Hey guys I'm sorry for being out of commission for so long with my stories and stuff but life has really been a bitch lately. So to get back into the swing of things I've made this knew story to honor both the coming of Destiny 2 and Mass Effect Andromeda! Hope you all enjoy it!

The Dreadnaught

"Damn these guys are more aggressive than usual! Ghost what's the status on our backup!?" exclaimed the Hunter as he shot down another Hive acolyte with his rifle.

This Hunter had been exploring the Dreadnaught for a while now since it had been a few months since Oryx's defeat. Without the Taken King controlling his forces they had fallen into disarray and had become easy picking's for the other Guardian's of the Tower to come and finish off at their leisure. Hell even the Cabal thought twice about attacking a Guardian on the Dreadnaught!

The Hunter's name was in fact Hunter weirdly enough as he, unlike most of his comrades could in fact remember his past even after his resurrection nearly four centuries ago. Still he was decorated as the best Hunter since Cayde-6 himself and rumor was that soon enough he would take the old Exo's place one day. If he accepted the offer that is which he would never do. He's seen the shit Cayde deals with on a daily basis and has no intention of ending up like him.

Among the Guardian's of the Tower Hunter was by far the most explorative of them all. It was due to his curiosity and natural lust for adventure that had in fact lead to him discovering many things thought lost to time for humanity. He had become sort of a role model for new Hunter class Guardian's.

Right now though none of his given titles were going to help him. Ever since he had set foot on the Dreadnaught he had been under constant attack from Hive and Taken alike. They seemed to be protecting something but for the life of him Hunter could not figure out what it was. After destroying the head of a Hive Knight with his Jade Rabbit rifle his Ghost appeared beside him clad in its stylized blood red shell.

"Sorry Hunter but no Guardians are currently able to assist. It seems the Hive has launched a massive surprise attack across nearly every location and Guardian's are having pretty much the same problem we are. Also the Tower has detected some very high energy readings coming from the Dreadnaught and wants us to investigate as it may be the reason for the Hive's sudden aggressiveness and we are the only ones currently on the Dreadnaught." said the Ghost getting a groan of annoyance from his Guardian.

"Can't those guys ever give any good news? Well we better get a move on partner before we get too bogged down here to even make an attempt to investigate." said Hunter as he ducked behind cover. Hunter had a slightly more muscular build than most Hunter's but not so much so that he wasn't just as fast or agile. Standing six feet even the Hunter was donned in an unfamiliar set of armor by standard Guardian's. His armor was mostly black with red tribal marking here and there but it also looked like a mismatch of different armor types as well. His arms were clad in what was reminiscent to Fallen Captain's armor while his leg's and chest were donned in what looked like Vex tech due to the pulsing white core on the chest vaguely reminiscent to the machines energy fluid, the only standard part of the Hunter's attire was the helmet which was the Graviton Forfeit and finally he had his Cloak of Oblivion flapping behind him. A simple mental command later and Hunter's form vanished as he activated his cloaking ability made only better by the Fallen cloaking tech he personally had ingrained into it, while making his way towards the energy source.

"Well that isn't something you see everyday." muttered Hunter from his concealed position behind a pillar.

After making his way through the Dreadnaught with direction's from his Ghost Hunter soon found himself in what happened to be the ship's engine room where a massive glowing structure which happened to be the core of the ship was pulsing rapidly with ethereal green energy. Guarding the energy source however were three Hive Knight's only their armor was filled with cracks that were glowing with the same intensity as the core itself.

It was plain to see that bastards were simply guard dogs but even so Hunter would have to deal with them if he ever hoped to find out what was going on with the Dreadnaught's engine core.

"Alright partner lets make an entrance." said Hunter as his Ghost went into his inventory in order to give his partner the weapon he knew he would want.

In a flash of light in place of the Jade Rabbit Hunter had been carrying previously was one of the most destructive weapons the Tower had in its possession. With a mostly silver colored exterior on the front around the barrel was an ebony colored lions head in mid roar. This was the Gjallarhorn and it was perfect for this situation.

Stepping out from behind his cover Hunter took aim at the center knight and with a smirk hidden by his helmet fired. The weapon lived up to its reputation as with a roar the rocket was sent forth from the weapons barrel towards its target. The knight's didn't even have time to perceive the threat before it struck and with a blast of solar energy the first knight was erased from existence before the secondary effect of the Gjallarhorn made itself known as over a dozen miny warheads broke of and converged on the remaining two taking another knight down while leaving the last one with charred armor and missing an arm.

Seeing one of his targets still alive Hunter quickly dismissed the Gjallarhorn and drew his weapon from it's holster on his thigh. Taking careful aim the Ace of Spades cried out as the round was fired. The high caliber rounds and kinetic damage did their job as the knights head was erased from existence while the rest of it's form crumbled to dust.

Taking a quick look around for anymore possible Hive or Taken Hunter holstered his hand cannon and walked over to the nearby terminal for the core

"Those knights were stronger than the usual rabble. Usually one shot from the Gjallarhorn would be enough to take out at least five of them. Any way's let's get a move on partner, tell me what we've got here." said Hunter as his Ghost was summoned and started to interact with the terminal.

Just a few seconds later the spawn of the Traveler recoiled from the terminal and looked at the surprised Guardian with worry and disbelief shining in its lone eye.

"We've got a serious problem Guardian! It seems like Oryx was a sore loser. This core was set in the event of his death to gather energy until it exploded making the entire Dreadnaught one giant bomb. According to these readings it's nearly finished and when it is the explosion will be large enough to wipe out the entire solar system!" informed the Ghost making Hunter curse under his breath at the fallen King. They should have known that the bastard wouldn't have gone down without some kind of contingency plan in place should he fall.

"Alert the Tower of our situation and see if you can stop it!" ordered Hunter as the Ghost immediately set to work on his task as the Guardian could only watch in worried silence.

Almost immediately Hunter's comms went off as he was being contacted by the Tower. Opening the channel Hunter was immediately greeted by the voice of his mentor Cayde-6.

"Hunter are you there!? We've just got the report from your Ghost on the situation with the Dreadnaught and need to know what we need to do to stop this!" said Cayde in for once a very nervous tone completely opposite of his usual demeanor which made Hunter himself even more worried if that was all possible.

"Cayde I already have my Ghost trying to stop the Dreadnaught from lighting up so all we can do now is hope." said Hunter as his Ghost finally turned to look at him.

"I'm sorry Hunter but the build up of power is too great to stop at this point. The only thing I can do is divert the power to another system that won't trigger an explosion which happens to be the ships dimensional warp technology-" said Ghost only to be interrupted by his Guardian.

"Well set the bitch on a timer and lets get out of here before we get taken on a ride! The Hive's dimensional portal crap is something I don't want to be a part of just yet." said Hunter only getting a solemn look from his Ghost.

"I'm sorry Guardian but that's not gonna work. With all this power there won't be enough time for us to make it to the ship and this deep into the Dreadnaught teleporting isn't an option. Either we go with the ship or the whole system goes up in an explosion." said the Ghost sadly as he stared at the swirling face of Hunter's helm who was silent.

"...did you hear that Cayde?" asked Hunter hollowly.

"Yeah I did and so did everyone else. Maybe we can find another way, how much time do we have?" said Cayde trying to sound hopeful without much luck.

"You know time is something we don't have Cayde. Either I go or everything we've been protecting all this time does. I need to do this." said Hunter with determination. He knew the risk when he became a Guardian and he wasn't going to back out now when he was needed the most.

"...alright Hunter. And just so you know Ikora and Zavala are saying some mushy stuff about it being a real pleasure having you as one of us. That being said... I don't disagree with them. Only now I'm more pissed that you can't take my place now so I don't have to deal with them anymore." said Cayde with his usual demeanor only with less of his usual sarcasm.

"That was never gonna happen asshole. I love my freedom too much to give it up that easily. And tell those two it was a pleasure for me as well... that goes for you two you narcissistic ass. See you on the other side. This is Guardian Hunter signing off." said Hunter as he ended the comm's and turned towards his Ghost.

"You know I can set this one my own, you can still make it out of here and find a new partner right?" said Hunter and at his words his Ghost looked like it wanted to slap him right then and there.

"When we met I told you that we were in this together Hunter. Your the only partner for me and I'll be damned to the Darkness before I turn my back on you. So like it or not we are in this together." said the Ghost making Hunter smile under his helmet. At least wherever they ended up they would have each-other to help get through it.

"Thanks partner. Now lets get this show on the road!" said Hunter as his Ghost set in the commands for the ship.

A few moment's later the Guardian felt the giant ship begin to move as his Ghost hovered alongside him. The core began to pulse with power and the two saw the world begin to distort around them. On the outside the giant ship could be seen entering a giant portal until the ship had fully entered and the portal closed. With that the Dreadnaught of Oryx left the Sol system along with one of the greatest Guardian's of the Tower both never to return to the system or even this dimension.

Hope this was a good intro for you. Review and/or PM me, Nicranger out!