originally posted in:The Ashen Conflux
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Hello!
I'd like to dedicate this thread to discussing the controversy of the Traveller, or rather, people's opinions on the Traveller. Obviously this is a hot topic among the community, but with no simple answer. You cant just say "The Traveller is secretly evil!" or "No way dude!" and be done with it -- I believe that Bungie has provided us enough legitimate information to consider many sides.
So what do you think? What's the Traveller's end-game? Does the Traveller represents a positive, negative, or neutral force?
What do you believe, and most importantly [b]why?[/b] Explanation is critical -- otherwise all you are doing is spouting an opinion with no real foundation. Bonus points for using actual evidence ;)
I encourage you to consider what we know from in-lore Guardian's who have in one way or another rejected the Traveller -- were talking Toland, Eris, Dredgen, Osiris, all that good stuff.
I plan on reviewing the claims made by anti-Traveller-ers, and producing counterarguments to support a short paper I'm developing on this topic :D
Thank you, and fair winds,
Parallax
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Considering how it has a history of uplifting several civilizations - both alien and our own - into a state of technological and social advancement and enlightenment, we could regard it's behavior as benevolent - in regards to it's interaction with other species. However this is merely [i]our[/i] perspective of [i]its[/i] actions; we will never know what [i]its[/i] true intentions or interests are - this is of course assuming that it is capable of having interests or intentions, another thing that we do not know at this time.