The moon is filled with the dead... (Destiny)

by Durandal, Saturday, July 26, 2014, 16:17 (3773 days ago)

I've been poking around the moon between losses in the Iron matches. (Bungie, please give some rep even for a loss, it's killing me that no matter how well I do I can't get a win at all)

There are dead astronauts all over. In nooks and crannies. Some trapped by falling debris, others with shattered faceplates. It makes the fall of the moon seem much more recent, more visceral. The imagery on the moon is far better then the cosmodrome. The shattered space station over head, the dead, the occasional comet or satellite streaking by all give it an unreal atmosphere. If you look closely you can see Mars.

Overall it brings up more questions. Did humans use the lunar accelerators as weapons? Why would you do so if you had FTL ships? The armor of the astronauts, the vehicles and the space station seem very modern day as opposed to a golden age sci-fy world. Everything looks like it could have been built today. Did the Traveler's arrival make the Moon a backwater in favor of Mars and Venus?