This may very well end up being a representation of Destiny's equivalent of Mass Effect's galaxy map-- a not-to-scale representation of humanity's home solar system, with major Destinations here visible: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. Bungie's current development efforts apparently center around small teams organized around different Destinations.

I've often thought that the space combat gameplay that Bungie put into Reach would be used again somewhere down the road.

Apparently, players in Destiny will have access to personal spaceships that they will use to explore the solar system.

The title of the ViDoc has at least two potential meanings.

The first is a reference to Bungie's first 3D shooter title, Pathways Into Darkness, in which the protagonist descends into an ancient pyramid to attempt to neutralize a sleeping god with a nuclear weapon-- hence, a pathway into darkness.

Bungie's Technical Director, Chris Butcher, opens the first Destiny ViDoc.

"That moment, where we decided that the right thing for us was to do something big and commit the entire company to it... it's a big deal."