Forum:First Witness War

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First Witness War
Fronts:	Neomuna, Neptune European Dead Zone, Earth Essence, Earth Orbit (briefly) Parallel Operations: Black Garden (briefly)
Outcome:	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 Striders 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 Ghosts 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 flagship. Neomuni inside the CloudArk are freed from his influence A submind of Soteria informs the Guardian that an "enemy of the Witness" is hiding on 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
Belligerents Forces of the Coalition: Last City Vanguard Reef Neomuna Cloud Striders Imperial Cabal Forces of the Witness: Shadow Legion The Dread Taken *Sol Collective Sol Divisive Commanders Vanguard: Commander Zavala Osiris Reef: Queen Mara Sov Petra Venj Neomuna: Rohan Nimbus Imperial Cabal: Empress Caiatl The Witness Shadow Legion: Emperor Calus Val Bho'kaurl Vraxus, Shadow Legion Saboteur Sizmic, the Net-Desecrator Ludus, Array Foreguard Testu'udo, Array Bulwark Dread and Taken: Toniq, Imprint of Nezarec Parthenios, Drifting Mind Nezarec, Final God of Pain Zo'aurc, Explicator of Planets 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 Sol Divisive: Conceptual Mind Strength Hundreds of Guardians Dozens of Techeuns Hundreds of Corsairs Cloud Striders Hundreds of Neomuni militants Hundreds of Imperial Cabal Troops Countless Shadow Legion Cabal Countless Dread Countless Taken Tormentors Countless Sol Collective Vex platforms Casualties Hundreds of Guardians Dozens of Corsairs Hundreds of Neomuni militants Dozens of Imperial Cabal Shadow Legion leadership Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal Thousands of Dread Thousands of Taken Dozens of Vex Minds Thousands of Sol Collective Vex platforms Hundreds of Sol Divisive Vex platforms