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{{quote|My throne world is vulnerable. I am going to move it." <br> "Where?" <br> "Into a mighty dreadnaught. I shall keep my glorious mind cosmos inside a titanic warship.|[[Oryx]] and [[Kagoor]]<ref name="XL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XL:_An_Emperor_For_All_Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref>}}
{{quote|My throne world is vulnerable. I am going to move it." <br> "Where?" <br> "Into a mighty dreadnaught. I shall keep my glorious mind cosmos inside a titanic warship.|[[Oryx]] and [[Kagoor]]<ref name="XL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XL:_An_Emperor_For_All_Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref>}}
The '''Dreadnaught''' (also spelled '''Dreadnought'''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]]: [[Lore:Truth to Power#Will you smile?|Will you smile?]]''</ref>) is a massive [[Hive]] spaceship, which serves as a mobile [[Ascendant Realm|Throne World]] for [[Oryx, the Taken King]], who came to the [[Sol System]] to enact his revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for killing his [[Crota, Son of Oryx|son]].<ref name = "PD">[http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-analysis/ '''Planet Destiny''': ''The Taken King Trailer Analysis'']</ref> Initially accompanied by an escort of lesser [[Hive warship]]s and the smaller [[tombship]]s, the Dreadnaught entered [[Saturn]]'s orbit after being [[Battle of Saturn|stalled]] by the [[Awoken]], and would remain there for the rest of the [[Taken War]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
The '''Dreadnaught''' (also spelled '''Dreadnought'''<ref name="Smile">'''Bungie (2018/8/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]]: [[Lore:Truth to Power#Will you smile?|Will you smile?]]''</ref><ref name="Swords and Lanterns">'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[Lore:Sororicide|Sororicide]]: [[Lore:Sororicide#VIII.E2.80.94Savath.C3.BBn.E2.80.94Swords_and_Lanterns|VIII—Savathûn—Swords and Lanterns]]''</ref>) is a massive [[Hive]] spaceship, which serves as a mobile [[Ascendant Realm|Throne World]] for [[Oryx, the Taken King]], who came to the [[Sol System]] to enact his revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for killing his [[Crota, Son of Oryx|son]].<ref name = "PD">[http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-analysis/ '''Planet Destiny''': ''The Taken King Trailer Analysis'']</ref> Initially accompanied by an escort of lesser [[Hive warship]]s and the smaller [[tombship]]s, the Dreadnaught entered [[Saturn]]'s orbit after being [[Battle of Saturn|stalled]] by the [[Awoken]], and would remain there for the rest of the [[Taken War]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>


It is a [[Destination]] added in ''[[The Taken King]]'' and serves as the expansion's main setting.  
It is a [[Destination]] added in ''[[The Taken King]]'' and serves as the expansion's main setting.  
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===Season of the Deep===
===Season of the Deep===
Shortly after the reappearance of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and failing to [[Taken|Take]] [[Ahsa]], [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] upon the Dreadnaught would commune with [[The Witness]]. It expressed its disappointment in the God of War's failure, but would tell her to prepare for the battle against the [[Vanguard]] and [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] <ref>'''Bungie (2023/6/27)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Purpose#VI._Conviction|Purpose VI. Conviction]]''</ref>.
Shortly after the reappearance of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and failing to [[Taken|Take]] [[Ahsa]], [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] upon the Dreadnaught would commune with [[The Witness]]. It expressed its disappointment in the God of War's failure, but would tell her to prepare for the battle against the [[Vanguard]] and [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2023/6/27)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Purpose#VI._Conviction|Purpose VI. Conviction]]''</ref>
 
===Season of the Witch===
During Eris Morn's ascension to Hive godhood, it was discovered through the [[Deck of Whispers]] that Xivu Arath believed the Dreadnaught was "''unassailable''" but Savathûn gently derided her youngest sister's belief, knowing that Oryx knew his own limits as a result of following the Sword Logic.<ref name="Swords and Lanterns"/> Eris also reflected upon how each constructed "throne world" was a reflection of its creator's own mind, calling the Dreadnaught "''a worm-husk of bone''" and an inadvertent creation of Oryx's upon his first "true death"<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[The Eremite]]: [[The_Eremite#Lore|The Eremite]]''</ref> at the hands of Savathûn.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref>


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