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==History== | ==History== | ||
Initially the Skyburners are fought sparingly in the base game, only found guarding high value Cabal Commanders. When Ta'aurc dispatches the elite [[Ice Reapers]] to hunt down [[Rasputin]], the Skyburners accompany them as well. The Valus himself even used Skyburner soldiers as his personal guard until his assassination. In both cases however the Skyburners suffer total casualties. The Skyburners play a larger role in ''[[The Taken King]]'' as they are | Initially the Skyburners are fought sparingly in the base game, only found guarding high value Cabal Commanders. When [[Valus Ta'aurc]]Ta'aurc dispatches the elite [[Ice Reapers]] to hunt down [[Rasputin]], the Skyburners accompany them as well. The Valus himself even used Skyburner soldiers as his personal guard until his assassination. In both cases however the Skyburners suffer total casualties. The Skyburners play a larger role in ''[[The Taken King]]'' as they are first encountered on [[Phobos]]. | ||
[[File:CabalTaken.gif|thumb|300px|right|A Skyburner getting Taken]] | [[File:CabalTaken.gif|thumb|300px|right|A Skyburner getting Taken]] | ||
When Oryx began blighting the system, the Skyburners were the first Cabal units to encounter the [[Taken]] after noticing strange activity. Shortly after, huge numbers of Skyburners were taken and made to fight their comrades forcing Legion commander, [[Primus Ta'aun]] to order a mass evacuation. | |||
Later Primus Ta'aun and his [[Shield Brothers|bond brothers]] are ordered by the Cabal [[Dominus Ghaul|Emperor]] himself to board the Dreadnaught and kill [[Oryx, the Taken King]], by any means necessary. They crashed their warship, [[Dantalion Exodus VI]] into the Dreadnaught's hull, and are fighting a protracted war of attrition deep behind enemy lines. Guardians have noted that their normally robust military engine has become hopelessly bogged down against the [[Hive]]. | |||
While severely diminished, the Skyburners survived long enough to see [[Ghaul]] arrive in the system. What became of them is unknown, but they considered their survival "victory enough."<ref>[[Skyburner's Oath]] lore description</ref> | While severely diminished, the Skyburners survived long enough to see [[Ghaul]] arrive in the system. What became of them is unknown, but they considered their survival "victory enough."<ref>[[Skyburner's Oath]] lore description</ref> | ||