Vanguard Transmissions

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Vanguard Transmissions to Zavala

First Message from Osiris

• Zavala. This is Osiris. I promised you updates, so... here we are.
• There's no much to tell. Mercury, Mars, Io, and Titan are gone.
• With that in mind, I wanted to give you the gift of perspective. I am sending you an artifact. Long kept in the care of my... followers.
• It is of Hive origin: a fang of Xivu Arath, sister to the Taken King, Oryx.
• The Traveler may have reformed, but until it acts, understanding the Darkness is our best chance of defeating it.
• Perhaps in this relic, there is a real, tangible hope. Not just empty promises.

Second Message from Osiris

Message #2

• I needed to put some distance between myself and Earth. [sighs] So I headed to the Dreaming City.
• The city itself is still caught in its curse loop. I have doubts we'll ever be able to undo the damage the Taken caused here.
• Unsurprisingly, Petra remains useless. She doesn't know where her Queen is, and that leaves us with fewer allies.
• Oh, and, uh... let Saint know I found the letter he hid in my ship. Tell him – no, never mind. I'll tell him myself.

Third Message from Osiris

• I came back to the Tower, but you were in a meeting with Ikora, so I went to see how Ana's work with Rasputin is progressing.
• She's made several failed attempts at importing his consciousness into the body of a dead Exo.
• Ana has a brilliant mind, but she's squandering herself trying to salvage the remains of that Golden Age tyrant.
• She should put her talents towards something more... productive.
• Maybe I'm just bitter.

Fourth Message from Osiris

• Hmm. The orbital path of Nessus has changed. Likely due to the sudden disappearance of the Leviathan.
• I could not find any evidence of long-range scans. But remnants of the Cabal still linger.
• According to the intercepted transmissions, Calus's daughter, Caiatl, is trying to rally what's left of the Red Legion.
• As if we didn't have enough problems.

Fifth Message from Osiris

• I'd gone to the Reef, hoping to find insight into Caiatl's agenda among the Cabal there. Instead, I found something else.
• There's a... new strange presence here. It grows as an organic technology, like a small tower.
• There were Cabal gathered around it, enraptured by something I could not perceive. Perhaps their own desperation — or madness.
• A long-range scan of the structure was inconclusive, save for confirming it was of Hive origin.
• I need to determine whether it was just delusion attracting the Cabal... or something more.

Sixth Message from Osiris

• Every day, there is some new horror.
• I stayed in the Reef to further observe those Hive-enraptured Cabal. They did not rest – simply spent hours kneeling before the structure.
• Sometimes they screamed. Other times they cried, but mostly, they were just... silent.
• They left come morning, wandering out on the fringes of the Shore.
• I decided to examine the structure more closely, and, uh... I'm certain I... I heard something. Calling to me. Beckoning.
• Sagira convinced me not to perform any further investigation for the time being.

Seventh Message from Osiris

• It's dark out here. I sometimes forget how isolating deep space is. I'm on my way back to Earth, but it will be at least one more day.
• I wonder how Saint is doing in my absence. I worry about him. About how well he's adjusting. How he blames himself for all this.
• He has such a big heart... Perhaps if we hadn't meddled with history, non of this would have happened?

Eighth Message from Osiris

• Sagira initiated a long-range scan as we were entering Earth's orbit, looking for signs of that same Hive structure we discovered at the Reef.
• Call it intuition. There are more of them on the Moon.
• I went to speak with Eris, to seek her counsel as an expert on the Hive's witchcraft. But I could not find her.
• Perhaps you know where she is?

Ninth Message from Osiris

• I just had the most interesting conversation with our friend, Spider — back out in the Reef.
• Not only did he already know about these Hive structures, but he's found others on the Tangled Shore that my scanners missed.
• He claims some of his agents have gone missing, and there are rumors of disappearance among the houseless Fallen as well.
• Sagira patched into local Cabal communications. Caiatl's scouts noted unsettling discoveries among the Red Legion stranded in the system.
• Entire encampments abandoned. Evidence of internal conflict, mass graves. Whatever is going on with these Hive towers... we need an answer.
• I'm going to Saturn. I may have a way to find it within the derelict hulk of Oryx's Dreadnaught.
• Tell Saint he's missed.

Tenth Message from Osiris

• It was a success. I was able to reverse engineer the Hive's organic communications systems within the Dreadnaught.
• I directly interfaced with their... network of collective consciousness.
• The things I learned, Zavala. The things I learned. The Hive is fractured, shattered, turned on itself.
• The Black Fleet intends to punish Savathûn for interfering with its efforts to communicate with us.
• No one knows where the Witch Queen is, not even her own court. And now Xivu Arath is using this opportunity to consolidate her power.
• I will return to the Reef tomorrow to confer once more with Spider. He says he has news for me.

Eleventh Message from Osiris

• As distasteful as Spider may be, his information network is vast and... surprisingly well researched.
• According to his people, the Hive structures are called cryptoliths. They spread like the roots of a tree and bore into our dimension.
• No word yet on their point of origin. Spider claims to have his best man on it, but... Sagira and I have our own suspicions.

Twelfth Message from Osiris

• Zavala, I am presently en route to the Moon to search for more information on the cryptoliths.
• Sagira and I are going to touch down and investigate.

Thirteenth Message from Mara Sov

• To all corners of the system… I've emptied the armories on the fringe. Sent Corsair warship fleets. Deployed Harbingers.
• And yet… the Black Fleetpersists. I know what it's taken from you.
• Petra… I've been away too long, and for that, I apologize.
• Your compassion and leadership have been a boon to me — and our people. This all started with the Dreaming City. I shall return to finish it.
• [sighs] Savathûn will be waiting.

Fourteen Message from Osiris

• If anyone is listening, I... Sagira is... She sacrificed herself to save me. From them. From the Hive.
• I'm tracking the creature responsible for Sagira's death. I will find it. I will end it.
• Zavala... I need you to send the Young Wolf to the following coordinates. I won't wait!