What does it mean to be "Locked out of time" (Destiny)

by Durandal, Sunday, April 12, 2015, 20:34 (3319 days ago) @ RaichuKFM

Personally, I like the idea of a single timeline limited by the Novikov self-consistency conjecture. That is, you can't go back in time and do something that would prevent your future self from going back in time. The series of actions needed to create a paradox are in fact impossible. I think the Gargoyles series used this, to hilarious effect in one episode where they go back to WW2 to rescue somebody from the past.

If that were the case, then the Vault becomes ever so more threatening. It is a machine that seems to allow the Vex to violate the conjecture via Atheon's will, which makes it all the more confusing why they haven't already assimilated the entire solar system.