[quote]We also see a porcine race called the Cabal (think Duke Nukem 3D’s pig cops) guarding a “vast machine intelligence” called Charlemagne within some Martian ruins. Staten describes how a typical mission plays out with these guys: hopping into a space craft with his buddy, he heads to the ruins in daytime, knowing the Cabal will be out in smaller numbers than his last nighttime excursion. “[Suddenly], a Cabal dropship swoops in over the skyscrapers, unloads over our position with rockets, and drops a whole squad of Legionaries, backed up by a Centurion. It’s not looking good, and for a second I wonder if [we’re] even going to live long enough to make it through the front door.” Here’s where Destiny’s shared world shtick comes into play: “But then she shows up out of nowhere. Carving sand on a stolen pike, strafing Cabal with her dual shock cannons. You see, the Dust Palace is one of Destiny’s many public locations where you just cross paths with other Guardians.” The party of three proceed to righteously make pork chops of the Cabal, grab Charlemagne along with some loot (guns), and go their separate ways.[/quote] From the Destiny feature in the PlayStation UK magazine. This is backwards from Marathon and Halo, right? If Charlemagne is this "vast machine intelligence", then what is Joyeuse? Unless Charlemagne is an actual machine? (the Traveler, like you said?) Then how could they just grab it? Ugh, so many questions and no way to get answers.