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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene (Destiny)

by Robot Chickens, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 14:38 (2444 days ago)

I decided to try my hand at getting clearer versions of the symbols/structure of the planets in the opening cutscene of D1. Here is the image of Earth I'm referring to:

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Here's my take with an image of Earthcourtesy of NASA:

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Anyhow, has there been any speculation as to the meaning of the symbols that appear here? There are 10 of them and 2 of them appear in one segment. Eh. I just thought it looked cool...

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene, the nine?

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, March 08, 2018, 15:28 (2444 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

I decided to try my hand at getting clearer versions of the symbols/structure of the planets in the opening cutscene of D1. Here is the image of Earth I'm referring to:

Here's my take with an image of Earthcourtesy of NASA:

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Anyhow, has there been any speculation as to the meaning of the symbols that appear here? There are 10 of them and 2 of them appear in one segment. Eh. I just thought it looked cool...

My 1st thought is "the nine" as those 10 symbols are divided into nine... sections.

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene, the nine?

by Robot Chickens, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 15:55 (2444 days ago) @ dogcow

Interesting. I'm sadly not well versed on the nine. I'll have to read up on them.

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Almost all symbols also appear with Traveler

by Robot Chickens, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 15:54 (2444 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

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Notably missing is the tricorn.

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene

by MacAddictXIV @, Seattle WA, Friday, March 09, 2018, 08:40 (2443 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

Anyhow, has there been any speculation as to the meaning of the symbols that appear here? There are 10 of them and 2 of them appear in one segment. Eh. I just thought it looked cool...

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Is it just me or do the top two symbols look very Fallen-esk?

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene

by Robot Chickens, Friday, March 09, 2018, 10:01 (2443 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

I thought that too although I couldn’t find them in the other Fallen Alphabet pieces. That doesn’t mean they aren’t fallen though. It makes me wonder if they might represent other species the traveler has uplifted.

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Friday, March 09, 2018, 10:02 (2443 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

Anyhow, has there been any speculation as to the meaning of the symbols that appear here? There are 10 of them and 2 of them appear in one segment. Eh. I just thought it looked cool...

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Is it just me or do the top two symbols look very Fallen-esk?

Yes, and the two that share a section remind me of star trek ships.

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Earth Symbols in Opening Cutscene

by MacAddictXIV @, Seattle WA, Friday, March 09, 2018, 10:48 (2443 days ago) @ dogcow

Yes, and the two that share a section remind me of star trek ships.

Yeah, the bottom one is definitely the Enterprise, but the top one is the green lantern, duh.

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Also Gen2 Pokemons

by ZackDark @, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, March 09, 2018, 12:53 (2443 days ago) @ dogcow

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Ooo. You've got me curious now too!

by Dame117 @, Missouri, Friday, March 09, 2018, 13:47 (2443 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

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Amazing work! Thanks for cleaning these up!

by Pyromancy @, discovering fire every week, Friday, March 09, 2018, 16:05 (2443 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

Amazing work! Thanks for cleaning these up!

The last time I recall these symbols coming up here was during Destiny 1 Age of Triumph

I think these symbols really came to the surface significantly around The Taken King?

Its unclear if they have been discussed much other places? They are difficult to search for at this point without a name or a meaning behind them.

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Amazing work! Thanks for cleaning these up!

by Robot Chickens, Saturday, March 10, 2018, 09:30 (2442 days ago) @ Pyromancy

Amazing work! Thanks for cleaning these up!

The last time I recall these symbols coming up here was during Destiny 1 Age of Triumph

I think these symbols really came to the surface significantly around The Taken King?

Oh that’s interesting! It makes me think they may actually have some meaning that lasted. One of my thoughts was that someone created them with intent but the meaning was lost as the story was rewritten and they survived because they looked cool. Their first placement in later art looks very intentional.

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Mars: Another Log on the fire

by Robot Chickens, Monday, March 12, 2018, 19:26 (2440 days ago) @ Robot Chickens
edited by Robot Chickens, Monday, March 12, 2018, 19:38

These symbols also appear in the Mars image of the cut scene. I'm wondering if there's any significance in the 4 shared ones?

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Also, there's some text in this one.

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Any guesses as to what they might mean?

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Mars: Another Log on the fire

by MacAddictXIV @, Seattle WA, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 06:51 (2438 days ago) @ Robot Chickens

These symbols also appear in the Mars image of the cut scene. I'm wondering if there's any significance in the 4 shared ones?

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Also, there's some text in this one.

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Any guesses as to what they might mean?

I wonder if those symbols are names for the places the Traveler has visited? Or at least planets/locations. It would explain why there were two names in the same section/slot because those could be two planets in the same solar system or something.

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