You begin with a cinematic that is narrated by the Stranger/Ghost/Speaker talking about the deeds of the Guardians in the first game and how they were the pinnacle of what it means to be a guardian. They talk about the lives you save as it pans down the streets of the Last City. For the first time you see the people that you fight to protect from the Darkness and how much better life has been since your guardian was brought into the fold and then goes into some speech about faith in you and how you give them hope etc etc all ending with a scenic view of the Tower.......and it explodes. The *Insert enemy here* somehow breached the Travelers protection and begins to wreak havoc. The invasion of the city begins. Suddenly a you see the Stranger fighting in the streets alongside other Guardians and she begins speaking into her radio again. She starts screaming that they can't do this and that they can't just abandon the city like this. Then she turns to see the civilians and the Guardians fighting beside her and say "I'm Sorry" Suddenly a blinding flash and the traveler disappears. Your guardian was away on a mission and survives. You have to go to Old Boston/Chicago/London Wastes and go to the run down tower/building there and meet up with the surviving guardians who were also away when it happened. You then have to cobble together a resistance amongst yourselves and have to piece together what happened and where the traveler went or was taken. You have to go to the reef and enlist the help of the Awoken in order to have the strength required to push the enemy out of the last city and save what people are left. She informs you that the Vanguards survived the towers destruction and are leading a resistance movement from some nearby the city but they cannot hold out much longer. She also informs you that the speaker is missing as well. She says that she is willing to help......IF you are willing to do some things for her. She relectantly informs you that the Awoken are currently under siege from *Insert Enemy Here* and they don't have the strength to help you and also defend their borders. If you help her get the enemy away from her borders she will help you in your task. You make a mad dash for the city that the resistance is in in order to extract as many as you can along with the vanguards. You tell them what you know and that the Awoken are willing to help them retake the city and find the Traveler if the Guardians first help her defend her own borders. The Vanguards don't trust the Awoken, but they trust your judgement enough to try. They begin calling back all guardians from earth and letting them know that the Reef is a safe haven. The reef then becomes the new "Tower" of Destiny 2 and Crow (The Queens brother) becomes your main mission corespondent and quest giver. All of the amenities of the tower make a return in some form, just a new person doing the giving. You soon discover that the enemies that hold the city are the same that are wreaking havoc on the Awoken and that both being supported from bases centered in the vicinity of *Insert the planets we have not been to yet here* and that you must go and weaken or take down said support in order to gain the required window in order to retake the city. Then when its all over the Guardian resistance and the Awoken retake the Last City. (This could easily be made into a raid.) You triumphed over the darkness and brought the Awoken back into the fold as an unlikely ally despite the suspicions of the Vanguards. Then as you are about see the credits roll you get a scrambled message from the Stranger telling you that there is more work to be done and that she has information on the whereabouts of the Speaker/Traveler and that its imperative that you trust no one especially the Awoken. And on that enigmatic note the main story ends. DLC, PvE and PvP events follow etc etc etc And that is how I would write the Story of Destiny 2. Just my personal preference. Thought I would share. Thoughts?