I know the speculation years ago put the Last City in the Phillipines, or maybe somewhere else in Asia... but in the latest dialogue from Amanda (re Cryptarch's quest), she sends us to the EDZ... and says "Head back across the pond, and..."

Possible confirmation that the Last City is in North America?

I know the speculation years ago put the Last City in the Phillipines, or maybe somewhere else in Asia... but in the latest dialogue from Amanda (re Cryptarch's quest), she sends us to the EDZ... and says "Head back across the pond, and..."

Possible confirmation that the Last City is in North America?

Well, what places in the americas could have mountains like we see?

I assumed the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia (the country, not the state). They look similar, they are close to southern Russia, so close to the Cosmodrome, and the pond you cross to the EDZ would be the Black Sea.

I know the speculation years ago put the Last City in the Phillipines, or maybe somewhere else in Asia... but in the latest dialogue from Amanda (re Cryptarch's quest), she sends us to the EDZ... and says "Head back across the pond, and..."

Possible confirmation that the Last City is in North America?

Well, what places in the americas could have mountains like we see?

Appalachia Or the Rockies would be the most obvious, but keep in mind the Fauna as well. Remember the Destiny 2 Intro where we are walking away from the Besieged City?

The trees here in this intro look to me to be (I googled it) either White Birch or Quaking Aspen. And I'll leave it at that as that's all the time I have to put into this at the moment.

I assumed the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia (the country, not the state). They look similar, they are close to southern Russia, so close to the Cosmodrome, and the pond you cross to the EDZ would be the Black Sea.

"Across the pond" is GENERALLY an expression that is used to reference the Atlantic Ocean... but sure, it could mean the Black Sea, I guess.

Yeah, I'm aware of that, which is what you are basing your theory on. I'm just saying the Caucasus Mountains make sense geographically. If the Traveler had pieces fly off, it would make more sense for them to be on that side of the globe rather than pieces in Europe while it is in Colorado. Plus the signs around the tower were English, Russian, and Chinese, correct? That seems more likely for that region.

It’s literally the last city. I’m not sure the languages used on the signage there is a strong indicator of location, as presumably almost all of the human population lives there.

"Across the pond" is GENERALLY an expression that is used to reference the Atlantic Ocean... but sure, it could mean the Black Sea, I guess.

But would "across the pond" be expected to remain a colloquialism hundreds-to-thousands of years in the future? That's a hard question for any SF writer to answer. In all likelihood anyone in the Destiny universe would not be speaking a current form of English, and would not be using current expressions. Destiny's dialogue doesn't attempt to address this - I don't blame them, because it's a hard task a little outside the scope of the game.

All language in media that is not of the current time has the “Red Book of Westmarch Effect” and that make it easier to process everything directly.

Could the "pond" be the Mediterranean? The Atlas mountain range is on the northern part of Africa, in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=142145

I think the best indication we got was in Rise of Iron when Fallen SIVA-ed guns in the Cosmodrome were somehow threatening the Last City. But... those being sci-fi-ed guns upgraded with nano-tech... we really have no idea how they worked or what their range was or even how much they needed to be aimed.

Isn't there another across the pod reference early on? Maybe when Hawthorne picks you up and tosses you a shotgun after clamber doesn't work?

As always, I'm for the Puerto Princesa theory... but only because the art several years ago all matched up. I don't think we've really seen that map in quite a while...

https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=142145

I somehow missed that last year (or, more likely, read it and immediately forgot it).