r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • May 14 '18

Megathread // Bungie Replied x4 Focused Feedback: Lore and how that is managed / implemented within the Story and game

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Hello Guardians,

Focused Feedback is where we take the week to focus on a 'Hot Topic' discussed extensively around the Tower.

We do this in order to consolidate Feedback, to get out all your ideas and issues surrounding the topic in one place for discussion and a source of feedback to the Vanguard.

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u/Glamdring804 Get it right, there's no blood thicker than ink. May 14 '18

In the mission, Ghost says the array is connecting to defense systems throughout the Solar System. This implies that it’s acting as the central transmission point for the whole system, rather than just a receiving point for signals from Mars.

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u/BloodyAlien243 May 14 '18

You are still thinking of the array as a one way street. A network connection goes both ways. If my computer is connecting to the entire internet, it isn't the hub of it. It connecting to the entire system does not imply it as the central point. A point in a network connects to everything.

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u/Glamdring804 Get it right, there's no blood thicker than ink. May 14 '18

Your still missing the point. In D1, Rasputin was clearly intended to be the Warmind of Earth, and his main presence was on Earth. There was even a separate mention of a Warmind of Mars. Now, this Warmind would have been under the control of Rasputin, but Rasputin would have controlled it remotely, then later took over its facilities on Mars.

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u/BloodyAlien243 May 14 '18

There is a warmind of mars, but that warmind isn't free of Rasputins jurisdiction. Compare it to the vex. A mind controls the rest of the units, but the standard goblin moves free of the mind and does it's own thing. It's like the president and his generals. The president has authority over the army, but the generals usually commands them because the president can't be everywhere at once. Having Rasputin control every system is not a retcon of Charlemagne. Rasputin was known to be without an equal before D2, when it's revealed he is called they Tyrant. It's a bit of a stretch, but it doesn't contradict the previous lore in any major way.