
Ghost Fragment: Cabal 4 - Fun Grimoire Card, *Story Spoilers (Destiny)
Who would have thought, with all of the great Hive and Vex Grimoire, there could be such a great one from the Cabal?
This card is a record of Cabal run in's with the Guardians, full of details about us from the Cabal's perspective. It is funny and easy to read (unlike many of the Vex/Hive Cards).
Here is an excerpt:
Blind Legion I Cohort/Century 3/Maniple 3
5 Squad [HEAVY INF] TASK:
– defend Psion intelligence ops 071×146
OUTCOME:
– overwhelmed by Guardian fireteam/Vex pressure. few survivors. survivors reported Guardians foraging for equipment, dancing, and performing acrobatics with light vehicles.
So, the Blind Legion I, 5 squads of heavy infantry were tasked with defending Psion Intel ops... The Outcome? They were overwhelmed by 3 Guardians and some Vex. Few survivors. The survivors reported that the Guardians foraged for equipment (loots?), danced, and flipped around on their sparrows. Hilarious.
Another great excerpt, this is sort of a summary of Cabal intel on Guardians:
This is an archetypical engagement. It represents many hundreds of failed operations.
Guardian activity in the Freehold AO has exploded across recent campaign seasons. Tactical attrition exceeds both frictional projections and our ability to regenerate losses. New tactics are necessary.
The primary threat is the Guardians’ individual counter-attrition capability.
Guardians can be rebuilt after even total disintegrative trauma. This capability is provided by a small autonomous drone unit called a Dead Person [trans. unclear]. The Dead Person conceals itself during combat. It is not a viable target for direct fire. Saturation attack by artillery/heavy air/orbital fire may have good effect (although Guardians transmat frequently and refuse to assemble into large formations).
Solitary Dead Persons have been observed in all areas of operation. The relationship between solitary and paired Dead Persons remains unclear.
Psion analysis indicates that specific areas are inimicable to Guardian counter-attritional reconstruction. Phobos Command has initiated an orbital survey. BL I/2 will attack the Vex gate artifact in Meridian Bay to secure possible related intelligence.
Flayer analysis suggests that the Hive have developed unconventional counter-Dead Person capability. The capture of Hive leadership might yield vital strategic intelligence, including weapons or tactics capable of defeating Guardians permanently.
We advance that the Hive fleet group near Saturn presents a strong target.
So the Cabal keep getting beat by Guardians... Why? Our primary threat is our "individual counter-attrition capability" AKA, resurrection via Ghost from death. "Guardians can be rebuilt after even total disintegrative trauma" which is provided by a Ghost (poorly translated by the Cabal as "Dead Person"). The "Dead Person" conceals itself and is not a viable target for direct fire.
The rest is about how the Cabal are trying to find a way to keep us from being revived, and they have heard the Hive have had success here. So part of their desire to be on the Dreadnaught is to figure out how to kill us.
Just thought this card was neat, comical, and gave some fresh Cabal insight. It's good when the Cabal are more interesting...