Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Friday, September 23, 2016, 13:01 (2982 days ago) @ Harmanimus

However, I do have one caveat I would place: I don't think adequate information is provided that Rasputin is a threat or being actively malicious. We don't get any information other than that Rasputin's defenses were brought to bear trying to keep the Iron Lords out of the SIVA replicator. Whether he was trying to protect SIVA for himself (I don't personally feel this way) or to protect humanity from the Iron Lords opening the regional Pandora's Box (I think this is more likely given his general actions in the past) is not made clear. What is made clear is that he does not work to stop our Guardian from entering and doing the work we do.

Yes, what the heck is going on w/ Rasputin? I haven't read any of the "Rise" grimoire, just heard the few phrases uttered by Saladin. Those lines were confusing to me, but this clarifies them to me.

So here's my question, what the heck are all of these little drones flying all over the place? Are they Rasputin scouting around to see what's going on? They don't look SIVA, they don't look like fallen tech, if anything they look like human tech.