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*:#'' Kali Yuga''—the final age, called the Age of Destruction. According to modern Hindu mythology, humanity is currently living in this age. | *:#'' Kali Yuga''—the final age, called the Age of Destruction. According to modern Hindu mythology, humanity is currently living in this age. | ||
*The descriptor of the protocol SKYSHOCK as being 'Inside Context' or 'Outside Context' is likely a reference to Iain M. Banks's Culture Novel ''Excession'', in which an extra-universal anomaly is referred to by the AI Minds in the story as an 'Outside Context Problem', defined as the kind of problem for which there is no precedence, and that 'most civilizations would encounter just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop.' | *The descriptor of the protocol SKYSHOCK as being 'Inside Context' or 'Outside Context' is likely a reference to Iain M. Banks's Culture Novel ''Excession'', in which an extra-universal anomaly is referred to by the AI Minds in the story as an 'Outside Context Problem', defined as the kind of problem for which there is no precedence, and that 'most civilizations would encounter just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop.' | ||
*#The SIDDHARTHA GOLEM protocol is a reference to Prince Siddhartha Gautama, son of King Suddhodhana of the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu in the Indian sub-continent. Prince Siddhartha, while wandering outside the royal palace for the first time, witnessed human suffering in the form of old age, disease and death, which led to him renouncing his kingdom to live the life of an ascetic and seek enlightenment. He later came to be known as Gautama Buddha. | |||
*It is implied in the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref> | *It is implied in the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref> | ||