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{{Quote|The needle [...] is not a sea-ship, like Aurash’s. It is an artifact of high technology.|Sathona<ref name="Needle">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#V:_Needle_and_Worm|V: Needle and Worm]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|The needle [...] is not a sea-ship, like Aurash’s. It is an artifact of high technology.|Sathona<ref name="Needle">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#V:_Needle_and_Worm|V: Needle and Worm]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Needle''' was an ancient spaceship of unknown origin | The '''Needle''' was an ancient spaceship of unknown origin found in the depths of the gas giant [[Fundament]] long before the [[Hive|Krill]] arrived. It was found by [[Aurash|the]] [[Xi Ro|daughters]] [[Sathona|of]] the Osmium King after they escaped the sacking of their homeland by the Helium Drinkers.<ref name="Needle"/> | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The Needle | The Needle is a gray vessel, "long and slender", "unbreakable" and old. Unlike Aurash's sea-going ship the Needle was a spacecraft, an "artifact of high technology".<ref name="Needle"/> Its interior had "glistening halls", and possessed a "flesh garden", a "birthing room",<ref name="Sisters">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VI:_Sisters|VI: Sisters]]''</ref> and a "gold dark helm".<ref name="Dive">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VII:_The_Dive|VII: The Dive]]''</ref> | ||
It was capable of piercing the depths of Fundament,<ref name="Dive"/> surviving pressures and | It was capable of piercing and burrowing into the depths of Fundament,<ref name="Dive"/> surviving incredible crushing pressures and ferocious heat only the paracausal power of a [[Worm gods|Worm god]] could defy,<ref name="Bargain">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IX:_The_Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref> and could lance through continental-sized anemones without damage to itself.<ref name="Dive"/> However it was not completely impervious, as its hull was later graven with worm-larvae.<ref name="Bargain"/><ref name="Immortals">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#X:_Immortals|X: Immortals]]''</ref> | ||
It possessed sensors that could listen across vast distances, and could register the telepathic voice of [[Leviathan (Fundament)|the Leviathan]] through its hull.<ref name="Dive"/> | It possessed sensors that could listen across vast distances, and could register the telepathic voice of [[Leviathan (Fundament)|the Leviathan]] through its hull.<ref name="Dive"/> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Needle arrived at or was manufactured | The Needle arrived at, or was manufactured in, Fundament long before the proto-Hive's world crashed into the gas giant.<ref name="Needle"/> Its previous crew once traveled into the deep and retrieved or made an object which, upon being liberated from its chrysalis, massacred them "obscenely" then subsequently died.<ref name="Sisters"/><ref name="Dive"/><ref group=note>This crew of unknown explorers may have been called by the Worm gods and given larvae for the same purpose like the Osmium sisters were. For whichever reason they may have breached whatever terms set between them and the Virtuous Worms upon cutting open the chrysalis, sealing their fate.{{Quote|From across the stars We have called life to Fundament, so that it might contend against extinction. For millennia We have awaited you... our beloved hosts.|IX: The Bargain}}</ref> The Needle drifted abandoned thereafter. | ||
Led by the whispers of the Osmium King's worm-familiar, Sathona directed her sisters to the Shvubi Maelstrom where they located and salvaged the Needle. Xi Ro wanted to take and sell the Needle at the [[Kaharn Atoll]] to raise funds for mercenaries, but Aurash desired to take command of and explore its secrets; Sathona sided with Aurash. Alone of the trio Sathona knew the vessel's history.<ref name="Needle"/> | Led by the whispers of the Osmium King's worm-familiar, Sathona directed her sisters to the Shvubi Maelstrom where they located and salvaged the Needle. Xi Ro wanted to take and sell the Needle at the [[Kaharn Atoll]] to raise funds for mercenaries, but Aurash desired to take command of and explore its secrets; Sathona sided with Aurash. Alone of the trio Sathona knew the vessel's history.<ref name="Needle"/> | ||
