having read the cards *Spoilers* (Destiny)

by Durandal, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 14:58 (3148 days ago) @ Ragashingo

Ragashingo,

The link is in the way the dead worm speaks to the proto hive, "reality is the finest flesh", "oh vengeance mine" and so on. These phrases are the same as the akahambra quotes on your various gear.

As to Rasputin's Traveler contingency plan, I think it would be deployed at the outset of the engagement, in case the traveler attempted to flee upon the first indication that the darkness is coming, not as a last bid effort to stave off a tactical retreat.

Think of it like the Battle of Rourke's Drift. The Zulu (darkness) have destroyed the major columns of the British army and various groups are in retreat. The Sol system is the station, with the humans being unable to depart. If the captain (Rasputin) could have convinced the Natal Calvary (Traveler) to stay it would improve his forces chances of survival, but the cavalry knew it could out run the Zulu.

But what if the Captain could stop the horses? Then the Natal would have to stay and fight.