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Several months later, Joxer was contacted by the Drifter and asked to meet him aboard his ship, the ''[[The Derelict|Derelict]]''. The Drifter informed him that he had a new operation getting ready to begin and that he considered Joxer one of the best candidates for the job. Joxer questioned why him and not the [[The Guardian|Hero of the Red War]], but the Drifter denied having any special connection to that Guardian. Joxer pointed out they had [[Malfeasance|forged a gun]] together, causing the Drifter to protest that lots of Guardians had the Malfeasance now. Joxer cursed the [[Ascendant Primeval Servitor]] that he needed to kill to get his own copy of Malfeasance, noting it was a slippery [[Taken]], and grew angry when the Drifter mocked him for missing the shot. The Drifter placated Joxer and claimed that he needed a specialist like him who understood how it felt to embrace the Darkness when invading during a Gambit match, and that he needed an invader for testing out "Gambit Prime". Joxer mocked the name, noting that it sounded like a [[Sparrow]] dealership promotion, but the Drifter questioned if he was interested in being paid or not prompting the Titan to question what he needed to kill.<ref>'''Bungie, (2/28/2019),''' ''[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/47651 Narrative Preview - Gambit Prime]''</ref> | Several months later, Joxer was contacted by the Drifter and asked to meet him aboard his ship, the ''[[The Derelict|Derelict]]''. The Drifter informed him that he had a new operation getting ready to begin and that he considered Joxer one of the best candidates for the job. Joxer questioned why him and not the [[The Guardian|Hero of the Red War]], but the Drifter denied having any special connection to that Guardian. Joxer pointed out they had [[Malfeasance|forged a gun]] together, causing the Drifter to protest that lots of Guardians had the Malfeasance now. Joxer cursed the [[Ascendant Primeval Servitor]] that he needed to kill to get his own copy of Malfeasance, noting it was a slippery [[Taken]], and grew angry when the Drifter mocked him for missing the shot. The Drifter placated Joxer and claimed that he needed a specialist like him who understood how it felt to embrace the Darkness when invading during a Gambit match, and that he needed an invader for testing out "Gambit Prime". Joxer mocked the name, noting that it sounded like a [[Sparrow]] dealership promotion, but the Drifter questioned if he was interested in being paid or not prompting the Titan to question what he needed to kill.<ref>'''Bungie, (2/28/2019),''' ''[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/47651 Narrative Preview - Gambit Prime]''</ref> | ||
Together with a team of three other Guardians, Joxer donned a new suit of armor designed for Gambit Prime. Keeping their identities secret from each other at the Drifter's request, Joxer and his team competed against another team of Guardians testing the event. He was impressed by his team, which included a [[Warlock]] who guarded their bank of Motes, a [[Hunter]] who cut through the cabal they were fighting with ease, and another Titan who Joxer thought was useless until they collected enough motes to send the meanest Taken Joxer had ever seen to the opposing team's side. Joxer himself invaded and cut through the enemy team and used his new armor to drain motes from their bank. However, when they summoned the [[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval]] their team was overwhelmed | Together with a team of three other Guardians, Joxer donned a new suit of armor designed for Gambit Prime. Keeping their identities secret from each other at the Drifter's request, Joxer and his team competed against another team of Guardians testing the event. He was impressed by his team, which included a [[Warlock]] who guarded their bank of Motes, a [[Hunter]] who cut through the cabal they were fighting with ease, and another Titan who Joxer thought was useless until they collected enough motes to send the meanest Taken Joxer had ever seen to the opposing team's side. Joxer himself invaded and cut through the enemy team and used his new armor to drain motes from their bank. However, when they summoned the [[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval]] their team was overwhelmed, leading to the final deaths of the other three Guardians on his team when their Ghosts were destroyed.<ref name="TR">'''Bungie, (3/1/2019),''' ''[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/47652 Narrative Preview - The Reckoning]''</ref> | ||
Barely surviving the event himself, Joxer returned to the ''Derelict'' to meet with the Drifter. Horrified at the permanent death of three fellow Guardians, Joxer stated that he thought this was just a test run, causing the Drifter to note that this was not the Crucible and that Gambit was for keeps. Angered by the rogue Lightbearer's amusement at the death of his fellow Guardians, Joxer protested that the Drifter could have saved the other three Guardians and stopped the Taken, but the Drifter simply asked how the armor had worked. After a brief moment, Joxer informed the Drifter that everything had worked as he had said it would, with the armor draining the motes from the other team's bank easily. He recounted the success the rest of his team had until the Primeval arrived, and repeated his horror about the rest of the team perishing at its hands. The Drifter told him that he could have all their cuts plus a little extra to keep quiet about the incident to the Vanguard and kicked a case with the payment over to him. Joxer took the case | Barely surviving the event himself, Joxer returned to the ''Derelict'' to meet with the Drifter. Horrified at the permanent death of three fellow Guardians, Joxer stated that he thought this was just a test run, causing the Drifter to note that this was not the Crucible and that Gambit was for keeps. Angered by the rogue Lightbearer's amusement at the death of his fellow Guardians, Joxer protested that the Drifter could have saved the other three Guardians and stopped the Taken, but the Drifter simply asked how the armor had worked. After a brief moment, Joxer informed the Drifter that everything had worked as he had said it would, with the armor draining the motes from the other team's bank easily. He recounted the success the rest of his team had until the Primeval arrived, and repeated his horror about the rest of the team perishing at its hands. The Drifter told him that he could have all their cuts plus a little extra to keep quiet about the incident to the Vanguard and kicked a case with the payment over to him. Joxer took the case without even checking the contents and when the Drifter mentioned that he might have more work for him, the Titan informed the Drifter he was on his own and began walking to the hanger to depart. As he left, the Drifter called out after Joxer that he could keep the armor as well.<ref name="TR"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||