I was listening to Husky Raids "Downtown Parody" last night, and one line got me: "...and where the heck's the Awoken Queen? The answer dawned on me at that moment: The Awoken Queen (TAQ for short) is really the Stranger too! Now hear me out before the nerd rage/arguing starts: The queen closes her eyes just before the blast hits, she's strong, but she can't tank a hit like. Meanwhile, on Venus, the vex have foreseen that a cataclysmic event will eventually come up that only the Awoken, with TAQ at the helm, could have thwarted, so they reach out with time f%#*ery and fling her to the near-ish future. She is flung forward through time, but still took some of the blast,and when she arrives she is so battered that the Guardians of that time put her Light and consciousness in an Exo body. When she wakes (LOL Awoken waking up) she is told what the heck's going on and is sent back in time Terminator style to prevent/stop some of the events leading to the "Cataclysm." I can't prove this or anything, but it kinda fit to me. The Stranger's "No time to explain why I have no time to explain" line makes more sense when you realize it'd be a pain explaining EVERYTHING when you haven't even MET TAQ yet. "I'm an Awoken Badass that can blow up starships with my Light, got sent to the future to not die, pretty much died anyway, was turned Exo, and sent back to stop a bigger bad than the big bad that killed me in the first place.. Oh, and you'll meet me in like the VERY next mission by the way!" That would confuse the best of us. It ALSO explains why in one of the TTK grimoire cards TAQ's brother says he sensed her after he crashed, but it felt muffled... That's because he's sensing his sister per se', but his sister, The Stranger. These events also lend to why the Stranger's Rifle has parts in it that haven't been invented yet. She gave it to you so your Ghost would send the data up the line and it would be invented in time to fight the Cataclysm, very chicken egg. Hope this theory is fun for you guys! Happy New Year!