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The '''Golden Age''' refers to the prosperous bygone era in the history of the [[human]] race during which human civilization spread far beyond the confines of [[Earth]] and expanded throughout the Solar System.
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The '''Golden Age''' refers to the prosperous bygone era in the history of [[Human]]ity during which human civilization spread far beyond the confines of [[Earth]] and expanded throughout the Solar System.
   
 
==Origins==
 
==Origins==
Shortly after present day, humans observed strange events occurring on [[Jupiter]], [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]] such as drastic climate change and environmental changes, they also saw what looked like a sphere traveling between these locations. Curious humanity tracked the object to Mars and began to make preparations for an expedition to inspect the object. Sometime later a mission was prepared to go to Mars using the spacecraft Ares One. They selected the Pilots Mihaylova, Qiao and [[Jacob Hardy]] for this mission due to not just their training as astronauts but also as soldiers. After a 14 month journey to Mars armed and ready for what was to come they landed in not a cold desert devoid of life but a planet breathing the first breath of life, when they landed the event was broadcasted back to earth. When they finally saw the Sphere it was not hostile but instead it was breathing new life into Mars and the astronauts own bodies. In the brief time after this exchange the power of the Sphere also transformed humans curing aging and improving the human mind. With this new power the Golden Age began. Humanity called the being responsible for this The [[Traveler]].<ref name="Human Grimoire Cards"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102040-ghost-fragment-human|title= Human 1 Grimoire card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102050-ghost-fragment-human-2|title= Human 2 Grimoire Card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT}}</ref>
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Shortly after the present day,<ref name="GI Jason Jones">{{RefArticle|firstname=Matt|lastname=Miller|year=11 Dec. 2013|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=1|title=Jason Jones - The Destiny Interview|publisher=[http://www.gameinformer.com Game Informer]|accessed=30 Dec. 2013}}</ref> Humans observed an object traveling to [[Jupiter]], [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]].<ref name="Human1">{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102040-ghost-fragment-human|title= Human 1 Grimoire card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT}}</ref> Each time the object arrived at a planet, the planet underwent drastic climate and environmental changes.<ref name="Human2">{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102050-ghost-fragment-human-2|title= Human 2 Grimoire Card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT}}</ref>
   
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Humanity tracked the object to Mars and began an expedition to communicate with it. Astronauts Mihaylova, Qiao and [[Jacob Hardy]] were chosen for the mission and left aboard a ship called ''Ares One''.<ref name="Human1" /> They arrived on Mars through the turbulence of terraformation. They had a script prepared for communication, but weapons ready in case of a confrontation. The event was broadcast live back to Earth.<ref name="Human2" />
==Changes Of The Golden Age==
 
The Traveler's arrival had brought enlightenment to humanity, and with the miracles it had created the views humanity once had about the world quickly shifted changing them forever.<ref name = "Golden Age Grimoire Card 1">{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/403040-ghost-fragment-the-golden-age|title = Golden Age Grimoire Card 1|accessed= 03 March, 2016}} </ref> With the newfound knowledge the Traveler had granted humanity, an age of relative peace and prosperity ripe with technological innovation on a grand scale began. Warp drives were invented, allowing humanity to easily reach out to the planets the [[Traveler]] had terraformed and claim them as their own building great cities on [[Mars]] and [[Venus]], [[Mercury]] blessed by the [[Traveler]] became a garden world. Soon an age of philosophical debates and scientific advancement followed, as humanity had few problems of the mundane type that still needed solving. Eventually Humanity claimed Jupiter and its moons, whether or not they lived on the actual planet is unknown however it is likely they had colonies on Titan and possibly other moons. <ref name = "Jupiter"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/408020-ghost-fragment-jupiter|title= Alpha Lupi's Jupiter dream|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:32am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/408010-jupiter|title= Jupiter|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:33am AEDT}}</ref>
 
   
 
==Changes of the Golden Age==
The Traveler's arrival had changed more than the Humans, stirring something on [[Venus]] and causing strange ruins to appear in the [[Ishtar Sink]] that appeared to be highly technologically advanced but still predate humanity by a few billion years in response to this humans established the [[Ishtar Collective]], a research group dedicated to discovering the secrets of the region. The Collective spent many years studying the region and eventually encountered the [[Vex]]. After capturing a live [[Vex]] they experimented on it and found that the [[Vex]] are hyper-intelligent robots capable of predicting an almost infinite amount of futures.<ref name= "Ishtar Collective"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url = http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/402020-ishtar-sink|title= Ishtar Sink|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:55am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/203020-ghost-fragment-vex|title= Ishtar Collective Records (1)|accessed= 03 March, 2016 1:55am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/203030-ghost-fragment-vex-2|title= Ishtar Collective Records (2)|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:04am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/203040-ghost-fragment-vex-3|title= Ishtar Collective Records (3)|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:09am AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/203044-ghost-fragment-vex-4|title= Ishtar Collective Records (4)|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:16 AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/503070-the-archive|title= Ishtar Archive Summery|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:22am AEDT}}</ref> The Vex were not the only ones to mysteriously appear on Venus: a strange race of Dragons or Worms known as the [[Ahamkara]] who could grant wishes at a terrible cost.
 
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After initial contact, Humanity began to call the object "[[The Traveler]]."<ref name="Reveal Trailer">{{RefVideo|Username=destinygame|year=17 Feb. 2013|hostsite=[http://www.youtube.com YouTube.com]|url=http://youtu.be/EwOUi4JDC4o|title=Reveal Trailer - Official Destiny ViDoc: Pathways Out of Darkness|accessed=30 Dec. 2013}}</ref> The Traveler shared its knowledge and technology with humanity,<ref name="GI Jason Jones"/><ref name="Reveal Trailer" /> completely overruling laws and truths previously held as universal.<ref name="GoldenAge">{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/403040-ghost-fragment-the-golden-age|title = Golden Age Grimoire Card 1|accessed= 03 March, 2016}}</ref> An age of relative peace and prosperity ripe with technological innovation began, allowing humanity to triple its lifespan, terraform planets and moons, and expand its civilization beyond [[Earth]] and throughout much of the solar system.<ref name="GI Jason Jones"/><ref name="Reveal Trailer" />
   
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Numerous human colonies and settlements were established on these newly remade worlds.<ref name="Destiny story">{{RefWebsite|website= destinythegame.com|url= http://www.destinythegame.com/game/story|title= Destiny Story|accessed= June 09, 2014}}</ref> A research colony was formed on the [[Moon]].{{Cite}} [[Mars]] and [[Venus]] became homes to great cities.<ref name="NewBeginnings">{{RefVideo|username=destinygame|year=2014|hostsite=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clRpcIHpmoY|title=Official Destiny E3 Trailer -- New Beginnings|time=0:21|accessed=March 3, 2016}}</ref> [[Mercury]] became a garden world.<ref name="NewBeginnings" /> Old records indicate cities existed on [[Jupiter]], but some in [[the City]] believe these claims to be only metaphors.<ref>{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/408010-jupiter|title= Jupiter|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:33am AEDT}}</ref> The asteroid belt was discovered to be an untapped treasure trove of wealth, and an asteroid mining boom began.<ref>{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/407010-the-asteroid-belt|title= The Asteroid Belt|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:40am AEDT}}</ref>
   
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===List of Known Technological Advancements===
==Advancements and Technology of The Golden Age==
 
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*[[Colony Ship|Colony Ships]] used to colonize terrestrial planets.{{Cite}}
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*[[Engram]]s, encrypted matter held in a crystalline structure.<ref name="In Good Temper"> {{RefWebsite|website= ishtar-collective.net|url= http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/in-good-temper-2|title= In Good Temper|accessed= 04 March, 2016 3:08am AEDT}}</ref>
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*[[Exo]]s, mysterious humanoid robots shaped in humanity's image.
 
*Fusion-powered directed energy. This technology was later used in the [[City Age]] to power [[Fusion Rifle]]s.<ref>{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/303040-fusion-rifles|title= Fusion Rifles Grimoire|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:06pm AEDT}}</ref>
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*[[Glimmer]], programmable matter that can be transmuted into almost anything.<ref name= Glimmer Grimoire Card>{{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/109010-glimmer|title= Glimmer|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:06am AEDT}}</ref>
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*Helium-3 fusion reactors.<ref>[[Helium Filaments]]</ref>
 
*[[Jumpship]]s, spacecraft capable of initiating a warp displacement field.<ref name="Ghost Fragment Old Russia 3"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/701380-ghost-fragment-old-russia-3|title= Golden Age Old Russia 3|accessed= 03 March 7:33pm AEDT}}</ref>
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*[[Warmind (AI)|Warminds]], AI supercomputers able to connect to defense networks across the Solar System.<ref>[[The Last Array]]</ref>
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*[[Warp Drive]] technology used to allow ships to attain faster-than-light travel.{{Cite}}
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*[[SIVA]]
   
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==Golden Age Culture==
The Golden Age saw many technological advancements created for humanity. The most notable of these where advancements in AI resulting in the [[Warmind]] and the [[Exo]] who both seem to be created for the purpose of War. Advancements in the field of space travel where also common with Humanity having vast fleets of both warp enabled Jet's known as Jumpships and larger cruiser like ships primarily used for colonization. Additionally many other fields of technology would need to have advanced in order to support such a large human population as with a biologically immortal population <ref name= "Human Lifespan Theory"> (A human who appears to have been alive when the Traveler first arrives is present during the collapse) {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/700010-ghost-fragment-human-5|title= Human 5 Grimoire card|accessed 03 March, 2016 1:48pm AEDT}} (Additionally there is a futurist construct known as the Longevity Escape velocity that states that for every year we age it is possible to make advances that extend human life by an additional year. This allows for possible biological immortality and is especially likely due to the lifespan jump to 300 years). {{RefVideo|website= ted.com|url= https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging?language=en|title= TED talk on Longevity Escape Velocity|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:20pm AEDT}} </ref> overpopulation becomes a problem and therefore humanity must evolve technology to support the ever growing population. <ref name= Current Human Life/Death stats> (Although not a completely reliable source this website gives you a pretty good idea of what it would be like if people stopped aging despite the lack of a death by aging stat, it's also likely to assume most diseases would be cured in the Golden Age further dropping the death stat, overall if numbers today for population growth stayed the same this advancement would lead to population growth growing by approx. 77% more) {{RefWebsite|website= Worldometers.info|url= http://www.worldometers.info/|title= Predicted Live stats for the world|accessed= 03 March, 2016 2:42 AEDT}} </ref>
 
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'''List of known advancements during the Golden Age:'''
 
*Fusion Powered Directed Energy technology. This technology was later used in the [[City Age]] to power [[Fusion Rifles]]. <ref name= "Fusion Rifles"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/303040-fusion-rifles|title= Fusion Rifles Grimoire|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:06pm AEDT}} </ref>
 
*[[Warp Drive]] technology used to allow ships to attain Faster Than Light travel, a key component for having an inter-planetary community. <ref name= "NASA statement on Warp Technology"> {{RefWebsite|website= nasa.gov|url= http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html|title= NASA on Warp|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:14pm AEDT}} </ref> <ref name= "Explanation of Warp"> (Google seems to be polluted with crappy pop-culture news stories explaining how NASA says Warp is currently only hypothetical due to this problem Wikipedia was the only website that seemed to actually explain warp, regardless they do a pretty good job at explaining the entire thing the sources are pretty heavy but still seem pretty legit so check them if you want more info) {{RefWebsite|website= wikipedia.org|url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive|title= Explanation of warp technology|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:25pm AEDT}} </ref>
 
*[[Colony Ships]] used to colonize terrestrial planets. The [[Cosmodrome]] in Old Russia is home to a large amount of these ships<ref name= "Cosmodrome"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/609060-exodus-blue|title= Exodus Blue, Cosmodrome|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:48pm AEDT}} </ref>. All the ships seen in the [[Cosmodrome]] appear to be almost identical however it is not known whether or not this is the same model shared by every Colony Ship or just a specific class of colony ship although it seems unlikely that the Russian model is the only one as [[The Reef]] seems to be littered with many different kinds of ships.<ref name= "Reef"> {{RefVideo|website= youtube.com|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvaGSEekb4|title= Bungie Reef Reveal Stream|accessed= 03 March, 2016 3:55pm AEDT}} </ref>
 
*The [[Exo]], a mysterious humanoid robot shaped in humanities image. Large amounts of speculation and mystery lie around the [[Exo]] with every [[Exo]] in the [[City Age]] still unsure about what they are the leading theory is that the [[Exo]] was a War Machine.<ref name= "Exo Grimoire card"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102030-exo|title= Exo Grimoire Card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 4:10pm AEDT}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/102150-ghost-fragment-exo-2|title= Exo 2 Grimoire Card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 8:01pm AEDT}}</ref>
 
*The [[Warmind]], an advanced super-computer that houses an AI construct connected and able to connect to the defense network, why Warminds where needed in the Golden Age is unknown however they played a key role in keeping humanity alive during the collapse with some still operational in the City Age. The most notable [[Warmind]] is [[Rasputin]] who's data center resides in an old Salt-Mine in the [[Cosmodrome]]. The Warminds during the Golden Age seemed to mainly play the role of a COS (Central Operating System) managing the highly complicated human society and even managing other AI, metaphorically keeping the house of cards firmly stuck together with Super-Glue. When [[Rasputin]] detected the [[Darkness]] it appears that he secretly prepared to combat it in order to avoid creating panic.<ref name= "Rasputin Pre-Collapse"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/404040-ghost-fragment-old-russia|title= Rasputin Managing pre-war top secret ops}} {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/701380-ghost-fragment-old-russia-3|title= Golden Age soldiers discus Rasputin unaware Rasputin is preparing for the collapse|accessed 03 March, 2016 6:46pm AEST}} (The next link is pretty lore heavy and requires alot of research but it is basically Rasputin detecting the Darkness) {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/209020-ghost-fragment-darkness|title= Rusputin detects the Darkness|accessed= 03 March, 2016 6:58pm AEDT}}</ref>
 
*[[Jumpship]]s, fighter jet like spacecraft capable of initiating a warp displacement field. Although the jumpships use in the Golden Age is unknown it is likely they where military in nature as commercial interplanetary transport was likely preformed by larger spacecraft capable of acting as public transport. The rare use of Jumpships can also be indicated by the large number of cars still used by people hinting to the fact that personal transport never really moved beyond the car. <ref name= "Ghost Fragment Old Russia 3"> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/701380-ghost-fragment-old-russia-3|title= Golden Age Old Russia 3|accessed= 03 March 7:33pm AEDT}} </ref>
 
*[[Stealth Technology]]. Like the purpose of this technology, the technology itself lies in mystery. What is known is that the technology requires a frequency to operate.<ref name= "Promethean Code"> {{RefVideo|website= youtube.com|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLoUrtmXcCE|title= Promethean Code Mission|accessed= 03 March, 2016 9:48 AEDT}} (Cayde's comment at the end is mostly likely a lie to boost confidence, Bladedancers don't need this frequency to use cloaking tech).</ref> What it most likely does however is give off electromagnetic waves that mirror the surrounding area's light or ripple space-time around the field to reflect sound and light in a distorted way using vibrations at a certain frequency. In fact it would make more sense that both this methods work. [[Bladedancer]]'s manipulating electromagnetic signals around using Arc energy allowing them to mirror their environment with assistance from their ghost doing calculations, however because of the high amount of arc energy required it can't be sustained long-term and the high amount of computing power required means they can't move to much.<ref name= "Bladedancer Stealth"> {{RefVideo|website= youtube.com|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_s4Kxk8OTI|title= Bladedancer Stealth Gameplay|accessed= 03 March, 2016 10:05pm AEDT}} (Third person view at 2:10)</ref> The second option would be near infinite in duration and require a special frequency to work, however an overload would permanently destroy it due to the space-time around it literally crushing the device, there is even evidence of this in the mission "[[Last Rites]]" because as your stealth field breaks down, due to excessive movement or vibrations from shooting you begin to turn red indicating that space-time is collapsing inwards causing the light around it to move away from what your 3rd person view point is. Once that stealth drive breaks down it also cannot be used again as it has just been crushed.<ref name= "Stealth Gameplay last Rites"> {{RefVideo|website= youtube.com|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pDqOMgS0K4|title= Last Rites Stealth Gameplay Video|accessed= 03 March, 2016 8:19pm AEDT}} (At 3:23, 6:11 and 7:33 the field gets destroyed) (The reason why Crota's essence destroyed in short has do with the fact that the Darkness can bend reality and Crota has allot of it, read the Books Of Sorrow for more they are pretty much the best part of Destiny's story). {{RefWebsite|website= destinytracker.com|url= http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow|title= The Books Of Sorrow, Full|accessed 03 March, 2016 9:59pm AEDT}} </ref> <ref name= "The Doppler effect"> (Hard) {{RefWebsite|website= hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu|url= http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/reldop2.html|title= Hyperphysics Doppler|accessed 03 March, 2016 10:12pm AEDT}} (Normal) {{RefWebsite|website= wikipedia.org|url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_Doppler_effect|title= Wikipedia Doppler|accessed= 03 March, 2016 10:14pm AEDT}}</ref> Technology that bends space-time in order to cloak is nigh perfect, the only reason why a [[Guardian]] has an outline is because the light changes space-time and cannot be changed by space-time, you are essentially seeing your own light. <ref name= "The Light"> ( It appears that in the same way as the Darkness cannot be simulated, is free from the bounds of reality and can manipulate reality, light can also do these seemingly impossible things) {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/110012-osiris|title= Osiris Grimoire card|accessed= 03 March, 2016 11:19pm AEDT}}</ref>
 
*[[Engram]]s, are encrypted matter held in a crystal structure, once encrypted the engram then takes the form of whatever it was coded to be, for example you could essentially code a pizza into an engram, encrypt it and then send it to someone who could then decrypt the engram back into the pizza. This technology would have revolutionized physical security and shipping as almost anything could be coded into an engram, encrypted and transported and then decypted by the intended recipient. Clovis Bray is responsible for creating the engram.(Citation needed)
 
*[[Glimmer]]. The greatest currency ever to be made is Glimmer. Glimmer is simply programmable matter which with the right energy and inputs applied to it can be transmuted into almost anything. Glimmer would have revolutionized commerce in The Golden Age allowing for practical currency that naturally avoided inflation because the use of Glimmer removes it from the market keeping it's value stable. Glimmer is an essential component in engrams and is still used in the [[City Age]] as the dominant currency. <ref name= Glimmer Grimoire Card> {{RefWebsite|website= destinydb.com|url= http://www.destinydb.com/grimoire/109010-glimmer|title= Glimmer|accessed= 04 March, 2016 12:06am AEDT}}</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
'''List of likely advancements during the Golden Age:'''
 
 
==Culture of The Golden Age==
 
 
(Article in progress)
 
   
 
==The Collapse==
 
==The Collapse==
 
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At some point during the Golden Age, an ancient enemy of the Traveler called "[[the Darkness]]" arrived and drove The Traveler back to [[Earth]]. The Traveler made its last stand to defend the endangered human race and somehow sacrificed itself to save humanity. The demise of the Traveler effectively signaled the "[[Collapse]]," the end of the Golden Age. The last survivors of the terrible conflict banded together and built a [[The City|City]] immediately beneath where the Traveler hung over the Earth.
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At some point during the Golden Age, an ancient enemy of the Traveler called "[[the Darkness]]" arrived and drove The Traveler back to [[Earth]]. The Traveler made its last stand to defend the endangered human race and somehow sacrificed itself to save humanity.<ref name="Destiny story" /> The demise of the Traveler effectively signaled the "[[Collapse]]," the end of the Golden Age. The last survivors of the terrible conflict banded together and built a [[The City|City]] immediately beneath where the Traveler hung over the Earth.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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The Golden Age refers to the prosperous bygone era in the history of Humanity during which human civilization spread far beyond the confines of Earth and expanded throughout the Solar System.

Origins

Shortly after the present day,[1] Humans observed an object traveling to Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.[2] Each time the object arrived at a planet, the planet underwent drastic climate and environmental changes.[3]

Humanity tracked the object to Mars and began an expedition to communicate with it. Astronauts Mihaylova, Qiao and Jacob Hardy were chosen for the mission and left aboard a ship called Ares One.[2] They arrived on Mars through the turbulence of terraformation. They had a script prepared for communication, but weapons ready in case of a confrontation. The event was broadcast live back to Earth.[3]

Changes of the Golden Age

After initial contact, Humanity began to call the object "The Traveler."[4] The Traveler shared its knowledge and technology with humanity,[1][4] completely overruling laws and truths previously held as universal.[5] An age of relative peace and prosperity ripe with technological innovation began, allowing humanity to triple its lifespan, terraform planets and moons, and expand its civilization beyond Earth and throughout much of the solar system.[1][4]

Numerous human colonies and settlements were established on these newly remade worlds.[6] A research colony was formed on the Moon.[citation needed] Mars and Venus became homes to great cities.[7] Mercury became a garden world.[7] Old records indicate cities existed on Jupiter, but some in the City believe these claims to be only metaphors.[8] The asteroid belt was discovered to be an untapped treasure trove of wealth, and an asteroid mining boom began.[9]

List of Known Technological Advancements

  • Colony Ships used to colonize terrestrial planets.[citation needed]
  • Engrams, encrypted matter held in a crystalline structure.[10]
  • Exos, mysterious humanoid robots shaped in humanity's image.
  • Fusion-powered directed energy. This technology was later used in the City Age to power Fusion Rifles.[11]
  • Glimmer, programmable matter that can be transmuted into almost anything.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
  • Helium-3 fusion reactors.[12]
  • Jumpships, spacecraft capable of initiating a warp displacement field.[13]
  • Warminds, AI supercomputers able to connect to defense networks across the Solar System.[14]
  • Warp Drive technology used to allow ships to attain faster-than-light travel.[citation needed]
  • SIVA

Golden Age Culture

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The Collapse

Main article: Collapse

At some point during the Golden Age, an ancient enemy of the Traveler called "the Darkness" arrived and drove The Traveler back to Earth. The Traveler made its last stand to defend the endangered human race and somehow sacrificed itself to save humanity.[6] The demise of the Traveler effectively signaled the "Collapse," the end of the Golden Age. The last survivors of the terrible conflict banded together and built a City immediately beneath where the Traveler hung over the Earth.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miller, Matt. (11 Dec. 2013) "Jason Jones - The Destiny Interview". Game Informer. Retrieved 30 Dec. 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 destinydb.com "Human 1 Grimoire card". Retrieved 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT.
  3. 3.0 3.1 destinydb.com "Human 2 Grimoire Card". Retrieved 03 March, 2016 1:00am AEDT.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 (17 Feb. 2013) YouTube.comReveal Trailer - Official Destiny ViDoc: Pathways Out of Darkness Retrieved 30 Dec. 2013.
  5. destinydb.com "Golden Age Grimoire Card 1". Retrieved 03 March, 2016.
  6. 6.0 6.1 destinythegame.com "Destiny Story". Retrieved June 09, 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 destinygame (2014) YouTube: Official Destiny E3 Trailer -- New Beginnings 0:21. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  8. destinydb.com "Jupiter". Retrieved 04 March, 2016 12:33am AEDT.
  9. destinydb.com "The Asteroid Belt". Retrieved 04 March, 2016 12:40am AEDT.
  10. ishtar-collective.net "In Good Temper". Retrieved 04 March, 2016 3:08am AEDT.
  11. destinydb.com "Fusion Rifles Grimoire". Retrieved 03 March, 2016 3:06pm AEDT.
  12. Helium Filaments
  13. destinydb.com "Golden Age Old Russia 3". Retrieved 03 March 7:33pm AEDT.
  14. The Last Array