A while back I took a look at the Bridge of Chains. Mostly I was looking at the huge cylindrical objects, but others noted the strange floating rectangular platforms:

Well, they've reappeared in the New Beginnings trailer:

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Were any of these ships seen in the Alpha? If so I'd love to hear more about them. :) I kinda get the feeling I'm late to the ship recognition party here... not being able to play... but I think linking them back to the concept art is new at least...

Anyway, what excites me about this is once again we're seeing concept art become in game content. Sure, that's kinda its job, but the level at which Destiny concepts have become Destiny reality is astounding, even more so when the real things keep looking even better than the concept arts. At this point I would be completely unsurprised to see the Bridge of Chains in game. And that's awesome.

Were any of these ships seen in the Alpha? If so I'd love to hear more about them. :) I kinda get the feeling I'm late to the ship recognition party here... not being able to play... but I think linking them back to the concept art is new at least...

Yeah, there was one you could see in the sky in the Earth Crucible map, also in explore mode that ship drops off a ridiculous amount of Hive in a public event.

Were any of these ships seen in the Alpha? If so I'd love to hear more about them. :) I kinda get the feeling I'm late to the ship recognition party here... not being able to play... but I think linking them back to the concept art is new at least...

Yeah, there was one you could see in the sky in the Earth Crucible map, also in explore mode that ship drops off a ridiculous amount of Hive in a public event.

So... are these objects supported by chains the equivalent of Hive drop pods, then?

~m

So... are these objects supported by chains the equivalent of Hive drop pods, then?

~m

It kind of seems that way. It also seems like the Hive may be something other than just a race of humanoid beings as you see small versions of the pods pretty much all over the place, often surrounded by a black fungus. At the beginning of the starting mission in the Alpha you actually see one before you even see a Hive.

Were any of these ships seen in the Alpha? If so I'd love to hear more about them. :) I kinda get the feeling I'm late to the ship recognition party here... not being able to play... but I think linking them back to the concept art is new at least...

Yeah, there was one you could see in the sky in the Earth Crucible map, also in explore mode that ship drops off a ridiculous amount of Hive in a public event.

These were the things I mentioned in one of my war stories:
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... I turn at 50 or so degrees above my eyeline, though a dark ink in the sky a ship with a design a Borg would find relevant bricks its way through like a sliding platform. Its cargo is let loose, and forth the hive seeks my light like some rabid dog to flesh. ...

...I’m mere seconds away from my prize, my clip is low, and my light recharging. My fists and motion therein are all that sate my life in action, yet in the middle of this fight from the inky blackness implying a swift death comes again in the form of a ship, a platform for destruction. I literally have a bad feeling about this, the fight should be winding down – I’m so close. They show no quarter. What this ship contains implies my end. What must be several high rank Hallowed Knights and THREE… yes THREE Hive Wizards descend upon me like flack cannons upon the lone airplane...

The only time I ever saw them in the alpha was when I was in a public event to "Protect the Warsaw", at this point here.

The only time I ever saw them in the alpha was when I was in a public event to "Protect the Warsaw", at this point here.

I'm only jumping in because this is the second or third time I've seen that written as 'Warsaw'. It's Warsat'.

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I mean, I wouldn't expect "Old Russia" to be that close to Poland. :p

I'm only jumping in because this is the second or third time I've seen that written as 'Warsaw'. It's Warsat'.

Short for war satellite, probably.

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