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|name= Cloud Striders | |name= Cloud Striders | ||
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|focalworld(s)= [[Neptune]] | |focalworld(s)= [[Neptune]] | ||
|goals= Defend [[Neomuna]] | |goals= Defend [[Neomuna]] | ||
|war= [[Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Vex]] <br> [[ | |war= [[Cabal]] {{C|[[Shadow Legion]]}}<br> [[Vex]] <br> [[Darkness]] {{C|[[Pyramids]]}} <br> [[Psion]]s | ||
| | |ally= [[Guardian|Guardians]] | ||
|height= Comparable to the Cabal <ref> '''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - | |height= Comparable to the Cabal <ref> '''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Ghost shell|Ghost shell lore]]: [[Speed Metal Shell]]''</ref> | ||
|weight= | |weight= | ||
|distinctions= Cyber enhancements<ref name= "Dev Interview"/> | |distinctions= Cyber enhancements<ref name= "Dev Interview"/> | ||
|lifespan= Reduced to a decade after enhancement<ref name= "Dev Interview">''' | |lifespan= Reduced to a decade after enhancement<ref name= "Dev Interview"> '''Destiny 2 devs explain the Cloud Striders''': ''Destiny 2 Showcase 2022 - Livestream'' https://youtu.be/dCI8Fz2uu3o?t=7405</ref> | ||
|notable-group= | |notable-group= | ||
|notable-person= [[Nimbus]] | |notable-person= *[[Nimbus]] | ||
*[[Rohan]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Cloud Striders''' are the cybernetically-enhanced | '''Cloud Striders''' are the cybernetically-enhanced human defenders of [[Neomuna]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Cloud Striders are [[ | Cloud Striders are [[Neomuni]] who have volunteered to undergo a process to enhance themselves with [[cytomachine|nanotechnology]], granting them enhanced strength and agility. The process also significantly increases their physical size, making them taller than even [[Empress Caiatl]]. The Cloud Striders' nanotechnology forms a layer of metallic armor over parts of their body, and affords them powerful weapons and tools, including a compact silver surfboard-like device, called a skyboard, that both allows the Cloud Striders to quickly move about Neomuna and can be used as a shield. | ||
However, these augmentations have drawbacks. In addition to a shortened lifespan of about a decade, only two Cloud Striders can exist at any given time. | However, these augmentations have drawbacks. In addition to a shortened lifespan of about a decade, only two Cloud Striders can exist at any given time. Commonly, these Cloud Strider pairs consist of an older one and a younger one (presumably a mentor and pupil, respectively).<ref name= "Dev Interview"/> New Cloud Striders are created at the [[Sidereal]], a device or facility where the augmentation is carried out. | ||
The deeds of past Cloud Striders are commemorated in the [[Hall of Heroes]] in Neomuna, where | The deeds of past Cloud Striders are commemorated in the [[Hall of Heroes]] in Neomuna, where servers containing personal data from every deceased Cloud Strider can be accessed by the Neomuni public. When a Cloud Strider dies, their data core is retrieved and incorporated into a new server monument within the Hall. | ||
==Known Cloud Striders== | ==Known Cloud Striders== | ||
*[[Bluejay]] | *[[Bluejay]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Briar]] | ||
*[[Derecho]] | *[[Derecho]] | ||
*[[Kestrel]] | *[[Kestrel]] | ||
*[[Maelstrom]] | *[[Maelstrom]] | ||
*[[Myriadical]] | *[[Myriadical]] | ||
*[[Nimbus]] | *[[Nimbus]] | ||
*[[Rohan]] | *[[Rohan]] | ||
*[[Siegebreaker]] | *[[Siegebreaker]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Many [[colony ship]]s sought to escape [[Earth]] during the [[Collapse]]. Most failed to flee [[Sol System|Sol]], and many ended up forming what is now known as the [[Reef]]. One ship, however, successfully transported a group of people to [[Neptune]], where they eventually settled and became the citizens of [[Neomuna]]. | |||
Many [[colony ship]]s sought to escape [[Earth]] during the [[Collapse]]. Most failed to flee [[Sol System|Sol]], and many ended up forming what is now known as the [[Reef]]. | |||
At some point after Neomuna's founding, a Neomuni citizen named [[The Strider|Mikaela Julaha]] experienced an accident involving nanotechnology that resulted in her strength, endurance and resilience becoming vastly augmented. She used her newfound abilities to protect the city against the [[Vex]], but unfortunately her nanite-boosted metabolism gradually caused damage to her internal organs, shortening her lifespan considerably. Despite there being no feasible way to avoid this drawback, others would later follow in her footsteps by undergoing voluntary augmentation. These superhuman defenders became known as Cloud Striders, with Mikaela, the first among them, becoming known as "The Strider". <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/mikaela-julaha#book-cloud-strider-legacies</ref><ref name= "Dev Interview"/> | |||
According to [[Nimbus]], no Cloud Strider prior to [[Rohan]] ever died in the line of duty, with all of them living out their full ten-year lifespan before succumbing to their augmentations. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the Lightfall reveal trailer, a transforming weapon used by a Cloud Strider appears to be able to attack a [[Pyramid]] with a rocket<ref>''' | *In the Lightfall reveal trailer, a transforming weapon used by a Cloud Strider appears to be able to attack a [[Pyramid]] with a rocket<ref>'''Lightfall Reveal Trailer''': ''Destiny 2: Lightfall - Reveal Trailer'' https://youtu.be/lfoeZLp5A7k</ref>. If this is the case, this would be the first known weapon capable of doing so, as the Pyramids have negated any previous attempts at an attack. | ||
*The nanotechnology they use is not to be confused with [[SIVA]], however, the lore tab for the [[Quicksilver Storm]] does imply that Neomuna is dependent on technology which can interface with that of [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. | |||
**[[Elisabeth Bray|Elsie Bray]] also states in this same lore entry that it is unlike anything they had during the [[Golden Age]].<ref> '''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Weapons|Weapon lore]]: [[Quicksilver Storm#Lore|Quicksilver Storm]]''</ref> | |||
*The nanotechnology they use is not to be confused with [[SIVA]] | |||
**[[Elisabeth Bray|Elsie Bray]] also states in this same lore entry that it is unlike anything they had during the [[Golden Age]].<ref> '''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery perrow=3> | <gallery perrow=3> | ||
Nimbus.jpg|Nimbus, a Cloud Strider. | Nimbus.jpg|Nimbus, a Cloud Strider. | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' | |||
*''[[Destiny 2 | **''[[Lightfall]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
