Sloane: Guardian. We’ve been on the back foot trying to keep the anchors from forming. It’s time to seize the initiative. We can’t disable them, but we can stop their eversion pulse. That’ll buy some time. See you on the Dreadnaught.
THE MAUSOLEUM, DREADNAUGHT, RINGS OF SATURN
The Guardian arrives on the Dreadnaught
Sloane: Guardian. Make your way to the Halls of Souls and decouple the Eversion Anchors. I’ll meet you there. We’ll put a stop to this. Don’t rile up the Taken. It’s important we keep the element of surprise.
THE HALLS OF SOULS, DREADNAUGHT, RINGS OF SATURN
The Guardian defeats the Dire Taken around the weapon conduit and approaches Sloane.
Sloane: Guardian. You have what you need. Hive systems are disgusting, but effective. The Dreadnaught’s power is immense, but we can break its hold over its own weapons and turn it against itself. Disconnecting the Eversion Anchors will stop them from dragging us all into the Ascendant Plane. Show the Taken who’s in control.
The Guardian hacks the second Hive biosystem.
Echo of Navigation: You trespass on my throne.
Sloane: No…
The Guardian hacks the third Hive biosystem.
It can’t be… A familial, regal voice bellows from the Hall of Souls. Chills run down the Guardian's spine. The voice... It can't be.
Echo of Navigation: I am the Taken King. The First Navigator. I rise from the Deep.
Sloane: An Echo! Linked to the memory of Oryx?
The Guardian approaches the Echo. The Voice of Xivu appears.
Xivu Arath: BROTHER! KING! MY NAVIGATOR! YOU RETURN TO US!
Echo of Navigation: Xivu Arath. What has become of our war?
Xivu Arath: YOU WERE SLAIN BY A WARRIOR OF THE SKY. THEY STAND BEFORE YOU!
Echo of Navigation: I, slain?
Savathûn arrives.
Savathûn: Sadly yes, elder brother. You’re just the memory of a dead god. The sword you always wanted to become.
Echo of Navigation: I only just mantled myself by the death of Akka. Carved my throne from the worm’s corpse.
Xivu Arath: YOUR FORM SHALL REVIVE UPON THE DEATH OF YOUR KILLER. YOUR THRONE WILL BE RESTORED.
Echo of Navigation: If I am destroyed, then I deserve my extinction. My heir, my killer. Step forward.
Savathûn: Stop acting like children, the both of you. We are finally free to create new paths for ourselves.
Xivu Arath: NO! I WILL NOT LET YOU ABANDON US AGAIN!
The two Hive sisters leave. The Resonant Knife, First of the Reshaped, arrives to claim the Echo.
Sloane: This… this isn’t possible! We need to regroup. Get out of there!
Corrupted eyes appear and the Guardian is afflicted with Suffocating Terror. They flee.
Objective: Escape! The sibling gods of the Hive quibble over the Guardian's life. They escape to their ship before their jaws close in.
Xivu Arath: ORYX, I WILL AVENGE YOU.
Echo of Navigation: Sharpen their knives, that their lie may become my logic’s truth!
Sloane: Go!
THE TRENCHWAY, DREADNAUGHT, RINGS OF SATURN
The Guardian succeeds in escaping to their ship.