessus.'' | |||
== Vanguard Scout: [[Cayde-6]] == | |||
''The freewheeling Cayde-6 outfits and "advises" Hunters as their Vanguard.'' | |||
== Chief Shipwright: [[Amanda Holliday]] == | |||
''Shipwright to the Tower, Amanda Holiday runs the Hangar like a finely tuned engine.'' | |||
== Eververse: [[Tess Everis]] == | |||
''Tess Everis is an accomplished broker of stylish and highly coveted items procured from the City and beyond.'' | |||
== [[Kadi 55-30]] == | |||
''Postmaster Frames dutifully oversee deliveries, messages, and lost items.'' | |||
== Vanguard Tactical: [[Commander Zavala]] == | |||
''The resolute Commander Zavala advises and outfits Titans as their Vanguard.'' | |||
== The Crucible: Lord [[Shaxx]] == | |||
''The Crucible is the arena in which Guardians forge their Light. Lord Shaxx is the Crucible.'' | |||
== Gunsmith: [[Arcite 99-40]] == | |||
''Once a champion of the Red Jack frames, Arcite now serves Shaxx and Dhalia as an aide-de-camp.'' | |||
== Cryptarchs: [[Master Rahool]] == | |||
''A senior representative of the Cryptarchy, Master Rahool decodes engrams and seeks the treasures of humanity's past.'' | |||
== Gunsmith: [[Banshee-44]] == | |||
''Banshee-44 has lived many lives. As master weaponsmith for the Tower, he supplies Guardians with only the best.'' | |||
== Vanguard Research: [[Ikora Rey]] == | |||
''The wise Ikora Rey advises and outfits Warlocks as their Vanguard.'' | |||
== Fragmented Researcher: [[Asher Mir]] == | |||
''Left scarred by his encounter with the Vex, the irascible Asher Mir holds Io for the Vanguard...and science.'' | |||
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== [Jumpship]: A History of Starlight == | |||
'''"Before Tyra Karn settled in the Iron Temple, her second home was among the stars."''' | |||
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''To you as well. There has been no greater dawning than this. The dawning of a new age, whether we call it one or not.'' | |||
''I hope it is not the dawning of a new Collapse.'' | |||
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''We are so focused on the return of our Light that we have forgotten how that Light was obscured. We can celebrate the light, yes, but we must not be blinded by it.'' | |||
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''And I apperciate it, Effie, but the greatest gift one could give is to heed my word. Besides, I have no need fr an ornament for my ship. My traveling days are past.'' | |||
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''Give it to the one who now flies it. I hope they think about what this all means... more than the rest of us.'' | |||
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''Why do you think I have chosen to remain here? But... Happy Dawning to you as well, old friend. See you next year.'' | |||
== [Sparrow]: Dinas Emrys == | == [Sparrow]: Dinas Emrys == | ||
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''Consensus Meeting 3234.43'' | ''Consensus Meeting 3234.43'' | ||
''Zavala: | ''Zavala: "Guardian Ariadne Gris. Have you had contact with an Ahamkara?"'' | ||
''Ariadne Gris: | ''Ariadne Gris: "No!"'' | ||
''New Monarchy: | ''New Monarchy: "Then why does your Sparrow bear a dragon logo?"'' | ||
''AG: | ''AG: "Because dragons are cool."'' | ||
''NM: | ''NM: "If Ms. Gris won't take this seriously—"'' | ||
''Cayde-6: | ''Cayde-6: "Play nice, Ari. Hideo's knickers are real tight today."'' | ||
''AG: | ''AG: "I thought a dragon'd look cool on my Sparrow. Not all dragons are Ahamkaras!"'' | ||
''Z: | ''Z: "Ikora? Your perspective?"'' | ||
''Ikora Rey: | ''Ikora Rey: "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Are we really still talking about this?"'' | ||
''Dead Orbit: muffled laughter'' | ''Dead Orbit: muffled laughter'' | ||
''IR: | ''IR: "Obviously Gris has not had contact with an Ahamkara."'' | ||
''FWC: | ''FWC: "How do you know?"'' | ||
''IR: | ''IR: "If she had, she'd win SRL more often."'' | ||
''C6: whistle'' | ''C6: whistle'' | ||
''AG: | ''AG: "Harsh, Rey."'' | ||
''Z: | ''Z: "Then let the record show: the Consensus's official stance on the Dinas Emrys dragon symbol is: cool."'' | ||
== [Jumpship]: Ego and Squid == | == [Jumpship]: Ego and Squid == | ||
'''Pahanin was a Hunter, satirist, travel-writer, and renowned cephalopod enthusiast.''' | '''Pahanin was a Hunter, satirist, travel-writer, and renowned cephalopod enthusiast.''' | ||
''Why | ''Why "Ego and Squid"? Chiefly because puns annoy Kabr, and I enjoy annoying Kabr.'' | ||
''You know, the pun is an underrated art form. Historically speaking—'' | ''You know, the pun is an underrated art form. Historically speaking—'' | ||
''Oh. You mean, why squids? What's my | ''Oh. You mean, why squids? What's my "thing" with squids?'' | ||
''Why, because cephalopods are the most perfect organisms ever to evolve in this solar system!'' | ''Why, because cephalopods are the most perfect organisms ever to evolve in this solar system!'' | ||
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''To Ikora Rey:'' | ''To Ikora Rey:'' | ||
''One of my undergraduate Cryptarchs has recently decrypted an engram containing twenty-second-century research on fourteenth-century European athletic pastimes—specifically, a group of mock-combat activities referred to as | ''One of my undergraduate Cryptarchs has recently decrypted an engram containing twenty-second-century research on fourteenth-century European athletic pastimes—specifically, a group of mock-combat activities referred to as "hastiludes." The engram was, of course, quite degraded, but with more intact sequences than are usually present in Golden Age specimens. Thus my undergraduate was able to extract long passages of rules and records pertaining to several types of hastiludes, including the joust, behourd, and tupinaire.'' | ||
''I may be spending too much time with Guardians, because my first thoughts upon seeing these extraordinary findings were that, if the Sparrow Racing League crowd ever got their hands on them, the results would be disastrous. Imagine Guardians jousting on Sparrows! I shudder to think.'' | ''I may be spending too much time with Guardians, because my first thoughts upon seeing these extraordinary findings were that, if the Sparrow Racing League crowd ever got their hands on them, the results would be disastrous. Imagine Guardians jousting on Sparrows! I shudder to think.'' | ||
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''Cryptarch Rahool'' | ''Cryptarch Rahool'' | ||
== [Jumpship]: Symmetry Flight == | |||
'''"To have Light, we must have Dark. This is the symmetry of the Universe." —Controversial Warlock Ulan-Tan''' | |||
''I propose a simple experiment—look around. You see light. You see darkness. There could not be one without the other. They are two sides of the same coin.'' | |||
''If it is true for these Newtonian echoes, why would it not be true of the purest, paracausal forms?'' | |||
''Therefore, I conclude: the reason you persecute me is not because of the symmetry. It's because of the truth beyond this truth, the truth which you most dread: if we could destroy darkness, but we had to give up our Light to do so, how many of us would make that trade?'' | |||
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== [Sniper Rifle]: [[Alone as a God]] == | |||
'''I am the perfect loving god, and all will tremble to know me.''' | |||
'''My imperial guard marched into the temple where the senate convened. They formed a protective circle from which I might bestow the gift of my address.''' | |||
''"From this day forward, I shall take up all the empire in my embrace. For I am father of the empire, as I am father to all creation. I will suffer no tired institution nor petty bureaucrat to stand between me and my children. I am the perfect loving god, and all will tremble to know me."'' | |||
''The imperial guard charged their rail guns in perfect unison.'' | |||
== [Sniper]: Borealis == | == [Sniper Rifle]: [[Borealis]] == | ||
'''Light is a spectrum. Why limit yourself to a single hue?''' | '''Light is a spectrum. Why limit yourself to a single hue?''' | ||
'' | ''"Project Borealis's onboard systems contain a pocket energy matrix capable of changing its alignment in a near instant to mimic the spectral frequencies of mapped energy types. The science is groundbreaking, but volatile. We're lucky to have this first, stable model available for active combat use. More will surely come, but for now, the Borealis is the only one of its kind that I trust for real world application."'' | ||
'' | ''"Sounds dangerous."'' | ||
'' | ''"If the internal matrix misaligns for any reason during its shift between outputs—damage, wear, a flaw in its production—the resulting feedback could [REDACTED]."'' | ||
'' | ''"That bad, huh?"'' | ||
'' | ''"If your definition of 'bad' includes the [REDACTED] then yes, 'bad' begins to describe it."'' | ||
== [Trace Rifle]: Coldheart == | == [Trace Rifle]: [[Coldheart]] == | ||
'''Leverages liquid fuel veins as self-coolant to keep onboard projection generator at biting sub-zero temperatures.''' | '''Leverages liquid fuel veins as self-coolant to keep onboard projection generator at biting sub-zero temperatures.''' | ||
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''With Coldheart, we at Omolon are saying: we want more than to simply reclaim the Golden Age. We want to surpass it.'' | ''With Coldheart, we at Omolon are saying: we want more than to simply reclaim the Golden Age. We want to surpass it.'' | ||
== [Rifle] D.A.R.C.I. == | == [Sniper Rifle]: [[D.A.R.C.I.]] == | ||
'''Thank you for using the Data Analysis, Reconnaissance and Cooperative Intelligence device. You may call me Darci.''' | '''Thank you for using the Data Analysis, Reconnaissance and Cooperative Intelligence device. You may call me Darci.''' | ||
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''All I wish for is a partnership with a Guardian who appreciates the passacaglia of combat, a Guardian who will stay up late gaming out tactical scenarios, a Guardian who I hope may very well be you.'' | ''All I wish for is a partnership with a Guardian who appreciates the passacaglia of combat, a Guardian who will stay up late gaming out tactical scenarios, a Guardian who I hope may very well be you.'' | ||
== [ | == [Sidearm]: [[Drang]] == | ||
'''Since the Collapse these pistols were retooled several times to boost their firepower. A worn inscription reads "To Victor, from Sigrun."''' | '''Since the Collapse these pistols were retooled several times to boost their firepower. A worn inscription reads "To Victor, from Sigrun."''' | ||
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''Your message 'gd it' could not be delivered because the recipient is offline.'' | ''Your message 'gd it' could not be delivered because the recipient is offline.'' | ||
== [ | == [Grenade Launcher]: [[Fighting Lion]] == | ||
'''"I call it the Zhang Fei. It hits almost as hard as I do." —Wei Ning''' | '''"I call it the Zhang Fei. It hits almost as hard as I do." —Wei Ning''' | ||
''Wei Ning punched the mountain. It moved. A microscopic shudder, but enough to make her punch it again. | ''Wei Ning punched the mountain. It moved. A microscopic shudder, but enough to make her punch it again. "They're just angry that you keep winning without a gun." Her Ghost danced fretfully around her fist. "That's why they say these things. Jealousy."'' | ||
''"I tell you," Ning grunted, shattering granite, "someday they'll lose their smart guns and fancy ships, and then they'll wish they'd listened! There's one weapon you can always count on, and it's your strong hand."'' | |||
''"Eriana would be sad to hear you dismissing machines." Her Ghost bobbed slyly up to her shoulder. "Eriana would ask if those mighty hands could build a machine in the image of your strength. Just like she was made in the image of a woman."'' | |||
''Wei Ning tapped her fists together. "Huh," she said.'' | |||
== [Pulse Rifle]: [[Graviton Lance]] == | |||
'''Think of space-time as a tapestry on a loom. This weapon is the needle.''' | |||
''"So wait, that thing you found does… what?"'' | |||
''"It fires black holes."'' | |||
''"No it doesn't."'' | |||
''"Oh yeah. It does. Actual, tiny, bullet-sized black holes."'' | |||
''"Did you tell the others?"'' | |||
''"Only that I found some weird gun in some overgrown tunnel back on Old Chicago. And that my Ghost was all, "THIS is why we were led here...'"'' | |||
''"Yours talks that way too?"'' | |||
''"What do you think?"'' | |||
''"OK, OK, but the gun—are you going to tell them?"'' | |||
''"Yeah, definitely."'' | |||
''"When?"'' | |||
'' | ''"Crucible."'' | ||
'' | ''"Oh no."'' | ||
'' | ''"Oh, yes."'' | ||
== Hard Light == | == [Auto Rifle]: [[Hard Light]] == | ||
'''Ionized polymer synballistic attack platform. The system's lethality is dynamically robust across tactical spaces.''' | '''Ionized polymer synballistic attack platform. The system's lethality is dynamically robust across tactical spaces.''' | ||
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''But there is one more thing.'' | ''But there is one more thing.'' | ||
== [Scout | == [Scout Rifle]: [[Skyburner's Oath]] == | ||
'''The inscription, written in a Cabal dialect, reads: "Victory or death!"''' | '''The inscription, written in a Cabal dialect, reads: "Victory or death!"''' | ||
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== Torn Remnants from a Once-Kept Journal 1 == | |||
'''Mementos from the Wild''' | |||
''—so there you have it, Ace, that's why I did what I did. I had no choice, really. It was that or the great beyond. Just know your dad did what he had to do if I ever wanted to see you and your mother again. You probably won't recognize me, since I'll be, well, a robot and all, but I'll find you, I promise—'' | |||
''—from the journals of Cayde-6'' | |||
== Torn Remnants from a Once-Kept Journal 2 == | |||
'''Mementos from the Wild''' | |||
''—Here's the skinny, Ace, never trust the Awoken. The Reef type. The ones back on Earth, they're ok. But if you ever find yourself washed up in the Reef, keep your distance. They play by a whole other set of rules, like they want to be untrusted. And whatever you do, do not stare into their eyes—'' | |||
''—from the journals of Cayde-6'' | |||
== Torn Remnants from a Once-Kept Journal 3 == | |||
'''Mementos from the Wild''' | |||
''—Here's the truth, Ace. I don't remember you. Found your name in a journal I had on me when my Ghost rezzed me. I guess I used to write to you? And I kept doing it. Even though you're long dead, if you ever really existed. Just liked having someone to write to, I guess. So there you have it. Now, you'll never guess what happened today, Ace—'' | |||
''—from the journals of Cayde-6'' | |||
== Nearly Illegible Vanguard Missive == | |||
'''Mementos from the Wild''' | |||
''I should've paid more attention to you, Ikora. My brain usually checks out when the words have more than three syllables. Who would've known you can't shoot your way out of a Vex transporter? When I get out of this mess whaddya say you lay some Vex schooling on me?'' | |||
''—from the journals of Cayde-6'' | |||
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