S1-74
Wolves' Gambit

12:29 PM
03/26/3221

Approaching planet Venus

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The House of Wolves was reportedly attacking a major Vex stronghold on Venus, so City Hawk 723 headed in to investigate. "The House of Wolves is on the march. They're surrounding Vex strongholds across the Ishtar Sink. Every soldier under his command is down there. Skolas has either gone completely insane, or he's become a tactical genius. I love fieldwork, but the hunt must end. Now." Petra transmitted.

"I've been looking through the available blueprints while we were at the Reef, and I've got myself a new buddy waiting for me on Venus."

"A new buddy, huh?"

"Michael, I'm picking up a friendly Titanfall signature on Venus. The drop emissions indicate it was a Northstar-class Titan." Samus reported.

"Let's get down there and take a look."

"Agreed." Mark-18 stated.

Planet Venus - Ishtar Sink
Ishtar Cliffs

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Destiny - Ishtar Sink

Once they landed, a Northstar was seen fighting Vex, and Skolas could be heard roaring in the Eliksni language. "Skolas said 'I am Kell of Kells. All Houses shall burn. All will bow before Wolf banner.'." Variks translated.

Michael took the lead. "We can't let that happen!"

The Vanguard cleared out the area, scanned the area, then turned to look at the Fireteam. Its chassis number was visible. UQ-2153. "[The Vex have been cleared out from this area. City Hawk 723, please advance to your mission. Hayden-10, we must establish a neural link in order to proceed.]"

Hayden-10 ran to the Northstar and jumped into the cockpit as the rest of the Fireteam headed into the next sector and fought off more Vex.

Planet Venus - Ishtar Sink
Waking Ruins

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Destiny - Ishtar Sink

"I'm getting a Fallen comm channel interlaced with Vex coding. Whatever he's doing, I've never seen anything like this before. He's mad!" Petra transmitted.

"You said it yourself. He could also be a tactical genius!" Michael added.

"What's going on over there?" Samus wondered.

"OK. That's not a good sign. The Wolves are assaulting the Vault of Glass. What is Skolas planning?" There was a large door, and the Fallen House of Wolves were pouring into it, destroying the Vex on their way! "They've... they've cracked the seal on the Vault! Get in there, Guardians. We have to stop them!" Once they reached the entrance to the Vault of Glass, multiple Vex Minotaurs appeared and attacked.

Just then, a flurry of rockets came bolting through the air, destroying the Vex. "Are we late to the party?" Hayden-10 had completed the neural link, and was confirmed as acting Pilot of UQ-2153.

"You're just in time, Hayden! C'mon in!" Mark-18 replied.

The Titan flew up to where they were and landed, opening the cockpit to allow Hayden-10 to exit. "[Guard-Mode activated. Scanning for hostiles.]" City Hawk 723 entered the Vault of Glass, and everything around them was drastically different.

Planet Venus - Ishtar Sink
The Trial of Kabr

"This place is giving me the creeps." Michael shivered.

"{I've got a bad feeling about this.}"

The Fireteam proceeded further into the Vault of Glass, encountering no resistance until they reached the next sector.

Planet Venus - Ishtar Sink
Templar's Well
(!) Darkness Zone (!)

"'Skolas has gone crazy' is the good version here. I've seen reports from Prince Uldren's Crows; reports about the technology of the Vault. Really just... awful stuff."

They made their way down to where they had to jump across to another plateau. There were a lot of Fallen from the House of Wolves, and City Hawk 723 had to clear them all out.

"Bad. Very bad. Wolves trying to tap Oracles. Big glowing squares. Guardians, destroy the Oracles. Destroy them fast."

As Samus destroyed a Servitor, a large cube of glowing yellow energy appeared in front of her. Mark-18 immediately came up from behind her and destroyed the cube.

"Oracle has appeared."

Hayden-10 ran out of ammo in his Aegis of the Reef and pulled out his Queenbreakers' Bow to destroy a second yellow cube that appeared to his left.

"An Oracle. Destroy."

Michael had managed to destroy the Oracle as it appeared next to a Fallen Captain, having just triggered his detonator to blow a Satchel Charge. Convenient collateral damage.

The sound of a fourth Oracle appearing was heard, and Jack was the closest one to it. He shot it with the V-47 Flatline and destroyed it.

A fifth one appeared where Sarah was, and it was dealt with by her R-101 Carbine.

"One more Oracle."

Spyglass took it out with his Hemlok BF-R before going back to fighting the Fallen.

"Variks, good work. Guardians, even better! Clear out the rest of those Wolves and we'll talk." A large group of Fallen appeared, but they were in for the last surprise of their lives.

"NO MORE FALLEN!" Michael sent out a Nova Bomb, emancipating the Fallen and securing the area.

Planet Venus - Ishtar Sink
Templar's Well

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"So Skolas wanted to use the Oracles as taps into the Vex network. This isn't just a hunt. A Fallen House with Vex technology is a threat to the whole system. " Petra transmitted.

"Things simple now, yes? We find Skolas, we put an end to Kell of Kells. Or Wolves put an end to us." Variks added.

"Skolas will not escape." Spyglass proclaimed.

Uniform-Quebec Two-One-Five-Three (UQ-2153)

Titan
Northstar - Prime

Titan kit
Assault Chip

Northstar kit
Piercing Shot

Titanfall kit
Dome Shield

Titan Camo
Dark Screen

Nose Art
Eye in the Sky

Weapon Camo
Dark Screen

Titan execution
Bird of Prey

Titan Light infusion

{[UQ-2153]}

Plasma Railgun - Void
Cluster Missile - Void
VTOL Hover - N/A
Tether Trap - Solar
Flight Core - Solar

Spyglass is right. Skolas can no longer run. This is it.

See you next time, Guardians.