Facts and Puzzling things about Destiny's lore... (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 13:34 (3446 days ago) @ Durandal

If Rasputin went all HAL on them I would assume we would see some corpses a la the Red Queen from the Resident Evil series. They had to be there some time post collapse to test the fallen weaponry. So where did they go?

We know from the new grimoire that Rasputin himself attacked the traveler, to disable it and force it to create ghosts and guardians to defend the darkness. It was going to do exactly what it did with the fallen and run away, but Rasputin shot it down forcing it to fight for its life. That's why we see damage on the underside.

The question is whether he did that to save humanity, or just himself. Judging by your observations, it seems like it was just self preservation, and he only cares about humans insofar as they can protect him.