Did everyone forget about calus’ daughter? Now that daddy jumped ship she’s free to do whatever and first act of business is to reunite the red legion. And we all saw what a united red legion could do with Gaul’s iron rule but she’s got superiority by birthright!

Cabal: Goofy, Laughable, Boring and cliche ultraviolent faction with super weapons or stupid plans that never work. Yeah they captured the city, but they quickly proved they lose ground as fast as they gain it with Gauls incompitance, or in other words, cheap writing. If Calus was his own race, he would be top teir, but his people suck. Threat Level - Abysmal Fallen: Potential to be best villains, yet are almost always poorly written/presented in game. They currently exist to be slaughtered in universe. Threat Level - Tracking Rounds piss me off Scorn (edgy fallen) - Better than the fallen automatically because their leadership actually helped kill a CHARACTER on screen. Which will never be seen again in Destiny because all the other characters only have character in writing. Otherwise, they probably, smell? And their ground troops are some of the more fearsome in the game overall. But as of now, they're simply irrelevant. Bonus points because their leader didn't just die instantly. Well, he did, but he walked it off. Threat Level - Even Saint-14 would die from Screeb's Hive - Squishy bugs with all the lore. Only above fallen because their gods are chads. Bonus points for building an entire fortress in a year without it being noticed until last second. Threat Level - Splash Damage Vexxx - I literally know nothing of how destructive the vex could be with their epic and balanced time abiltys, evidently neither does bungie because its normally underwhelming outside VOG. There on the level of, they could be a major threat if they actually tried. Maybe they don't have too. Maybe they already won? Nah they suck, and just an extra personal opinion, the lack of little bits of charm from all the enemys (like in halo) kind of sucks, but it sucks more with the vex because they can't have character because they're robots. Threat Level - Lazy Skynet Taken - Most annoying faction, but the have more ground to stand on than most other factions in terms of having the strongest leadership chain in tact, although they are basically under the same banner as the hive, they have proven to be more deadly and effective than their squishy allies. Too bad big daddy Oryx died before he could actually do some damage, also in game, the best reason for Savathun having his taken power is just 'Because', as far as I know. Threat Level - Very Big I Think I cant read, it says lore wise and I completely ignored it and just did a mixture of both. Oh well, this only took five minutes of my time :b TL;DR Cabal? Stinky. Fallen? Eh. Scorn? Better. Hive? Useless. Vex? Lazy. Taken? Spooky. Hotel? ________.

Vex, they have ontological weapons. Your ghost cannot revive you if you are completely removed from time. The Vex don’t just kill you, they kill any proof you ever existed. Everyone forgets you, you are just plucked entirely from existence. The Hive are also scary, they can kill a guardian in such a way to drain their light, making it so they can’t be resurrected. But at least they don’t kill the very idea or memory of you, too.

1 being most dangerous and 5 being weak: 1: Hive because they seem to be able to successful harvest light and twist it into something else for their experiments. They also have many worlds and realms under their control and the ability to twist allies into enemies is also frightening. 2: Vex, time traveling robots, enough said. 3: Fallen, their desperation and connection to both light and dark is of concern. 4: Cabal, straight forward but have strong weapons. 5: Taken, they are puppets and need direction, without it, they are vulnerable.

Hmmmm Hive/taken Vex Cabal Scorn Fallen I'd place Vex higher but our paracausal powers essentially renders them relatively harmless (still a great threat however). Ironically Scorn are actually more of a threat than fallen despite how little we see of them

1. Vex, they are time travelling robots that were from a simulation, now they try to take over places and terraform worlds and pose a threat of which we don't fully understand. (Evil) 2. Hive, the Hive are evil bugs that feed from darkness and grow stronger from consuming things and devouring souls, also they could drain a guardians light. They pose a serious threat to all the aliens. (Evil) 3. Taken, ascendant anomalies taken to serve Oryx, dangerous due to being able to appear almost anywhere and also due to variety, they tie in with the Ascendant Hive. (Evil) 4. Fallen, the Intelligent bugs. At one point they had a golden age as the chosen blessed by the Traveler, of whom fed them ether which makes them grow bigger and stronger. A bunch of pirates and backstabbers who want the Traveler back, some are friendly but don't mistake them for your friends. (Neutral, possible ally) 5. Cabal, the warlords, empire builders that expand their military empire, they aren't your enemies necessarily, Calus is here to help us for some reason, the Cabal probably shouldn't be trusted either, no matter how friendly. (Neutral, possible ally)

1. pyramids 2. vex 3. hive 4. taken 5. Cabal 6. Fallen 7. Scorn

Lore wise if they are at full strength Pyramids Vex Ourselves(In a civil war type case) Taken Hive Cabal Fallen Scorn

Most of the other posters seem to feel the need to put the darkness/pyramids down as the first threat. I'd say that's debatable. In my opinion, the Darkness may not belong on the list at all. If the Darkness wanted us dead, we'd be dead. It could cause a second collapse, and wipe out most life in the system with little effort. While it's possible that it can't do that anymore, that it's initial clash with the Traveler during the Collapse weakened it as well, the disappearance of Titan, Mars, and Io indicate that it's power is still terrifying in its reach and extent. Then there's Savathun to think of, who seems to have come up with ways of subverting or monkeywrenching the darkness' communications and processes, leading us again to question just how powerful the Darkness is. Then there's the Warmind, reduced to a broken toaster in moments by the Darkness' influence. We're getting some conflicting messages about just what the Darkness is and what it can do. It seems that it's goals are different this time around. It wants to bring us (the guardians/lightbearers) over to its side. The question is, if it fails to do so, will it resort to pure destruction? Like the Traveler, it's acting more like a god-force from out of ancient myth, bestowing power upon loyal pawns and using them as cat's-paws rather than acting directly. So while the Darkness is bad news writ large and could be the only real threat to speak of, I'm gonna leave the Darkness off this list entirely and say that threat #1 right now is the Vex. Lore and other bits of information suggest that there are other timelines, entire alternate dimensions, where the Vex basically own the Galaxy and are the only dominant life form, that they have seeded Vex gates into every planet in every solar system, and seem intent on procuring total dominance by machinoforming every bit of matter in existence for their own purposes. They can teleport entire armies across vast distances, and seem to have some mastery over time itself, though are not capable of true time travel. They seem limited only by the amount of energy they are willing to expend in order to achieve a certain goal as figured by whatever passes for cost/benefit analysis in their minds. They're in the Bray facilities. They own Mercury and Nessus, decent chunks of Mars, Io, and Europa, and have recently created a foothold on the Moon. They are the only race to completely dominate any single planetary body, despite attempts by the Fallen and Cabal to establish beachheads on Mercury and Nessus which they use to raid for intel and technology. So, yeah, Vex are the #1 baddies right now. #2 goes to the Hive. Savathun's been fighting smart, Using the Taken to great effect, and has designs for the Darkness that possibly differ from those of the Darkness itself. Savathun's Song could be a means of corruption and control that could subvert the Tower from within. Lore indicates that the Hive themselves have been around for a long, long time, and are responsible for the extinction of numerous other sentient races, indicating that there are a hell of a lot more of them out there, but that they may not be withing striking range of earth, or may be tied up in other conflicts, specifically with the Vex. Even so, the Hive's ability to dig deep and reproduce with alarming speed make them a solid contender for second place. I mean, who the hell knows just how many soldiers the Have has waiting in the depth of the Hellmouth? Third is the Fallen, specifically the House of Salvation. While Eramiskel's defeat will throw them into chaos, they can still do a lot of damage if they get their act together quickly. Eliksni society is a volatile thing, and can go from merely dangerous to existential threat in a heartbeat depending on the whims and strength of its leadership. I'm personally hoping that Mithrax and Variks can get a coalition together that ultimately sides with Humanity, but that's a thing SO much easier said than done.... Fourth is the Cabal. While they are a fierce and militaristic galactic empire, the deposing of Calus and the defeat of Ghaul andf the Red Legion have left the Cabal either broken and leaderless, or in a holding pattern of sorts. Whereas they seem to rely on standard FTL or NLS transport, getting resources from the Cabal home worlds to Earth is probably a major pain, and the reason why the Cabal don't just own the system outright. Perhaps Calus' sister will take the reins of power and cause problems for humanity, but we have no clear word of what she's up to right now. Fifth is the Scorned. With the Barons dead, they seem to do little but raid and pillage in the Reef, and seem to have no greater ambitions than surviving as scavengers and bandits. Though connected intimately to the Darkness through their corrupted ether, there seems to be no indication that the Darkness' return.

In terms of immediate threat: -Pyramids -Hive/Taken -Fallen -Cabal -Vex -Scorn