No, unfortunately that is not it. Trust me, I like the Cabal, Cayde was right, bug on honor but their actions say otherwise. The reason the Cabal smashed a ship into the deadnaught was for entirely different reasons then you think. Cabal reports show that during various encounters with other races, the "Gaurdians" are the ones that prove the most troubling, especially after "re-integration" they observe, pretty much being revived by their ghost is what the cabal are seeing, they find out that we gaurdians are somethimg called, "dead people". Phobos, meanwhile, recieve a report of an unusual occurance by the reef an deploy the Fleet to investigate, leaving the base bare bones security. Phobos is hit. Reports eventually show that the Hive are making pre-emptive attacks and guardians interference is causing more problems. Guardians are observed, "looting bodys", dismantling an repairing equipment on site, "Dancing" and performing "aerobatics" on light vehicles, from one Cabal report. During the events of the Taken King, it was surmised that the Hive were the only race with capable offensive strategies utilized to counter Guardian resurrection. Thus a message fron emperor himself, utilize whatever remaining force you have, attack the Hive Flagship, establish a beachead and compile any and all data you pertaining to Guardians and Hive tactics. --- With all that being said, that was the inital reason for the beachead, the events afterwards is what transpires during the story mode because the Cabal were not familiar with just how trully power Oryx really was. Can you imagine whats going through those cabals heads? Crash lands into a massive hostile dreadnaught, enemjes armed with weapons of arcane an meta physics, a being who can "Take" them and return them as slaves... Those scared Cabal, even inside their own ship, they are constantly fighting to stay alive, Hive in every dark corner, trying to operate under those conditons with a failing command structure and recons teams almost immediatly being butchered upon arrival. How long can the remaining cabal survivors last on the dreadnaught? Maybe a little longer under Vanguard hands?

Loved this theory. No one specifically states why the Cabal are actually there. I mean, the hive's mission is to destroy the traveler because Oryx thinks it kept his people at the bottom of the food chain (see Books of Sorrow, good read). The vault of glass mystery series and other lore tells us somewhat about the fallen golden age being connected to the traveler and how they think it's a great servitor. And the vex do …wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff and play bob the builder. PS: I remember hearing about the the cabal expansion "forge of gods" back before house of wolves and maybe before dark below.

Cabal Raid

Great Theory, what planet are the cabal from any way

The reason that they tried to destroy oryx is to remove the competition. They clearly aren't crusading against the darkness, otherwise a cease fire would be called between the cabal and clearly superior guardians.

I don't think they're on a crusade against the darkness. I think they conquer, expand and survive. Just because they fight the same enemies doesn't mean they're doing anything good. Still I like this idea. Lots of things to think about. Why is it the Cabal can blow up planets but they can't just blow up the dreadnaught? Am I missing something here?

nah they're pretty bad actually. psions are slave soldiers. read the lore.

So what about Oryx having cabal generals?

If the Cabal were actually good, then they should have joined forces with us against Oryx. Hell, even the Vex, the "evil so dark they despise other evil" sided with us for a time against the Taken.

Pretty sure cabal are those bobble headed dudes from the fifth element.

What about when the cabal are fighting hive on the dreadnaught? Instant loss of point #1

The game makes us designated villains. What evil have we done: Possible attacks on civilians in Freehold Almost blowing up the system (but seriously, the Dreadnaught exploding would hardly make a dent in Saturn alone). Everything good about us: Loyalty beyond death. Not even in a North Korea sense, but true, honest loyalty. We [i]hate[/i] the Hive and Vex. We haven't blown up your planet yet. We could, and we haven't. We aren't even related to the Dark. We have small eyes that aren't adapted for nocturnal activities and we carry lanterns to [i]fend off[/i] the darkness. And, according to Cabal 4, you guys are [i]assholes. [/i]

Wow