This will be a short one. I know it’s been awhile, but today I want to discuss the pyramid ships and possibly how the collapse ended, why the traveler was so broken, and how the Darkness seemed to just vanish. So recall if you will the ending of Destiny 2. There is an explosion from the Traveler which is presumably light. It goes out into space and eventually hits an enormous fleet of ships that we all know very well. The pyramids ships react to the light wave and “Activate” and begin their long voyage to the source of the light burst, the Traveler. Let’s assume these ships are in fact the “Darkness” from the collapse. (Safe bet, given the opening cutscene) According to the ghost, these ships shouldn’t exist as they were destroyed by the “Traveler’s sacrifice”. The ending scene disproves the ghost’s claims. Or does it? (Pocket that for later) So we’re left with a question. What [i]did[/i] happen? Well, let’s review some cosmic history. The Darkness has been hounding down the traveler for literal ages. The Darkness caught the Traveler’s scent and chased it throughout the universe. Many civilizations fell. Eventually, the war came to us. When the Darkness eventually arrived and drove us to the edge of extinction, the Traveler lit up and poof, the Darkness was gone. I believe what may have happened is the Traveler pulled an Eris and teleported the darkness as far away as it possibly could. Given the size of that fleet and the distance it was in the last cutscene, it makes sense the Traveler fell into a weird god, coma, death, state, thing…… Anyway, with the distance the Darkness got teleported, along with the traveler’s extremely reduced activity, the Darkness more than likely lost the light’s trail and went dormant ever since. It may have even believed the Traveler was entirely destroyed. Now, the light burst gave the Darkness the light’s scent again. Slowly, it will make its way back to our galaxy, then eventually, our system. ([b]Eventually[/b]. Like, I’m pretty sure the Darkness is further out than the Reapers were in mass effect 2.) Sadly, I don’t really have any grimoire or lore entries to give this major backing, but I still think it may be plausible. Now, get that “Or does it?” out of your pocket, I’m about to use it. There may also be an alternative. The Traveler may have actually destroyed the Darkness that was here. But then how is that fleet still there? The fleet that attacked may have just been half of the true fleet, or even a just small detachment. However, I find this position to be a little less likely because one would assume the detachment fleet would have uploaded the last known location of the Traveler and the True fleet would have been mobilized long before the light burst. So let’s hear what you have to say. Did the Traveler juke the Darkness or did it really (But not really) destroy it? Or do you think something else happened? Hope I got your theory engine going. [quote]Back to master thread: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/205238605[/quote] Cheers :D