At the beginning of our journey to become legend we follow in the footsteps of a brave Guardian that blazed the trail ahead. With the work he accomplished, we started down the path to reclaiming our moon, and healing the Traveler. This Guardian died during his trek, but not in vain. We used the intel he and his ghost gathered, and now look at what we've accomplished. We've stopped Phogoth, held off an invasion of Earth, and even defeated Crota! And it is all thanks to an unnamed Guardian that gave his life for the betterment of humanity.
You may ask, "Where can I pay my respects to this Guardian?" Well, the answer is startling. He remains in the dirt on the moon. No mission has been mounted to retrieve his body. No plans are in order to build a memorial in his honor. Instead, we step over (or even ON) him each time a Faction sends us on a bounty through the moon, or whenever we need to get 20 double kills with a fusion rifle.
To be honest, every time I step through this area I look down at this Guardian. Maybe it's because I'm in the military, maybe it's because I'm overly empathetic--even when it comes to video games, movies, or books. The thing is, it actually REALLY bothers me to see him there in the dirt.
Bungie, I'm not currently logged in to Destiny. Please use my ghost, and any of my multiple drop ships to retrieve this Guardian and bring him home. I realize the importance of remembering our past, so I think it would be best to leave something in place on the moon to show that was where our journey truly began. With us thoroughly eradicating the Hive right now, I think a team of engineers can be safely sent to the surface of the moon to build something small at the entrance to the Temple of Crota to show where he fell. Also, there should be something back at the tower to show respect to this Guardian. We should all know his name.
Edit: It's great to see people still commenting on this after so long. Couple of different viewpoints on this. Some people are like me and invest themselves in a story and character. Others, when logging on to play Destiny, are just looking for a way to pass the time. I love both; it's why gaming is so great!
I get a lot of people saying he was a scrub that died to thralls, so I'll respond to that.
First, it's not how he died, but how he lived! Second, the Speaker surely didn't tell him anything he needed to know to prepare for the mission. And if his Ghost was as dumb as ours is, it probably tripped an alarm and alerted the enemy to his whereabouts. All of our Guardians have had a death via thrall. We are just lucky our Ghost wasn't stolen before it could revive us.
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The greatest hero in all of Destiny... and everyone thinks he ment to assault the hive. He did something better, he sealed it.
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Come to think of it, that's really fvcking depressing
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Some assume it's Vell from Eris's fireteam.
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They put the cryptarch thing in the original loot cave. They can hive him a grave at least.
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You're my hero. I don't think it's wrong to get overly sympathetic towards something like this. I agree completely.
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Edited by Sovereign: 12/18/2014 10:26:06 PMThey should cause the only respect he got was a a lot of tea bags
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Lol at people like you
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I remember when one of my fireteam teabagged him, however great words, bungie should to something for him, even if it is only a video game that guardian have a meaning for a lot of people, so we should pay respect to him
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noob couldn't handle some level 8 hive lmao
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I've thought about this tbh. What's more us that his ghost died as well and was separated and killed even. They even took the light from him. I highly doubt Bungie cares though.
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I was thinking the same exact thing. Why is he still there? Is this how the speaker and traveller see the warriors fighting to restore their power? The tower would look awesome with monuments of fallen guardians
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Who else just teabagged that guardian the first time they played that mission?
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Count me in. Any recovery mission they throw our way, I would proudly die to honor his sacrifice (as long as somebody would do me a solid and revive me...)
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🎶Bumpity bump bump, Bumpity bump bump look at frosty go!...🎶
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I agree. It actually bothers me as well to see him on the ground every time I pass by. Why would we just leave him there? This guardian needs a memorial on the moon and in the tower. We should all show our respects to him. Please bungie put this guardian to rest. He deserves that much at least.
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His name was Robert Paulson
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I want to bring my brother back to the city to bury him
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He died farming trawl for his 20 fusion rifle double kill bounty. #NoRespect
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Edited by Heliax Prime: 12/19/2014 4:03:14 AMWe actually were tracing the steps of Eris and her team while doing that mission. I think it's safe to assume that was the first guardian to die when they were raiding Crota. So whoever was a Titan on her fire team we can probably track his name down. It saddened me as well to see him lying there. I wanted to put him in a cryo tube in my ship and put him in the north tower in the speakers room as a monument
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This is a prime example of how much potential Destiny had.. Ya'll have no idea how crushed I feel thinking of all the things Bungie didn't do. So many things they could do, all worth the money they ask for. Incorporate your story and some other grimmor cards as cut scenes before/ during/ after every other mission and this dlc could of been a "you're not even near to tasting the cake" to everyone. Bungie is so behind. Man. >_<
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#SaveMcKyle2014
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His name is Mckyle