Gatecrasher

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Gatecrasher
Game:	New Light
Player(s):	1-3
Location:	Ishtar Sink, Venus
Objective(s):	Draw out a Gate Lord and secure its permissions to access the Nexus

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Gatecrasher is the third mission of Chapter 3 of the New Light campaign.

Objectives[edit]

Lure out a Gate Lord
- Request an audience with a Gate Lord.
Head for the Gate
- Reach the Endless Steps to confront a Gate Lord.
Bypass the Defenses
- Dismantle the Vex defenses barring your path to the Vex Gate.
Ascend the Steps
- Reach the Gate and eliminate the remaining defenders protecting it.
Slay the Gate Lord
- Destroy Maldron, Gate Lord.
Navigate the Vex Network
- Maldron has drawn you into the Vex Network. Find and fight your way out.
Slay the Gate Lord
- Confront Maldron once more and destroy it.
Escape!
- The Gate is collapsing after Maldron's defeat! Flee before it collapses the Network pocket within!

Transcript[edit]

Mission Begins

Alana Reyn - First things first, we must use our newfound permissions to gain an audience with our Gate Lord friend. Find an active Conflux and we'll be in business.
Ghost - Got it. I've got a lock on a signature by the Citadel. Let's go, Guardian.

The Guardian navigates towards the Citadel, bypassing the Ember Caves

Ghost - I'm pulling up a file on Gate Lords now, since we're taking one on. 3 stories tall. Highly advanced models. Protect the realms the Vex keep locked out of- time?
Alana Reyn: Yup. If something like that doesn't give us permission to enter the Nexus, then I don't know what else will.
Ghost - That's... not what I'm most concerned about.

The Guardian enters the Citadel and approaches the Conflux tucked away in the corner of the area

Ghost - There it is!
Alana Reyn - Alright, find the Gate Lord in the network and stir it. Thataway, it will be in a position to expect your presence. Which ordinarily would be the last thing we would want, but that's the only way we're drawing it out.

The Guardian approaches the Conflux and deploys the Ghost to scan it

Ghost - Whoa. And you have the hard job? Got it. Looks like we have an audience in the Endless Steps.
Alana Reyn - Excellent! Happy hunting, Guardian!

The Guardian heads for the Endless Steps and approaches Campus 9

Alana Reyn - So, fair warning. That alert to the Gate Lord will also have all the Vex in it's subtype alert for any possible intruders for the meeting. You're probably going to have to shut down some gates.
Ghost - Of course.
Alana Reyn - What? Did you think the Vex would make it that easy?
Ghost - No, I suppose not.

As the Guardian enters Campus 9, they are allowed to rally and approach a Gate, which shortly activates, summoning Vex reinforcements

Ghost - The Gates are waking!
Alana Reyn - I'm detecting various energy spikes around the area. The Vex are locking down the Endless Steps!
Ghost - Those gates are resonating the same signature as those barriers. Smash them, Guardian.

The Guardian destroys the gates and their reinforcements

Ghost - The barrier fizzled out! They share the same frequencies. Destroy the gates, and we can bypass the lockdown! Let's go!

The Guardian progresses through Campus 9 and disables the scattered Vex Gate, one by one. The Guardian reaches the more open area of Campus 9.

Alana Reyn - I'm picking up a lot of tethered signatures ahead.
Ghost - Then we got a lot of gates to smash. Their funeral. Let's get 'em!

The Guardian destroys all the scattered Vex gates and disables the last barrier, dropping the Darkness Zone. The Guardian continues through the path and enters the Endless Steps.

Ghost - There it is. That's where we are to meet our new Gate Lord friend.
Alana Reyn - Well, let's not keep it waiting.

The Guardian progresses through, eliminating the Vex responses and finally reaching the Sync Plate.

Ghost - Looks like we need to call it forth here.

The Guardian rallies and stands on the Sync Plate until its full charge, activating the Vex Gate and a Darkness Zone.

Ghost - Here we go...
Alana Reyn - Good luck, Guardian.

Maldron, Gate Lord appears in the portal and fully assembles before landing on the ground. The Guardian battles the Gate Lord and its reinforcements until it loses two-thirds of its health. The Guardian is trapped in a detainment bubble.

Ghost - [grunt of pain] W-What is happening?
Alana Reyn - Guardian? Ghost? What's going on over there?

Maldron raises its hand and the screen fades to white as the Guardian and Ghost are teleported elsewhere

Alana Reyn - Guar-!

The comms are reduced to static as the Guardian and Ghost now find themselves within the Vex Network and out of the detainment sphere, and Darkness Zone

Ghost - Are you alright? Where are we?

The Guardian progresses further and overlooks the vast network and a perilous platforming section before them

Ghost - Is this- We're inside the Vex Network! The Gate Lord must have brought us here to ensure it fights us alone. Be careful Guardian.

The Guardian carefully navigates the platforming section, eliminating Harpy units attempting to blast them in the process. The Guardian reaches larger platforms and eliminates the Vex around there. They progress further and further.

Alana Reyn - [Static]
Ghost - Alana!? Lost it again, but it is getting stronger. I think we're getting closer to an exit.

The Guardian progresses further, navigating ledge after ledge, occupied platform after occupied platform until they reach an overlook, above a circular arena, containing a pit of Radiolaria and a circular gate in the back, walled off by Vex mesh. The Guardian rallies and descends down the lift, seeing a gate activating in the back.

Ghost - There's our way out! Looks like the Gate Lord is here to challenge us again! Time to finish it off.

Maldron runs forth and enters the pool. It ascends into the air similar to that of the Sanctified Mind as a pillar of Radiolaria engulfs it.

Ghost - Wait, what is it-

After a short period, the cascade falls and Maldron appears repaired and modified with new ordnance and armor.

Ghost - Oh, great. Well, lets get at it again!

The Guardian battles the modified Gate Lord and its reinforcements, avoiding its new abilities and disabling its defenses. As more and more of the digital arena is disintegrated, the battle between the two becomes more hectic as cover vanishes and more reinforcements pour into the area. The Guardian manages to destroy the Gate Lord.

Ghost - We got it! Now to-

A cacophonous shriek is heard, and the Vex Net turns red. The arena begins to disintegrate.

Ghost - Oh. That's not good! Run!

The Guardian and Ghost flee through the portal before the area disintegrates. They return to the Endless Steps with Alana and watch as the Gate collapses on itself. Alana rises from the ground exhausted.

Ghost - We got it! The gate's closed!
Alana Reyn - [Static dissipating] —rdian!? Ghost!? Are you alright!?
Ghost - Alana? We're alright.
Alana Reyn - Oh thank the Light! I've made it to Campus thinking- I thought-
Ghost - Alana?
Alana Reyn - I'm sorry. I shouldn't have sent you alone. I should have known that the Vex would have something up their sleeve like this. I... But... you... did it. You thwarted their trap and smashed their Gate Lord!
Ghost - Y-yeah. Yeah. We did.
Alana Reyn - Heh. No wonder the Vanguard sent you! You're a legend in the making! Perhaps we can change the fate of Venus after all!
Ghost - Oh, well thank you, Alana. Now, with the Gate Lord's access permissions in tow, we can finally put an end to the Mind behind the Nexus, especially now that its work will grind to a halt.
Alana Reyn - Especially with you two spearheading it, I have zero doubts of this operation going sideways. I have a team on the way. Meet them at the Commons. Time to end this.