Editing Forum:First Witness War


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|prev=[[Forum:Third Xivu Arath's Offensive|Third Xivu Arath's Offensive]]
|conc='''[[Invasion of Earth]]'''
|next=[[Forum:Fourth Xivu Arath's Offensive|Fourth Xivu Arath's Offensive]]
|image= [[File:Invasion of Neptune.jpg|370px]]
|conflict=
|date=
|place=*[[Neomuna]], [[Neptune]]
*[[European Dead Zone]], [[Earth]]
*[[Essence]], [[Earth]] Orbit {{C|briefly}}
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'''Parallel Operations:'''
*[[Black Garden]] {{C|briefly}}
|result=
*[[Emperor Calus]] is killed
*The Guardian is able to wield the powers of [[Strand]] and discovers [[The Veil]]
*Neomuna becomes an active warzone due to [[Shadow Legion]] invasion
**[[Cloud Strider]]s of Neomuna join forces with [[the Coalition]]
**[[Typhon Imperator]] lands on Neomuna, destroying much of the city
***[[Radial Mast]] is destroyed due to [[Rohan]]’s sacrifice
*[[Vex]] of the [[Sol Collective]] restart their invasion of Neomuna while they also fight [[Cabal]] troops and [[The Guardian]]
**All Neomuni promoted to active defense roles
*[[Asher Mir]] remnants inside the [[Vex Network]] are discovered by the Vex, and he is forced to ask for help from a corresponding sectors on [[Earth]]
**Asher Mir is lost during the rescue mission and presumed dead
***Asher Mir is able to leave behind a a manual simulation of the Veil produced thanks to the Vex Network
*[[The Witness]] is able to establish a link with the Veil and subsequently begins the [[Final Shape]] by opening the portal over the Traveler and entering its [[Pale Heart]]
**[[The Traveler]] is left unresponsive and its [[Light]] becomes harder to access for [[Ghost]]s
**The Vanguard's attempts to follow the Witness inside the portal fail with the death of [[Joxer]]
*[[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]] is temporarily resurrected by the Traveler’s terraforming power and haunts the citizens of Neomuna in their dreams.
**Nezarec is slain by Guardians within the Witness’s [[Essence|flagship]]. 
**Neomuni inside the CloudArk are freed from his influence
*A submind of [[Soteria]] informs the Guardian that an "[[Ahsa|enemy of the Witness]]" is hiding on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
*The Guardians destroys the [[Conceptual Mind]] in the [[Black Garden]] before the Witness can destroy it
**[[Osiris]] and [[Nimbus]] retrieve its knowledge of the Veil through the Vex experiments on the [[Black Heart]]
*[[Osiris]] and [[Nimbus]] learn more about the Veil and its connection to the [[Ishtar Collective]] through various recordings left behind by Dr. [[Chioma Esi]]
|side1=
'''Forces of the [[The Coalition|Coalition]]:'''
*'''[[Last City]]'''
**'''[[Vanguard]]'''
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*'''[[Reef]]'''
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*'''[[Neomuna]]'''
**'''[[Cloud Striders]]'''
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*'''[[Imperial Cabal]]'''
|side2=
'''Forces of the [[The Witness|Witness]]:'''
*'''[[Shadow Legion]]'''
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*'''[[The Dread]]'''
*'''[[Taken]]'''
|side3='''*[[Sol Collective]]'''
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*'''[[Sol Divisive]]'''
|side4=
|commanders1=
'''Vanguard:'''
*Commander [[Zavala]]
*[[Osiris]]
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'''Reef:'''
*[[Mara Sov|Queen Mara Sov]]
**[[Petra Venj]]
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'''Neomuna:'''
*[[Rohan]]
**[[Nimbus]]
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'''Imperial Cabal:'''
*[[Empress Caiatl]]
|commanders2=
*[[The Witness]]
'''Shadow Legion:'''
**[[Emperor Calus]]
***[[Val Bho'kaurl]]
***[[Vraxus, Shadow Legion Saboteur]]
***[[Sizmic, the Net-Desecrator]]
****[[Ludus, Array Foreguard]]
****[[Testu'udo, Array Bulwark]]
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'''Dread and Taken:'''
**[[Toniq, Imprint of Nezarec]]
**[[Parthenios, Drifting Mind]]
**[[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]] 
***[[Zo'aurc, Explicator of Planets]]
|commanders3=
'''Sol Collective:'''
*[[Calixte, System Ward Finality]]
*[[Ioneion, System Control Flow]]
*[[Adytum, Inviolable Mind]]
*[[Haliekron, Nexus Overlord]]
*[[Inquisitor Mind]]
*[[Protometon, Nexial Hijacker]]
**[[Minotaur Accompli]]
**[[Minotaur Harpax]]
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'''Sol Divisive:'''
*[[Conceptual Mind]]
|commanders4=
|forces1=
*Hundreds of [[Guardian]]s
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*Dozens of Techeuns
*Hundreds of Corsairs
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*Cloud Striders
*Hundreds of Neomuni militants
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*Hundreds of Imperial Cabal Troops
|forces2=
*Countless Shadow Legion Cabal
*Countless Dread
*Countless Taken
*[[Tormentor]]s
|forces3=
*Countless Sol Collective Vex platforms
|forces4=*Thousands Sol Divisive Vex platforms
|casual1=*Hundreds of Guardians
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*Dozens of Corsairs
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*Hundreds of Neomuni militants
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*Dozens of Imperial Cabal 
|casual2=
*Shadow Legion leadership
*Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal
*Thousands of Dread
*Thousands of Taken
|casual3=*Dozens of [[Vex Mind]]s
*Thousands of Sol Collective Vex platforms
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*Hundreds of Sol Divisive Vex platforms
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|civilian=
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