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|image= [[File:Darknesspyramid.png|400px]] | |image= [[File:Darknesspyramid.png|400px]] | ||
|manufacturer= [[Black Fleet]] | |manufacturer= [[Black Fleet]] | ||
|complement= [[Pyramid Scale]]s <br> [[Resonant Splinter]]s | |complement= [[Pyramid Scale]]s <br> [[Resonant Splinter]]s <br> [[Crux of Darkness|Cruxes of Darkness]] | ||
|role= Transportation <br> Housing <br> Envoys <br> Planet Corruptors | |role= Transportation <br> Housing <br> Envoys <br> Planet Corruptors | ||
|affiliation= [[The Witness]] <br> [[Disciples of the Witness]] | |affiliation= [[The Witness]] <br> [[Disciples of the Witness]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Pyramids''' are massive tetrahedral vessels that make up the armada known as the [[Black Fleet]]. | '''Pyramids''' are massive (and commonly seen as) tetrahedral vessels that make up the armada known as the [[Black Fleet]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Pyramids appear to vary widely in size, but the ones most commonly seen are nearly twice the size of a [[Fallen]] [[Ketch]]. They all share a simple tetrahedral shape, broken up by lines of yellow-orange lights. They are accompanied by fleets of smaller craft known as [[Pyramid Scale | Pyramids appear to vary widely in size, but the ones most commonly seen are nearly twice the size of a [[Fallen]] [[Ketch]]. They all share a simple tetrahedral shape, broken up by lines of yellow-orange lights. They are accompanied by fleets of smaller craft known as [[Pyramid Scale]]s, which are about the size of a [[jumpship]]. Additional small Pyramid-shaped craft can be seen alongside some of the larger Pyramids, seemingly intermediate in size between Pyramid Scales and full-sized Pyramids. | ||
It is unclear to what degree the Pyramids are merely spacecraft or fully autonomous machine entities analogous to the [[Traveler]]. During ''Season of Arrivals'', the Ghost states that the Pyramid on Io is actually a paracausal being, like the Traveler. However, they also appear to be used as vehicles by the Witness and its Disciples, with the Witness having commanded the Black Fleet from the Pyramid known as [[Essence]], and [[Rhulk]] and [[Nezarec]] having commanded the Sunken and Lunar Pyramids, respectively. It is unknown at this point whether all other Pyramids are home to a single Disciple, or whether some contain armies or are empty of life entirely. | It is unclear to what degree the Pyramids are merely spacecraft or fully autonomous machine entities analogous to the [[The Traveler|the Traveler]]. During ''Season of Arrivals'', the Ghost states that the Pyramid on Io is actually a paracausal being, like the Traveler. However, they also appear to be used as vehicles by the Witness and its Disciples, with the Witness having commanded the Black Fleet from the Pyramid known as [[Essence]], and [[Rhulk]] and [[Nezarec]] having commanded the Sunken and Lunar Pyramids, respectively. It is unknown at this point whether all other Pyramids are home to a single Disciple, or whether some contain armies or are empty of life entirely. | ||
===Design and architecture=== | ===Design and architecture=== | ||
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The [[Sunken Pyramid]] within [[Savathûn's Throne World]] seems to display a degree of personalization based on the aesthetic desires of its resident, the Disciple [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]]. Many walls are adorned with murals or seemingly abstract colored shapes, some of which are explicitly representational and others whose purpose or meaning, if any, is unknown. Rhulk also has placed a number of displays throughout his domain, including a pedestal supporting a rib bone from the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] of [[Fundament]], which he personally removed from the beast during their confrontation. Inside one of the rooms, a cross section of a [[Worm]] can be seen inside multiple amber-colored glass cases, signifying Rhulk's role in the ascension of the Hive. | The [[Sunken Pyramid]] within [[Savathûn's Throne World]] seems to display a degree of personalization based on the aesthetic desires of its resident, the Disciple [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]]. Many walls are adorned with murals or seemingly abstract colored shapes, some of which are explicitly representational and others whose purpose or meaning, if any, is unknown. Rhulk also has placed a number of displays throughout his domain, including a pedestal supporting a rib bone from the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] of [[Fundament]], which he personally removed from the beast during their confrontation. Inside one of the rooms, a cross section of a [[Worm]] can be seen inside multiple amber-colored glass cases, signifying Rhulk's role in the ascension of the Hive. | ||
One Pyramid known as the [[Typhon Imperator]] lacks the tetrahedral shape as commonly seen with other Pyramids in the Black Fleet. Its profile is a flattened arrow-like shape, with a wide front and tapered wedge-shaped stern. It shares various interior aspects as other Pyramids like the Sunken Pyramid along with the extravagant and opulent fashion of [[Emperor Calus]] and his [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]] with various depictions of the Emperor through memorabilia, statues and overflowing chests. | |||
There are also structures that contain Pyramid architecture scattered throughout the world such as [[ | Inside the Witness's flagship, [[Essence]], it contains a [[Macrocosm|collection of planets and moons]] where the planetary bodies abducted by the Witness can be found and in one of the hidden rooms, fossils of a mollusk and a vertebra of an unknown species can be found. Murals of Earth organisms congregate around a statue of Nezarec. Otherwise, it is the same as most Pyramid architecture the Guardians have explored. | ||
Unlike other Pyramids, the [[The Drowned Pyramid|Drowned Pyramid]] appears as a bare maze with various twists, turns and dead ends, all of which leads to the veiled statue that is used to commune to [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]]. [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]'s oceans and sands also appear in various regions of the Pyramid as if it were left vacant for some time, enduring the exposure of Titan's crushing methane oceans. | |||
There are also structures that contain Pyramid architecture scattered throughout the world such as those in the [[Exo Challenges]], [[Harvest]], [[Disjunction]], the [[Relic (Mars)|Relic]], the [[Ziggurat]], and [[Metamorphosis]] | |||
===Capabilities and technology=== | ===Capabilities and technology=== | ||
As discovered by [[Asher Mir]] through his experimentation, Pyramids have a defensive mechanism where incoming projectiles appear to simply disappear on the point of impact, while still physically existing in some form. This defense also seems to suppress electromagnetic radiation to a degree, requiring a fully equipped relay system to remain detectable from the outside.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | As discovered by [[Asher Mir]] through his experimentation, Pyramids have a defensive mechanism where incoming projectiles appear to simply disappear on the point of impact, while still physically existing in some form. This defense also seems to suppress electromagnetic radiation to a degree, requiring a fully equipped relay system to remain detectable from the outside.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Asher:_Observation|Duress and Egress]]''</ref> | ||
On various occasions, the Pyramids have been shown to emit fields of Darkness capable of blocking out visible light, as well as presumably stifling [[Light]] as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] | On various occasions, the Pyramids have been shown to emit fields of Darkness capable of blocking out visible light, as well as presumably stifling [[Light]] as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre_III|Cosmogyre III]]''</ref> They also appear to be able to manipulate gravitational fields on a massive scale, as seen when the Black Fleet caused apocalyptic tidal waves to roll across [[Titan]] during the Collapse. | ||
During the Black Fleet's final assault on the Traveler, Pyramids were seen to emit waves of Resonance energy, which could destroy incoming ships and neutralize the Traveler when the latter tried to defend itself. | During the Black Fleet's final assault on the Traveler, Pyramids were seen to emit waves of Resonance energy, which could destroy incoming ships and neutralize the Traveler when the latter tried to defend itself. | ||
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*[[The Sunken Pyramid]] | *[[The Sunken Pyramid]] | ||
*[[The Drowned Pyramid]] | *[[The Drowned Pyramid]] | ||
*[[Typhon Imperator]] | |||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||