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At the Guardian's tower it was more quiet then normal. Aside from the Vanguard and the workers it was mostly quiet due to the fact most of the Guardians where out dealing with a rumoured incoming Hive and Fallen incursion. Only a few Guardians stayed in the tower to defend the city. The hanger was the only place where any major activity was happening. Thanks to the Hive Dreadnought appearing there was plenty of damaged ships trying to prevent Hive ships from getting any further.

With Amanda out there was only a skeleton crew made up of Frames and night workers. The foreman on duty was Darius, a shipwright an Apprentice of Amanda herself. A ship came in battered and bruised with some armour palates missing. It docked in the hanger allowing the Guardian to disembark from it. This Guardian had white and black armour and from the looks of it, it was pretty new. The Guardian took off their helmet showing to be a she, and a Titan at that. Darius came up to the Guardian and looked at the ship with the Titan.

“Took a bit of a fight did ya?” he asked.

“Yep, managed to rout a few hive Tomb ships back to Saturn. Anything new happen?” she asked.

“No not really other then the Speaker is spooked about something.”

“Well he's always spooked about something. I'm going for a drink.” she said walking away while waving.

Darius just smile as he looked at the damage of the ship. It would take quite a few plates on it and Arc welding for hours to get the ship space worthy again. Looking down at the data pad he typed in a few keys in and put the ship on for emergency maintenance. The Titan looked over to her ship and blew a kiss for it before she continued walking. Once Darius finished typing in he walked over to a few crates nearby and looked over them. Unknown to him a shadow cam from the ship that just docked. But just then an alarm sounded.

“ALERT, ALERT INCOMING A FALLING WARSAT HAS BEEN DETECTED HEADDING FOR THE TOWER ALL PERSONEL BRASE YOURSELF'S.” the megaphones said.

Civilians and Guardians grabbed the nearest solid thing they could get hold of as a boom sounded. A fireball in the sky fell towards them and slammed into the tower and into a lightly populated area of the city.

“SHIT!” an Exo warlock said as he let go of the railing he was on and looked out at the damage.

Plenty of Guardian's and Civilians followed suit and looked out off the plaza to where the Warsat landed. Just then the tower began to shake. Gently at first but then the sound of screeching metal, several of the villain's then began to panic.

“THE WARSAT MUST HAVE DONE STRUCTRAL DAMAGE WE HAVE TO LEAVE!” one of the workers said.

With that everyone including the vanguard and vendors and the speaker ran toward the hanger. A few of the Guardians stayed behind to get people into the hanger and onto ships. Police dropships had already got the word and came up to get the civilians off. The police dropship's where rounded at the front and sides with a rectangular shape and two tilt-jet's on the wings. The middle opened up allowing the workers to get on. Each ship could only hold about 30 before taking off. With one ship all another dropship came in and picked up the next load.

The second load of people was getting on as the tower began to tilt slightly. While this was happening the Speaker was in the tower north trying to grab what he could. After all the place could be rebuild but some things couldn't, records where one of those things and he needed as many as he could. As he picked up what he could a loud bang sounded and the Speaker fell forwards with a hole in his head. His ghost didn't even have the chance to revive him as it fell to the floor dead. In the hanger the last civilian got onto the police the ship waited for the Speaker but there was no sign of him.

“Where is he?” Cayde asked.

“Dunno!” yelled an Exo warlock.

“We cannot stay I'm taking off NOW!” yelled the police pilot.

“Wait!” Ikora yelled but the pilot took no notice as the doors closed and the ship took off.

As the ship flew into the city limits those who where unloaded watched as the top of the tower fell into the tower loading area crushing vehicles and supply. It landed with a boom and a thud, the people watching just stared in shock as their headquarters for the passed few years was gone in a moment. Once the shock was gone several of the Guardians moved up to the Warsat and began to Transmat the sat back into space.

While this was going on a Awoken Warlock and Human Titan where rummaging with police and other Guardians to find valuables. The warlock was a light blue skinned female with shining red hair, the Titan next to her had brown hair and a black striped mark down his right eye.

“Gezz this place is a mess.” the warlock said.

“Tell me about it Maya.” the titan said looking around. “Used to know a guy who I sued to know did Architecture, this can be repaired with little trouble.”

“Why in the hell did Rasputin do this?” Maya asked.

“I got a nagging feeling that this wasn't Rasputin's doing.”

As the two moved through the scrap from the former tower. They moved through what used to be the outfitters, when a body clad in white came into sight. Outside the Vanguard leaders had gotten a communication console up, they needed to tell the Guardians what happened. But that was Cayde's and Ikora's job while Commander Zavala was on the comms with the Reef about temporary housing for the Guardians off world while the tower was repaired.

“Attention all Guardians this is Cayde of the Vanguard, a Warsat has crashed into the tower causing the top half of the structure to fall. The tower is down for at least two weeks as far a we can tell.” he said keeping an eye on Zavala who was currently talking to Petra, but after a few moments his thumb went up. “But the Awoken in the Reef have agreed to be a base of operations for Guardians until the tower is fixed. More news will come as soon as we get it.” with that me placed the message on repeat and on high encrypted channels. “Well with that done, has anyone seen the Speaker?” he asked looking around.

“Here.” said a males voice.

Everyone turned to face a Titan who came out of the Wreckage with the Speaker in his arms. At first people where joyous to see him but then noticed the lack of movement and the wound in his head.

“The Speaker is dead, but what's more he was murdered.” the Titan said.

Everyone from the police to the faction leaders to the rest of the Guardians just stood in silence. The de-facto leader of the city was killed in their own tower.

Description
At the Guardian's tower it was more quiet then normal. Aside from the Vanguard and the workers it was mostly quiet due to the fact most of the Guardians where out dealing with a rumoured incoming Hive and Fallen incursion. Only a few Guardians stayed in the tower to defend the city. The hanger was the only place where any major activity was happening. Thanks to the Hive Dreadnought appearing there was plenty of damaged ships trying to prevent Hive ships from getting any further.

With Amanda out there was only a skeleton crew made up of Frames and night workers. The foreman on duty was Darius, a shipwright an Apprentice of Amanda herself. A ship came in battered and bruised with some armour palates missing. It docked in the hanger allowing the Guardian to disembark from it. This Guardian had white and black armour and from the looks of it, it was pretty new. The Guardian took off their helmet showing to be a she, and a Titan at that. Darius came up to the Guardian and looked at the ship with the Titan.

“Took a bit of a fight did ya?” he asked.

“Yep, managed to rout a few hive Tomb ships back to Saturn. Anything new happen?” she asked.

“No not really other then the Speaker is spooked about something.”

“Well he's always spooked about something. I'm going for a drink.” she said walking away while waving.

Darius just smile as he looked at the damage of the ship. It would take quite a few plates on it and Arc welding for hours to get the ship space worthy again. Looking down at the data pad he typed in a few keys in and put the ship on for emergency maintenance. The Titan looked over to her ship and blew a kiss for it before she continued walking. Once Darius finished typing in he walked over to a few crates nearby and looked over them. Unknown to him a shadow cam from the ship that just docked. But just then an alarm sounded.

“ALERT, ALERT INCOMING A FALLING WARSAT HAS BEEN DETECTED HEADDING FOR THE TOWER ALL PERSONEL BRASE YOURSELF'S.” the megaphones said.

Civilians and Guardians grabbed the nearest solid thing they could get hold of as a boom sounded. A fireball in the sky fell towards them and slammed into the tower and into a lightly populated area of the city.

“SHIT!” an Exo warlock said as he let go of the railing he was on and looked out at the damage.

Plenty of Guardian's and Civilians followed suit and looked out off the plaza to where the Warsat landed. Just then the tower began to shake. Gently at first but then the sound of screeching metal, several of the villain's then began to panic.

“THE WARSAT MUST HAVE DONE STRUCTRAL DAMAGE WE HAVE TO LEAVE!” one of the workers said.

With that everyone including the vanguard and vendors and the speaker ran toward the hanger. A few of the Guardians stayed behind to get people into the hanger and onto ships. Police dropships had already got the word and came up to get the civilians off. The police dropship's where rounded at the front and sides with a rectangular shape and two tilt-jet's on the wings. The middle opened up allowing the workers to get on. Each ship could only hold about 30 before taking off. With one ship all another dropship came in and picked up the next load.

The second load of people was getting on as the tower began to tilt slightly. While this was happening the Speaker was in the tower north trying to grab what he could. After all the place could be rebuild but some things couldn't, records where one of those things and he needed as many as he could. As he picked up what he could a loud bang sounded and the Speaker fell forwards with a hole in his head. His ghost didn't even have the chance to revive him as it fell to the floor dead. In the hanger the last civilian got onto the police the ship waited for the Speaker but there was no sign of him.

“Where is he?” Cayde asked.

“Dunno!” yelled an Exo warlock.

“We cannot stay I'm taking off NOW!” yelled the police pilot.

“Wait!” Ikora yelled but the pilot took no notice as the doors closed and the ship took off.

As the ship flew into the city limits those who where unloaded watched as the top of the tower fell into the tower loading area crushing vehicles and supply. It landed with a boom and a thud, the people watching just stared in shock as their headquarters for the passed few years was gone in a moment. Once the shock was gone several of the Guardians moved up to the Warsat and began to Transmat the sat back into space.

While this was going on a Awoken Warlock and Human Titan where rummaging with police and other Guardians to find valuables. The warlock was a light blue skinned female with shining red hair, the Titan next to her had brown hair and a black striped mark down his right eye.

“Gezz this place is a mess.” the warlock said.

“Tell me about it Maya.” the titan said looking around. “Used to know a guy who I sued to know did Architecture, this can be repaired with little trouble.”

“Why in the hell did Rasputin do this?” Maya asked.

“I got a nagging feeling that this wasn't Rasputin's doing.”

As the two moved through the scrap from the former tower. They moved through what used to be the outfitters, when a body clad in white came into sight. Outside the Vanguard leaders had gotten a communication console up, they needed to tell the Guardians what happened. But that was Cayde's and Ikora's job while Commander Zavala was on the comms with the Reef about temporary housing for the Guardians off world while the tower was repaired.

“Attention all Guardians this is Cayde of the Vanguard, a Warsat has crashed into the tower causing the top half of the structure to fall. The tower is down for at least two weeks as far a we can tell.” he said keeping an eye on Zavala who was currently talking to Petra, but after a few moments his thumb went up. “But the Awoken in the Reef have agreed to be a base of operations for Guardians until the tower is fixed. More news will come as soon as we get it.” with that me placed the message on repeat and on high encrypted channels. “Well with that done, has anyone seen the Speaker?” he asked looking around.

“Here.” said a males voice.

Everyone turned to face a Titan who came out of the Wreckage with the Speaker in his arms. At first people where joyous to see him but then noticed the lack of movement and the wound in his head.

“The Speaker is dead, but what's more he was murdered.” the Titan said.

Everyone from the police to the faction leaders to the rest of the Guardians just stood in silence. The de-facto leader of the city was killed in their own tower.