Season of the Splicer, Week 5

The Endless Night continues to bear down on the Last City and its denizens. Much like in-game, Mike and Kit take some time to reflect on the fallout of last week's events.

Things discussed: path of the splicer V quest, beneath the endless night VI - understanding, Boots of the Assembler lore tab, FWC, Lakshmi-2, The Matrix (1999), Cerebro, Ikora Rey, Saint-14, beneath the endless night IV - conspirators, Mithrax, The Accolade weblore, children in the Destiny universe, Mike's Hunter saga and character creation, the Beyond Light intro cinematic, Saint's character development, separating Saint's myth from reality, Mithrax's continued naivete, the neoliberal Vanguard, Mithrax and Ikora's joint announcement, the City's justice system, the Consensus, beneath the endless night V - sabotage, Be Brave, speculation on the potential of Eliksni Guardians, Hawthorne, Mike's episode 8 called shot re: Mithrax, Mithrax end of Override dialogue, end of the expunge: tartarus mission dialogue, Achilles weaves a cocoon book's absence from discussion so far explanation, the proper noun review, Tartarus, Supergiant's Hades, Bungie's approach to Classical mythology references, the Riiswalker shotgun, the Eliksni language, Kit crosses the 1,000 hour mark in Destiny 2, Mike's leftist media criticism notes to self, Mithrax and Kojima

Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by Parliament

Outro Music: Under Pressure by The Blood Brothers

Cover Art by Jez Winters @jez_winters

Podcast Name by Michael Moldovan

Email us: [email protected]

Mike's contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.com

Kit's contact info: @kit_boyote

References:

Cerebro

Be Brave from the Destiny 2 OST

D1 Be Brave emblem

example of Zavala saying "Be Brave" in context

Beyond Light intro cinematic

The Saint finds use for Eliksni? Hmm. These are dark days indeed.

End of Expunge: Tartarus mission dialogue

Kojima addresses the critics of Quiet's character design

Bob l'éponge