Destiny, Episode XXIV: The Exclusion Zone
Previous Episode: Episode XXIII, A Debt Next Episode: Coming Soon Meridian Bay, Mars Day 057 The Red Planet had long been a warzone. It was appropriate that it was named after the ancient god of war, for such a deity must have reveled in the endless conflict that had raged since the Collapse. The Guardians were not the only ones fighting to reclaim the world; there were the Vex, of course, defending the Gate to the Black Garden as well as whatever plans they had for the world. But there was another player, one strong enough to give the Vanguard pause, and one that the Paladins had studied intensely before setting out for Mars in the hopes that they would avoid the mistakes they had made walking blind onto Venus and Luna. They were called the Cabal, and they ruled Mars with a fist made of iron. No one knew where exactly they came from, other than that they had arrived after the Collapse to pick from the bones of humanity. They were the vanguard of a vast stellar