Editing Golden Age

{{Title|The Golden Age}}
{{Quote|The Traveler kindled the Golden Age. But we built it. We remember this with pride, even after so much else has been lost. We settled our solar system and filled it with our work.|Grimoire Description.}}

The '''Golden Age''' was a centuries-long<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''TouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> era in history when the [[human]] race had achieved a very prosperous existence, having colonized the entire [[Solar System]]. While the exact length of the Golden Age is unknown, it did persist for at least a few centuries.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''TouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref>

The Golden Age ended at the start of the [[Collapse]].

==Overview==
{{Quote|We know that humans lived longer, flew further, and knew more. We know that countless ancient diseases and hatreds were extinguished forever. Human aspiration gives birth to vast engineering projects, sweeping social movements, and even new forms of life.|Grimoire Description.}}
The Golden Age was sparked by the arrival of the [[Traveler]] during the late 21st Century<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-anyway.aspx?PostPageIndex=2" '''Gameinformer''': What's Going On In Destiny's Story, Anyway?]</ref>. When it arrived in the Solar System and began terraforming the different planets, humanity reached out to the Traveler on Mars and made first contact. It taught humanity new powers and mystical technologies that led to this age.<ref name = "Journey"/> Now that most of the system could support human life, and armed with the incredible new technology to reach beyond Earth, colonization of these worlds began.<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> Many corporations and research groups existed during the Golden Age, such as [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] or the [[Ishtar Collective]].<ref>[http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/10/05/pubcast-happy-hour-3-bungie-studios-special '''IGN''': ''Pubcast Happy Hour 3: Bungie Studios Special'']</ref> The [[Exo]]s were created during the period,<ref name = "GI">'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 53''</ref> and the [[Ahamkara]] appeared.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Warlock|Ghost Fragment: Warlock]]''</ref>

Despite the advancement brought on by the Golden Age, many aspects of technology and construction lagged behind greatly, especially on [[Earth]]. Pre-Golden Age architecture remained standing well through the Golden Age in what is now the [[European Dead Zone]], and many motor vehicle designs failed to change very much from before the Golden Age as well.<ref name="Russia 3">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia_3|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3]]''</ref> Also, in spite of the advanced weapons that were developed by the likes of Clovis Bray and the [[Black Armory]], conventional militaries were left with weapons like the [[Khvostov 7G-02]], whose basic design resembles a weapon originally developed in the mid 20th Century.

Most of the new discoveries humanity made were geared towards the colonization of the system and other vital technologies such as AI or medicine. Other technologies, and Earth itself, developed more slowly.<ref name="CosRideAlong">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcdw3LQAsCg&feature=youtu.be '''Ride Along - Cosmodrome''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref> The technology of the Golden Age has not only attracted the attention of human survivors, but also the alien races who now occupy the system. The [[Fallen]] seek to loot [[Venus]]' grand [[Archive]]s, the [[Hive]] sought to use [[Rasputin]] on Earth for their own purposes, and the [[Cabal]] intended to claim the [[Dust Palace]] on Mars for themselves.

The Golden Age came to an end with the arrival of the [[Darkness]],<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> which began to attack humanity, and drove it back to planet Earth. The Traveler defended what was left of the human race, and through some means sacrificed itself to save humanity. The survivors of the conflict banded together and built a [[Last City|city]] underneath where the Traveler hung over the Earth. Humanity had been saved, but its golden age was over. Approximately seven hundred years<ref name="ign 11272012">[http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked '''IGN''': ''Bungie's Destiny Story Details, Concept Art Leaked'']</ref> from the present day, enough time has passed since the Traveler's final stand that many details about the Golden Age and how it ended, such as what, or whom, attacked and exactly how the Traveler saved humanity have been forgotten or have passed into legend.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Pathways-Out-Of-Darkness/en-us/News/News?aid=10241 '''Bungie.net''': ''Pathways out of Darkness'']</ref>

==Events==
===21st Century===
*[[Earth]] becomes overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>

*'''Present Day'''—[[Human]]ity detects and tracks the Traveler as it enters the [[Solar System]] and terraforms [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], and the moons of [[Jupiter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human|Ghost Fragment: Human]]''</ref> When it reaches [[Mars]], the multinational [[Ares One]] mission is launched to make contact with it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref>

*The Traveler promises humanity the universe <ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Ghost_Fragment:_Human_5|Ghost Fragment: Human 5]]</ref> and imparts its vast knowledge to the species,<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> spurring the colonization of the Solar System.<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> 

*The Golden Age, a centuries-long<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.<ref name="destiny story"/>

===Early Golden Age===
*Fifty years after the Traveler's discovery, at the age of ninety, Commander [[Jacob Hardy]] records his experiences from the Ares One mission in his diary and explains how the Traveler's dramatic impact on human well-being and civilization changed everything<ref name="Human 4">'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human 4|Ghost Fragment: Human 4]]''</ref> while in the midst of studying the properties of Light-influenced terraforming.<ref name="Human 4"/>

*The [[Cloud Walkers]] lead the first Exodus.<ref name="Cloud Walkers Tribute"> '''Bungie Armory:''' [https://www.bungie.net/en/armory/Detail?type=item&item=2188828894&itemname=Cloud%20Walker%20Tribute Cloud Walkers Tribute]</ref>

*The first off-Earth colony is established in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on the [[Moon]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#The_Ocean_of_Storms|The Ocean of Storms]]''</ref> and an exobotany laboratory is built in [[Mare Cognitum]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#First_Light|First Light]]''</ref>

*The city of [[Freehold]] is founded on Mars with the support of [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. It becomes known as one of humanity's greatest achievements.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places#Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay|Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places#Meridian Bay|Meridian Bay]]''</ref>

*The [[Hesperonaut]]s first descend into Venus boiling mists and place terraforming engines in caldaras, beginning the planet's transformation into a habitable world.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0-3 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0 (3)'']</ref><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0-2 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0 (2)'']</ref><ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-1-4 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 1 (4)'']</ref> They were later remembered by the Last City and the Guardians through a set of armor forged in their honor.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hesperos-type-0 '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Hesperos Type 0'']</ref>

*During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient Vex ruins are discovered. Early Vex research outposts like [[Campus 9]] attract Earth's brightest minds, leading to a colonization rush on the planet. The researchers found the [[Ishtar Collective]] and the [[Ishtar Academy]].<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref>

*The [[Warmind]]s are built alongside an [[Planetary Defense Network|array]] of various [[Warsat|defense constructs]] as a deterrent against possible extraterrestrial threats.<ref>'''gameinformer''': ''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-anyway.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 What's Going On In Destiny's Story, Anyway?]''</ref><ref name="Russia 3"/>

*A copper box with a red lid is discovered, its lid dented, one hinge shattered. Inside is a small quantity of the finest, driest powder, more brown than gray, more blue than green. The powder is weighed by the grain, studied close. One hundred billion bits reside inside, all of them tiny and nearly spherical, and etched with the outlines of continents and islands and icecaps. Each sphere represents a planet. One is found of Earth, Mars, and Venus. Many studying presume that the box is a message of how minuscule all of creation is, and some wonder who delivered this message, and why.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Ghost_Fragment:_Ishtar_Sink|Ghost Fragment: Ishtar Sink]]''</ref>

*A father on Venus shows his son a representation of what their world used to look like before the Traveler arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Golden_Age|Ghost Fragment: The Golden Age]]''</ref>

*Human life spans increased dramatically, maybe as far as tripled in length.

===Mid-Golden Age===
*Human settlements are established in the Asteroid Belt, subsequently becoming a treasure trove of industry.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_Asteroid_Belt#The_Asteroid_Belt|The Asteroid Belt]]''</ref><ref name="Silver">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy#Silver|Silver]]''</ref> 

*A currency known as Silver is developed, and is later used by the [[Reef]] post-Collapse.<ref name="Silver"/>

*Jupiter and its moons become a cornerstone of human civilization, lunar cities buried deep in ice shelves and within subaqueous oceans.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref>

*The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref>

*Dr. [[Willa Bray]] develops the first engram matter-encryption techniques based on relic crystals' unique datastatic properties.<ref>'''Ishtar Collective''': ''[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/in-good-temper-2 Quest Step - In Good Temper]''</ref> [[Glimmer]] is presumably developed as a byproduct and used as a source of power.<ref>'''Destiny Tracker''': ''[http://db.destinytracker.com/items/3159615086-glimmer Glimmer]''</ref>

*Information about Plutarch's writing on Fabius Maximus was encoded onto an engram. The engram includes the type of warfare termed the 'Fabian Strategy' - the strategy involves attrition tactics and avoiding direct conflict until an enemy makes a mistake.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Primary_Weapons#Fabian_Strategy|Fabian Strategy]]''</ref>

*The [[Ishtar Collective]] captures a live Vex specimen<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref> and nearly go mad until a [[Warmind]] intervenes.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref> They send a group of two hundred twenty seven proxies into the Vex ruins to explore the Vex network.<ref name="Vex 4">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_4|Ghost Fragment: Vex 4]]''</ref>

===Late Golden Age===
*The [[Future War Cult]] is founded by [[Maya Sundaresh]] at Lhasa after experimenting with Vex technology. The group disbands, however, after many of its members either go insane, commit suicide, or leave out of ethical concerns. [[Maya Sundaresh]] is among them.<ref name="Vex 5">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_5|Ghost Fragment: Vex 5]]''</ref>

*The Kestrel, an experimental long-range [[jumpship]], is prototyped. <ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/kestrel-class-ax0?highlight=reverse]</ref>

*An [[Darkness|unidentified anomaly]] is detected in deep space. This information manages to be relayed to [[Henriette Meyrin]], who predicts the possibility of the Collapse and later goes on to found the [[Black Armory]] with [[Helga Rasmussen]] and [[Yuki Satou]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:The_Black_Armory_Papers#Entry_25|The Black Armory Papers]]''</ref>

*A pilot designated SABER GREEN piloting the ship Secure ISIS communicates with ICE MINARET. Civilian launches are not scrubbed and colonization efforts are being pushed beyond schedule<ref name="Russia 3"/> to preserve secrecy. They are carrying an antimatter payload of one annihilation-pumped caedometric weapon codenamed RIGOR, and two other unknown devices codenamed SKYSHOCK and APEX. ICE MINARET remarks that they both know where the order came from.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia]]''</ref>

*[[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] begins developing technologies geared toward the colonization of the Solar System in the form of [[SIVA]] and [[Owl Sector#TRANSMISSION incident|Transmission]]. After going through several prototypes, SIVA is approved for deployment.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/SIVA#Dormant_SIVA:_Clovis_Bray_1.5|Dormant SIVA: Clovis Bray 1.5]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/SIVA#Dormant_SIVA:_Clovis_Bray_1.7|Dormant SIVA: Clovis Bray 1.7]]''</ref>

*Sometime later General [[Chen Lanshu]] glides around the Cosmodrome and converses with submind [[Malahayati]] about the possibility of invasion and speculates whether or not the Traveler could have been an enemy.<ref name="Russia 3"/> Shortly thereafter, Chen Lanshu speaks to [[Willa Bray]] about the possibility of accelerating the colonization programs, and whether SIVA could be used for military purposes.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/sivamem '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''SIVA.MEM'']</ref>

*[[Site 6]] is constructed.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref> 

*The [[Exodus Black]], laden with SIVA and carrying the Black Armory's [[Gofannon Forge|Gofannon]] and [[Izanami Forge|Izanami]] [[Lost Forges|Forges]], is sent to build new homes and ships for humanity on [[Wikipedia:Kepler-186f|Kepler-186f]] but instead crash lands on [[Nessus]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Failsafe]]: [[Failsafe#Quotes|"Accessing Node 9875A. File header: SIVA Project. Files locked behind Epsilon Theta encryption A, D, and G. No decryption schema found."]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Tyra Karn]]: [[Tyra Karn#Quotes|The Exodus Black was carrying SIVA, I am sure of it. The only question is, where has it gone?]]''</ref>

*The Traveler begins terraforming [[Io]].<ref name="GFC6">'''Bungie (2017/20/4)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]]''</ref>

*Members of the [[K1]] project, undercover as members of the [[First Light]] colony, investigate the tunnels beneath the Moon. They discover the Worms and the Hive nesting deep within, but do not survive to tell the tale.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King, Activision Blizzard,'' [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Ocean_of_Storms_2|Ocean of Storms 2]]</ref><ref>
'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Revelation|Revelation]]''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Into the Light (update)|Into the Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}}

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