▁or ▁loss , ▁while ▁Gl ory ▁points ▁are ▁earned ▁by ▁wins ▁but ▁reduced ▁by ▁losses . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Several ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁Cur se ▁of ▁Os ir is , ▁the ▁Guardian ▁sets ▁out ▁for ▁Mars , ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁where ▁Human ity ▁encountered ▁the ▁Tra vel er , ▁purs uing ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Leg ion ▁as ▁they ▁sc aven ge ▁across ▁the ▁Sol ar ▁System ▁in ▁their ▁retre at . ▁As ▁the ▁Guardian ' s ▁ship ▁arriv es , ▁orb ital ▁weapon ▁platforms ▁known ▁as ▁Wars ats ▁begin ▁falling ▁out ▁of ▁orbit ▁and ▁sm ash ing ▁into ▁the ▁surface . ▁The ▁Guardian ▁receives ▁a ▁dist ress ▁call ▁on ▁the ▁V angu ard ' s ▁private ▁comm ▁channel ▁from ▁a ▁Hunter ▁named ▁Ana ▁B ray , ▁warning ▁that ▁the ▁H ive ▁have ▁broken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁southern ▁polar ▁ice c aps ▁and ▁attack ing ▁the ▁Clo vis ▁B ray ▁Research ▁Fac ility ▁at ▁Hell as ▁Bas in . ▁The ▁Guardian ▁goes ▁to ▁the ▁surface ▁to ▁assist ▁B ray , ▁who ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁central ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁W arm ind ▁Ras put in , ▁which ▁controlled ▁the ▁Wars ats , ▁is ▁inside ▁the ▁facility , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁Ras put in ▁in ▁the ▁Cos mod rome ▁on ▁Earth ▁( as ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁Dest iny ) ▁were ▁fragments ▁of ▁his ▁person ality ▁left ▁behind ▁following ▁the ▁Col lapse . ▁Rel uct ant ▁to ▁involve ▁the ▁V angu ard ▁due ▁to ▁its