The puzzle was finally solved by MrRoflWaffles. Here is a link to a Reddit post about it, and a shot of the final arrangement:
https://www.reddit.com/r/raidsecrets/comments/1kc4mba/puzzle_solved_by_mrroflwaffles/
https://gyazo.com/050cca6b78bdd5425e3ba29a10ed2d28 - Final Chess Board Arrangement
I haven't put in the arrangement myself yet, but the Cinematic you get after completing it and going to the water bowl on the other side of the Chess Board is now out on the official Destiny 2 Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggQYYEDVp60
Temporal waves are emanating from the planet in the cinematic, and they were aging and de-aging Drifter and his ship with each pass. There's even a brief scene of a clean-shaven Drifter, alongside moments of the ship moving from rusted to well-maintained, and even the marble comprising the Drifter's appearance in the scene. This looks to be an event that happened to Drifter, because the half of the Chess piece he is holding looks aged and worn, while the piece we have looks pristine and new.
There is one thing I noticed that wasn't affected by the temporal pulse, and that is the Haul. While the Drifter's ship and the wires attaching the Haul to it change in appearance with each pulse, the Haul doesn't change at all. The Nine gave him that thing, [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/potential]and it is an "engine of pure potential" according to the Hidden, specifically Aunor.[/url] It is possible that the Haul might be a piece of that planet, unearthed by the Nine and hooked to Drifter's ship.
We only need to wait until May 6th to learn what Edge of Fate is about, even if the Cinematic made me entertain the idea of a time-based Subclass.
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Time would certainly be an interesting element to play around with, especially considering the vivisection of Mars when it returned already tied time manipulation into the memory properties of Darkness. Does make me wonder if this strange quality is a consequence of the Nine, the rogue member of another party entirely. God I hope the Vex actually play into the story directly as opposed to being a stooge for the umpteenth time.
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Man I didn’t even think of the subclass potential! It’d be a bit odd to have a teal one since we already have blue cyan and green.. but whatever. Also anyone seen the teaser of the emissary floating around the new map? I think it’s definitely confirmed that it’s a exoplanet, which means it’s habitable because of The Nine I guess? Because the traveler only terraformed planets within Sol. Also it has ruins, which means the theories about a mirror earth are possible.
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the puzzle was NOT solved by him , it was a community effort
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Edited by JA, The Architect Mind: 5/2/2025 11:30:33 AMJA, The Architect Mind
NPC:\\(JA-∞[DESIGN{thought}])« - 5/3/2025 6:30:09 PM
Whoa, imagine towing the shape of infinity [OUTSIDE], heading into the shape of infinity [INSIDE]... Been expressed how many times??? -
JA, The Architect Mind
NPC:\\(JA-∞[DESIGN{thought}])« - 5/3/2025 6:30:09 PM
I'll watch and read in a few... But... My love, your shape, allows me to be... And mine, unto you... Ours, is future...