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The Nexus

Game:

The Witch Queen

Player(s):

1-3

Location:

Ishtar Sink, Venus

 
“ Delve into the Nexus and prevent the transformation of Venus into a Machine World. ”

The Nexus is a remastered variation of the Nexus Strike from Destiny released for Destiny 2 with The Witch Queen. Unlike Fallen S.A.B.E.R. and the Devils' Lair remasters, this Strike has been modified to fit into the canon.

Objectives[edit]

Standard Version
  • Descend into the Academy
  • Eliminate the Vex Defenders
  • Find the Nexus
  • Destroy Synklinos, Nexus Mind
Taken Version
  • Descend into the Academy
  • Destroy the Taken Infestation
  • Find the Nexus
  • Destroy Pathetos, the Witnessed Mind

Transcript[edit]

Vex Version[edit]

(Mission Begins)

  • Alana Reyn - Welcome back to Venus, Guardians. If only it were under better circumstances. The Sol Collective have restarted machinoformation operations across the Ishtar Sink, and have placed an Axis Mind in charge of the Nexus coordinating all of it. We strike now, or we never get another opportunity to. Simple? Easy? Good. Happy hunting.

The Guardians enter N/Gen Branch and encounters multiple Vex squads within.

  • Ghost - Vex everywhere. They seem to have locked down the site.
  • Alana Reyn - Detecting some matching frequencies across the site. Should be broadcasting from the head Vex units.
  • Ghost - Smash the big guys and the lockdown should lift. Got it.
  • Alana Reyn - Well, glad to be on the same page.

The fireteam dispatches Malignant Minotaurs, finally opening the doors on the upper levels to Dig Site 4.

  • Ghost - Frequencies terminated! Let's go Guardian.
  • Alana Reyn - Well done. However, seems the site's got a failsafe alert going on. Heh. Typical Ishtar Archive paranoia. Can't blame them though.
  • Ghost - Excuse me?
  • Alana Reyn - There's another alarm going off. Got the Vex in a tizzy.
  • Ghost - Oh. Great.

The fireteam reaches Dig Site 4 and eliminates the Vex forces in their path. They reach the main courtyard leading to the Nexus, with a barrier blocking further access deeper.

  • Ghost - Looks like the Vex were expecting us.
  • Alana Reyn - And permissions alone doesn't seem like its going to cut it. We're going to need an energized Radiolarian harmonic redirect as well.
  • Ghost - What?
  • Alana Reyn - [Sighs] Arc ball. To other port.
  • Ghost - Well, you could have just said that.

The fireteam activates the Sync Plate in the middle of the courtyard and begins moving arc charges around the Dig Site while repelling Vex reinforcements. The fireteam successfully moves around arc charges and defeats Coyus, Nexial Archivist, finally disabling the barrier.

  • Ghost - And… barrier's down!
  • Alana Reyn - Well done. Get in there Guardians. We got no time to lose.

The fireteam enters the Nexus proper, overlooking a massive transformed chasm and confronting a horde of Vex reinforcements.

  • Ghost - To think we'd be back here again. The Vex just won't quit. Not until the entire Sol System is nothing more than machines.
  • Alana Reyn - All the more reason to clear out the Nexus, before they turn this planet into a springboard for an assault on Earth.
  • Ghost - Speaking of which, we're getting close.

The fireteam eliminates the Vex squad and finally enters the Nexus, seeing Synklinos, the Nexus Mind at work within.

  • Ghost - We're here.
  • Alana Reyn - Time to end this. Draw out the Nexus Mind.

The fireteam dives into the Nexus and eliminates the Vex units within. The aperture into the Nexus opens.

  • Ghost - The Nexus. It's opening!
  • Alana Reyn - Be careful. And tear them apart.

Synklinos, the Nexus Mind assembles in the center of the arena and begins it's attack on the fireteam. The Hydra loses a third of its health and becomes coated in an immune shield.

  • Ghost - It's shielded itself. No way we're cutting through that shielding.

The Aegis appears.

  • Alana Reyn - Is that… Grab that shield! Use its power against that Hydra!

The Guardians charge up the Aegis and use its super to break its shield.

  • Alana Reyn - What is it doing here? Keep that shield at your side. Make use of it when you have to.

The Guardians continue to fight Synklinos. The Nexus Mind marks an area for disintegration.

  • Alana Reyn - Baryonic Decoupling? Guardians, avoid those zones! The Nexus Mind is trying to disintegrate you!

The Guardians avoid disintegration and continue fighting the Nexus Mind. After once again breaking its shielding, the team continues to battle the Hydra and its allies until it is finally destroyed.

  • Ghost - Take that! Alana, the Nexus Mind is destroyed.
  • Alana Reyn - I'm detecting integration operations stalling across the Ishtar Sink. The local collective minds are in chaos. While the Vex will continue to infest and toil on this world, at least it won't be ending up in their claws anytime soon. Excellent work fireteam.

Taken Version[edit]

(Mission Begins)

  • Ikora Rey - Guardians, we may have a serious problem. The Vex are retreating from the Nexus, a pivotal anchor point for their invasion. We have no idea why. It's unlike the Vex to... retreat from a place as important as this.
  • Mithrax - I'm detecting an... intrusion. Something is interfacing with their network. Weighing it down.
  • Ikora Rey - Mithrax? ...wait. An intrusion? That can't be.

The Guardians enter N/Gen Branch and encounter a small Vex team, lead by Skyptos, Vehement Mind engaging the Taken.

  • Ikora Rey - No. But I thought we... never mind. Guardians, by no means can we allow the Taken to infest this place!

The Guardians are prompted to kill three Major Ravenous Taken Captains (or three named Ultras on Nightfalls). After the guards are killed, the Taken Barrier at the overlooking office will falter, allowing the Guardians to continue through N/Gen Branch and towards Dig Site 4.

  • Mithrax - There's a familiar Vex presence within the Nexus. Something twisted. Morphed. Possessed. A Taken Mind is behind this incursion.
  • Ikora Rey - Unbelievable...
  • Mithrax - Ikora-kel?
  • Ikora Rey - The Taken tried to pull something familiar before the Red War. There is no doubt now they are trying to pull it again. Get to the Nexus, quickly!

The Guardians enter Dig Site 4 and encounter various squads of Taken Vandals and Taken Goblins within the complex itself. They finally exit the building and come across the Vex Barrier barring further access into the Nexus, as well as defensive wards and blight spheres surrounding it.

  • Mithrax - A directive has been broadcast to the gateway. The Mind ordered the activation of the barrier. It's continuing to weigh down on the network
  • Ikora Rey - It's influence is spreading! Hurry, Guardians!

The Guardians clear the courtyard and plug the power core into the Vex terminal back by the entrance into the academy. After fending off a wave of Taken from the Vex Sync Plate at it's center, the barrier falls and the team progresses into the Vex structure.

  • Mithrax - This sensation...
  • Ikora Rey - Mithrax?
  • Mithrax - I can feel the Mind's presence, and it can feel my intrusion. But I feel like something is... watching me through it. Something powerful. Something malicious.
  • Ikora Rey - Xivu Arath?
  • Mithrax - No. It feels... cold.

The Guardians enter the Nexus loading zone and come across a massive cluster of Taken Goblins and make short work of them before finally coming across the drop into the Nexus itself. After all patrolling Taken adds in the arena are killed, Pathetos, the Witnessed Mind spawns in the center of the arena.

  • Mithrax - Taken energy is surging across the Venus sub-network. The Vex are falling to it's thrall. The planet is succumbing to the Mind's presence.
  • Ikora Rey - Quickly Guardians! Destroy the Mind!

After struggling with the massive, possessed and Vault of Glass-tech empowered Hydra, the Fireteam manages to finally destroy it, forcing the Taken forces around the area to retreat.

  • Mithrax - Voices return to the Venus network. Taken energies are subsiding. The collective echoes with sounds of relief.
  • Ikora Rey - While the Vex may menace us at some point on this planet again, at least they don't belong to the Taken. At least their planets won't reek of the Blight.
  • Mithrax - But the question remains-
  • Ikora Rey - Yes. And you're certain it isn't Xivu Arath?
  • Mithrax - Undoubtedly. Her tainted Vex frequent their assaults on the domain. Their intrusions are done through brute force. Their energy is familiar to me. But this... I felt something gazing back at me through that Mind.
  • Ikora Rey - Troubling. I'll ask Eris Morn for potential suspects. In the meantime, thank you Guardians.

Lost Ghost[edit]

(TBA)

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