Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-5983727-20150731162144

I believe I have worked out a method for connecting the story missions in a feasable manner.

Here's how Destiny should have been told:

The Speaker realizes the growing power of the Darkness, and sends a Ghost out to the area outside the Wall, to locate a valuable specimen to restore as a Guardian.

Ghost searches the wasteland, avoiding an invisible threat, until he reaches the junkyard of ages-old vehicles, searching for feasable specimens. He finds traces of a particular DNA srtand, and assimilates it into his technology, thus reviving the long-dead individual as a warrior of the Light.

The new Guardian is confused at first, but is quickly informed that remaining in the area could be dangerous, and that they need to get to "the City." Sneaking through the anceint Wall, they encounter an hostile alien race known as the Fallen. Fnding an ancient automatic rifle, the Guardian fights their way through the structure, until they find themselves in a large area within the Wall, where Fallen ships drop troops onto the surface, an unusual occurence according to Ghost. Once more shooting through Fallen, the Guardian discovers they possess abilities gratned to them by the Light. Finding an ancient jumpship, Ghost assimilates the basic functions into his tech, tying it to the Guardian as well. The duo escapes just as a large Fallen creature emerges from the wall behind. As they leave, a mysterious closked figure watches as they do.

Flying through the clouds, they arrive at the City, above which floats the Traveler, an ancient celestial being that now protects the remaining vestiges of humanity. Inroduced to the Vanguard, the Guardian is informed that if they wish to aid the Light beyond the boundaries of Earth, they need a warp drive, and that the only viable location of one would be the same place where they found their jumpship. Returning, they locate the warp drive, which is currently held by the Fallen. Facing against the Fallen, including the large Fallen, called an Archon, they manage to defeat it, rewarding both the warp drive and an audience with the Speaker. Meeting the figure himself, the Speaker elaborates on the history of the Traveler, its age-old enemy, the Darkness, and how the Guardians and Ghosts were created. He then warns that the Darkness is returning to finish off humanity, and that survival for a second time is unlikely. The Guardian pledges to fight off the Darkness' forces, alongside other Guardians.

Returning to the Cosmodrome, the Guardian works to reestablish the City's grip on the area, meeting another race, the Hive, in the process. Reviving an ancient array, they find that a pre-Collapse era super weapon, the Warmind called Rasputin, survived ages and is now working silently to protect, or possibly control the Cosmodrome and beyond. With the link established to the outer solar system, the Guardian then sets their sights on reclaiming the Earth's Moon from the Hive.

Flying to the Moon, they discover that the Hive have been planning an invasion of Earth for a long time, forcing the Guardian to confront them at several pivotal points, such as destroying the infamous Sword of Crota, a Hive Prince feared for such a weapon, though is currently "sleeping." They also claim the vast knowledge of the Hive from a library called the World's Grave, then destroy the Shrine of Oryx, a Hive God, both revered and feared. Finally, the Speaker contacts the Guardian directly, warning of a ritual underway, that is draining the Traveler, putting humanity in grave danger. On the way to stopping the ritual, the Guardian is contacted by an unknown person, whom tells them of a greater threat beyond the Earth. Ghost identifies the location of the broadcast as a region of the planet Venus. Entering the Hive's fortress, the Guardian discovers that they were using a shard of the Traveler itself to corrupt it. Ghost returns it to the City, before wondering what cold possibly be more dangerous than the Hive, on Venus.

Making the jump to Venus, the Guardian finds that previous Guardians discovered an entire race of sentient war machines called the Vex. Reactivating old sensors to track them, the Guaurdian enters the ancient Ishtar Academy, where they are ambushed by the Vex. Fighting them off, the Guardian meets the Stranger, an Exo warrior of unknown alliances, though claims that she "was not forged in light.", thus not a fellow Guardian. The Stranger informs them of the Black Garden, the birthplace of the Vex, though she knows nothing of its location. Ghost states that to find the Garden, they need the assistence of the Awoken, an isolationist queendom hiding in the Reef, an region of the Asteroid Belt. Arriving there, after a heated first encounter, the Queen of the Awokrn agrees to give them a "key" to the Garden, though only if given the head of a Vex Gate Lord. Searching the knowledge of the Ishater Collective, via their Archive, the Guardian runs a full scan of the Vex network, though detours to fell a Fallen Kell, the head of the House of Winter on Venus. They finally locate a Gate Lord, and fight their towards it, where the Guardian destroys it, and removes the head. Taking it to te Awoken, the Guardian is given coordinates on Mars, where they can charge the Eye, which was drained in the removal process in order to make a "key." However, the Queen claims they owe her a debt, and must fulfill it upon her request. The Guardian then makes the jump to Mars.

Arriving on the Red Planet, Ghost explains that control of the planet has largely fallen to a militaristic race known as the Cabal. Reestablshing connections, they also interject into the Cabal network, learning that they know nothing about the Garden. Locating a Vex Spire to charge the Eye, they fight through the heavily guarded Cabal Wwarbase, defeating one of their leaders, Primus Sha'aull. After charging the Eye, a massive surge of Vex activity is detected, and further investigation within the lost city of Freehold yields a startling truth: the Vex are halting their invasion of Mars, and are being recalled back to the Garden somehow. In addition, a Cabal incursion into the city uncovers the other truth: their meddling with the city's technology has allowed Rapsutin to expand beyond Earth, and is now embedded in systems all across the Solar System. Deciding the time in nigh, the Guardian passes through the Gate into the Black Garden, and fights their way through to its Heart. Finding that the Heart is the technical God of the Vex, the Guardian is faced with the Sol Progeny, a collective of Vex created to defend the Heart. After defeating the three main Progenies, the Heart dissolves into nothingness, and the Guardian is recalled back to Earth to bo honored.

As the Speaker praises the efforts of the Guardian, they meet the Stranger in the hangar of the Tower, where she elaborates on the future, and grants them her unqiue rifle, before stating that the fight "is far from over," and disappearing once more, leaving the Guardian to return to actively protecting Earth and beyond...

What do ya think? Better than what we got from the game itself? Or about as disjointed? Possibly worse? Comment below/ 