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The Rider
3:47 PM
03/11/3273
The Tangled Shore
Spider's Safehouse
Music
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City Hawk 723 reported back, filling in the Spider on their recent... complication. "Oh, you really showed them, didn't you? Piece of advice, eh? Know your enemy before you 'deal' with them. Reksis Vahn, the Hangman. A silent sadist. Used to dock the arms of Dregs with his bare hands. Kaniks, the Mad Bomber, emphasis on 'mad'. Demolitions expert with an irritating way about him. The Trickster, Araskes. A liar and a schemer. Friendly advice: Trust nothing she touches. Hiraks, the Mindbender, has a rep for manipulation. Has a morbid obsession with the Hive. Yaviks, AKA the Rider. The leader of a bombastic gang of Pike-riding heathens. They sow chaos everywhere they ride. The Rifleman, Pirrha. The only Fallen alive who could make the shot that mortalized Cayde-6. Elykris, the Machinist, the scourge of Solis Descent. This one sits atop a trove of tech and heavy armaments stolen from me! The Fanatic himself, Fikrul. The leader of the Barons, and the first of the Scorn. His dark magic has no place on my Shore. No place. Last, and most certainly least, Uldren Sov. Traitor to his people, and the man who pulled the trigger. He may be in the wind, but his Barons are ripe for the picking. Divide. Conquer. Isolate Uldren. He'll wind up at your feet, and all you have to do is pull the trigger."
"Spyglass, you getting this?"
"Every word, Michael."
"So, even the great 'heroes of the Red War' have limits. Eight Barons and an Awoken prince... and only ten of you. I so dislike betting on the underdog... but you are resourceful... and you do have the Queenless Queen's Wrath in your corner. Ah, you've talked me into it. Our agreement will stand for however long your IMC sees fit. Pursue your vengeance. When the Shore is a bit less crowded, we will speak again of favors." The Spider stated, sitting back in his chair.
With that, Michael went over to see Petra. "Cayde's killers are still out there, but the hunt is not over. You take down the Barons. Thin the herd. As for Uldren... Did you see that Awoken spire when you landed here?"
"Yes, ma'am." Michael confirmed.
"It's called the Watchtower. I shouldn't be telling you this, but... my people's greatest secrets lie beyond that spire. There's no other reason Uldren would come to the Tangled Shore. Sooner or later, he will go to the Watchtower. We must stop him before that happens. Good hunting."
The Tangled Shore
Thieves' Landing
Music
Destiny 2 - Tangled Shore
After leaving the Spider's hidden bunker, City Hawk 723 discovered an underground chamber filled with Pikes. "{This garage belongs to one of Uldren's Barons: Yaviks, the Rider. Take the Rider's Pike for a spin. We won't have to find her, she'll find us.}"
Michael hopped onboard one of the Pikes in the garage, finding it confusingly different from any other Pike.
"{Hmm. It's biometrically calibrated. Let me run some diagnostics. I can tune it.}" Michael tapped the boost drive only once, yet it kept on bursting, on and off and on again. "{These Pikes have some unusual mods. Almost there. Bear with me.}" Seeing a few House of Dusk Fallen nearby, Michael engaged the weapon systems, ending up with an uncoordinated spew of Void projectiles, but Pikes normally fire Arc. The projectile spread soon stabilized, blasting away a whole group of Fallen. "{All set. Let's ride. Petra's files say Cayde caught the Rider the first time by beating her in a race. There's Prison of Elders security footage of her swearing revenge on him, and... well... you know the rest.}"
Michael, along with the rest of his team, rode their Pikes to a new sector.
The Tangled Shore
The Cobble
"Michael, what say you, me, Samus, and Spyglass head to Mars and get ourselves some Guardian equipment?" Dane suggested.
"Let's focus on why we're here."
Dane could feel the hatred for Uldren and the Scorn Barons radiating off of Michael. "Yeesh..."
The Tangled Shore
Soriks's Cut
"{These Pikes have a very distinctive exhaust signature, and right now it's all over my scanner. The Rider's gang is nearby.}" Rocco reported.
Encountering a Pike-riding Scorn, Michael blasted it with the Charge Rifle while still riding his own. "{They're talking to the Rider on a secure frequency. We can triangulate her location with a little more data.}"
Michael watched as Dane hit another Pike rider in the face with his EVA-8 Auto, killing it as Rocco acquired the data. Hayden-10 jumped high into the air off his own Pike before unleashing the Blade Barrage, killing two more Pike riders.
"{We're on her. Let's go.}"
Over the comms, Spyglass could be heard. "I have received the Rider's location. Stand by for Titanfall. Chassis number: VF-2968." A Titan drop capsule fell into the next sector of the Tangled Shore.
"VF-2968? That's... That's Sid!"
"I remember my Titans, Tanner."
The Tangled Shore
The Boil
"{We're close.}"
Having to leave their Pikes back in Sorik's Cut, the Fireteam spotted another Pike blasting off.
SCANNING...
NEW ENTRIES
1: The Rider
Music
Destiny 2 - The Rider
"{There she is.}"
"[Auto-Titan engaging hostile infantry. Enemy forces, lay down your arms! You will not be asked again!]" Sid was gunning down Scorn after Scorn, eradicating them with XOTBR-16 Chaingun 1.6in slugs. The Rider was getting away, but Michael slid under Sid's large metal legs, then pushed himself off the Ogre's hand into the open cockpit. "[Control transferring to Pilot.]"
For an Ogre-class Titan, Sid had the capacity to keep up with the Rider, allowing Michael to keep up the firing pace, maintaining a steadily accelerating stream of lead hurdling straight at the Rider's Pike.
The Pike the Rider was on eventually exploded, blowing the Rider into the acidic yellow liquid that stained the sector. Luckily for Sid, his energy shields were protecting him from the acid perfectly.
Michael stepped forward and brought his Titan's left arm up, then slammed it down on his target.
Michael [Titan Punch] The Rider (Scorn)
"[Target destroyed.]"
"{The Rider's racing days are over. Guess Cayde's record is safe.}"
"One down, seven to go, then Uldren."
Titans against Barons.
The Hangman is next, but we won't be able to fit a Titan down there.
See you next time.