disagree with the premise. (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, December 21, 2018, 13:40 (2233 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Petra was essentially acting warden of the prison of elders. Uldren was one of her charges. He escaped and killed a bunch of innocents. It was way past a courtroom at that point.

Questionable for our guardian? Yep. (And I still think Petra pulled the trigger) Questionable for Petra? Not really, she had plenty of justification that he was guilty. And expectations that he would continue to kill.

I’m sorry maybe I am misremembering, but wasn’t he under the influence of Riven the whole time?

No. Riven was able to nudge him in a direction, but she did not control him or command him. She used his own tendencies and neediness against him to tragic, civilization murdering effect. But it was mostly Uldren and his tendencies spun out of control after the "death" of his sister.

Cody, there are several distinct stories tens of thousands of words long that came as a part of Forsaken. These things are explained. Dislike that they aren't part of a cutscene or in-mission dialog all you want, but most if not all of your questions have answers. Most of the motivations are more complex and interesting than is revealed in a simple play through of the game. It's kinda up to you to remain ignorant of the motivations or to seek out the stories.

If you actually want to know what happened, go here and read all the pages in each of the Book: categories. Then you won't have to "misremember" any more. There's some great storytelling and tension and heartbreak and betrayal there.

Frankly, whether you wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold.

In the end, linking and referring to your own post about dramatic clarity is not going to help you understand the whole story of what happened in Forsaken. Instead of asking questions, go read the lore for yourself or watch some lore videos where people put in several hours of effort to break it down for you.