link up top exo and warcult related [u]Synopsis of the battle in the Garden (pre-collapse):[/u] When the darkness entered the Garden on mars it Won against the Gardener (traveler) that day but it didn't cause the collapse that followed directly. The Warmind Rasputin saw The Darkness Defeating the Traveler and acted of his own accord. [b]"They made me to be stronger than them to beat the unvanquished and survive the unthinkable and look look lo behold I am here alone, survivor. They made me to learn"[/b] -Rasputin, (and learn he did) Rasputin fought the Darkness With some sort of Arc and Void "weapons" but it wasn't enough. "[b] I fought IT with aurora knives [/b](arc)[b] and with the stolen un-fire of singularities [/b](void) [b]made sharp and my sweat was earthquake [/b](whatever he used shook the planet) [b]and my breath was static but IT was stronger so how did I survive?[/b]" -Rasputin Rasputin saw what made the darkness powerful in his eyes and learned. "[b]IT is alone and IT is strong and IT won. Even over the gardener [/b](traveler) [b]and she held power beyond me but the gardener did not shrug and make herself alone. IT always wins.[/b]" -Rasputin This realization on Rasputin's part led to him emulating the darkness (IT) "[b]I AM ALONE I survived alone. I cast off the shield[/b] (Humanities Defenses) [b] and I shrugged my shoulders so that the billions fell off me down into the ash. They made me to be stronger than them and to learn and I learned well[/b]" -Rasputin This was the moment the collapse truly began. The Warmind sacrificed human kind to survive. Rasputin was made to survive, his imperative. and thus he made himself alone to survive the darkness "[b]Everything died but I survived and I learned from it. From IT[/b] (the darkness)." "[b]I am made to win and now I see the way[/b]" -Rasputin That's why The warmind isn't in contact with earth or the Tower. Rasputin thinks he can win this war if he is alone. [u]Skyshock edit:[/u] Ghostfragment : [b]V113NNI070XMX001 SECRET HADAL INSTANT AI-COM/RSPN: SOLSECCENT//SxISR//DEEPSPACE CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT TRANSIENT. NULLSOURCE. NULLTYPE. This is a SKYSHOCK ALERT.[/b] AI.Com/RSPN is rasputin Edit: Skyshock is, or was an old interplanetary defense array (PvP Map description) [b]Source blueshift suggests IMMINENT SOLAR ENTRY.[/b] [b]Promote event to SKYSHOCK: OCP: EXTINCTION. Activate VOLUSPA. Activate YUGA. Cauterize public sources to SECURE ISIS and harden for defensive action.[/b] [b]I am invoking CARRHAE WHITE and assuming control of [u]solar defenses[/u]. STOP STOP STOP V113NNI070XMX091 [/b] (V113NNI070XMX091 is Rasputin doing stuff) update: [b]I am declaring YUGA SUNDOWN effective on receipt (epoch reach/FORCECON variant). Cancel counterforce objectives. Cancel population protection (Us) objectives. Format moral structures for MIDNIGHT EXIGENT. Execute long hold for reactivation. AI-COM/RSPN SIGNOFF STOP STOP STOP V120NNI800CLS001 [/b] and jump to now: [quote]“I'll continue to monitor the Warmind's efforts, but be careful of its motives. Not every ally shares our goals. Rasputin might have survived the Collapse, but at what cost to the rest of us?" -Eris Morn [/quote] Dark Below Dlc