Ghost scan

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Ghost scans are a feature introduced in The Taken King, and present in Rise of Iron and Destiny 2. When near a scannable object, the player can interact with it to send Ghost to scan it. After the scan is complete, Ghost will provide a brief commentary on the object.

The Taken King

• Ghost scans do not have official titles, and to reduce the complexity of inventing and remembering relevant titles for each scan a simple system of reference has been used in this table of XXXX-YYYY-0000, where X is an abbreviation of the planetary location, YYYY represents the actual map on the aforementioned planet the scannable item is located, and 0000 is simply the number given to the scan purely as it was uploaded into this list and has no logical value beyond differentiating the different scans on the same map.
• Hive and Taken are closely related, and as such until they are radically differentiated in the game and in the lore instead of being allied forces of the same faction as they are now, all Hive and Taken related entries are tagged under Hive to limit clutter and confusion.
• Where multiple distinct parties are concerned within an entry, it is tagged as "Multiple." Where there is no clear subject or topic the scan is simply tagged as "Indeterminate."
• Actual in-game dialogue and subtitles occasionally differ; where appropriate, in-game dialogue takes precedence.

Phobos

Reference Title (unofficial)	Mission/Patrol	Location	Principal entities	Transcript	Picture of Scannable
PHO-FBK-1	The Coming War	Phobos, Cliffside	Cabal	Ghost: "The Cabal detonated this ship after it crashed. Standard procedure when they're under attack. I think the last directive received was an evacuation order, but the Cabal have no word for 'evacuate'. All ships and personnel were directed to focus attack on enemies beyond Martian orbit."
PHO-FBK-2	The Coming War	Phobos, Cliffside	Cabal	Ghost: "Skyburners regiment. Dead... Obviously. There are no other Guardians here. I wonder who put them down?"
PHO-FBK-3	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Taken	Ghost: "This membrane is attempting to form a bridge between dimensions, but I think it requires a living host."
PHO-FBK-4	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Cabal	Ghost: "Before the attack on the base, the Cabal deployed ships to investigate a threat beyond the Reef. The entire Cabal fleet is either in the air or destroyed. This base won't last long."
PHO-FBK-5	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Hive	Ghost: "This matches an image I collected from the World's Grave: A Dreadnaught. They don't exist in our system. I'll mark it for transmat to the Vanguard and hope we get a signal."
PHO-FBK-6	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Cabal	Ghost: "There's a notification from three days ago. A 'Primus Ta'aun' suspended all Phobos mining operations and recon pending investigation of a trans-Jovian threat."
PHO-FBK-7	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Cabal	Ghost: "They sent teams to investigate anomalous energy fluctuations across the base. None of the units reported back."
PHO-FBK-8	The Coming War	Phobos, Skyburner Keep	Cabal	Ghost: "Cabal mining sites across Mars and Phobos have been hit. Losses to Blind Legion: 35%. Losses to Sand Eaters: 58%. Dust Giants: 39%. What is this?"

Cosmodrome, Earth

Reference Title (unofficial)	Mission/Patrol	Location	Principal entities	Transcript	Picture of Scannable
CSM-DVL-1	Cayde's Stash	Cosmodrome, Devils' Lair	Fallen	Ghost: "Not all of these bones belong to Guardians who fell to Sepiks; some were pulled from the stasis pods and offered in sacrifice. That makes them older than the Collapse. Typically, the Fallen only use this ceremonial presentation for members of rival houses."
CSM-DVL-2	Cayde's Stash	Cosmodrome, Devils' Lair	Fallen	Ghost: "Remember when Sepiks Prime was our biggest problem?"
CSM-DVL-3	Cayde's Stash	Cosmodrome, Devil's Spire	Cayde-6	Ghost: "A jack of spades?" Cayde-6: "Yeah, I had a whole system to keep track of things. The royal cards stood for weapons: Spades meant Häkke, clubs for Crux/Lomar, diamonds for Omolon, and hearts... Well, hearts were for this girl I knew." Ghost: "What was her name?" Cayde-6: "Uh, don't you have a stealth drive to find?"
CSM-DVL-4	Cayde's Stash	Cosmodrome, Devil's Spire	Indeterminate (Master Chief Easter egg)	Ghost: "Pod #10201. A Guardian with exceptional Light sealed himself inside. He's been in there for centuries. Before I found you, I tried to resurrect him, but he preferred to sleep. He said the last war was enough for a thousand lifetimes."
CSM-SEV-1	The Promethean Code	Cosmodrome, Seraphim Vault	Omnigul	Ghost: "Cayde, your bypass codes aren't getting us through these doors." Cayde-6: "Omnigul's screams have already been silenced. There's nothing in there but bad memories." Eris Morn: "Rasputin will give only what you need. Nothing more." Cayde-6: "Don't worry, the good stuff is below you. Keep moving."
CSM-BW4-1	The Promethean Code	Cosmodrome, Bunker WAR-4	Fallen	Ghost: "Some kind of monitoring station." Cayde-6: "It's a surveillance port for the weapons test lab on the other side of the glass. There was an attempt to co-opt early Fallen technologies; not tremendously successful by most reports."
CSM-TM-1	The Promethean Code	Cosmodrome, The Mine	Rasputin	Ghost: "This was the first station to come back online after the Collapse. Shortly after that Rasputin gained control over the entire facility, but it all started here. Maybe Rasputin didn't wake himself?"
CSM-TM-2	The Promethean Code	Cosmodrome, The Mine	Rasputin	Ghost: "It took simultaneous retinal scans at each of these four stations to get beyond this point. The log shows access was granted multiple times over the span of hundreds of years, using the same pairs of eyes. Either the eyes belonged to the early Guardians, or something kept them preserved."
CSM-TM-3	The Promethean Code	Cosmodrome, The Mine	Rasputin	Ghost: "Oryx views Rasputin as a threat. If we could gain control over his reach and wake all of the Warmind systems, we could see everything the Hive have hidden from us. No wonder they want Rasputin destroyed."

Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn

Reference Title (unofficial)	Mission/Patrol	Location	Principal entities	Transcript	Picture of Scannable
DNT-TRN-1	The Dreadnaught	Dreadnaught, Trenchway	Hive	Ghost: "The soul of a Hive is sleeping inside. The disciples of Osiris believe Ascendant Hive can be reborn in our realm when the time is right and with the sacrifice of lesser Hive souls. I think this one is marked for sacrifice."
DNT-TRN-2	The Dreadnaught	Dreadnaught, Trenchway	Hive	Ghost: "According to the World's Grave, the Hive ingest these worms. Not for sustenance, but survival. Spores, moths, and worms… All things Earth's ancestors believed grew from the dead. Just a thought."
DNT-HOS-1	Patrol	Dreadnaught, Hall of Souls	Hive	Ghost: "Another soul confined in crystal. I thought only Ascendant Hive bore the honor of being trapped in rock for centuries, but this is a lesser Hive. Must have been a hard worker."
DNT-HOS-2	The Dreadnaught	Dreadnaught, Hall of Souls	Osiris	Ghost: "The output is consistent with my readings of the Shrine of Oryx on the moon. Osiris believed all of the shrines were connected and went looking for their nexus. I think we've found it. Did I tell you Osiris never returned?"
DNT-HB-1	Patrol	Dreadnaught, Hull Breach	Hive	Ghost: "It's surging with the resonance of Taken energy. A Taken worm? I don't want to consider the implications."
DNT-HB-2	Patrol	Dreadnaught, Hull Breach	Hive	Ghost: "Some believe the worms feed from these, though I've also heard it said that Hive worms are born of pure Darkness, and therefore strangers to the merits of digestion."
DNT-DE6-1	Enemy of My Enemy	Dreadnaught, Dantalion Exodus VI	Cabal	Ghost: "Hmm... It looks like the Cabal are under the command of Primus Ta'aun, the commander of the Phobos garrison. Vanguard records say Ta'aun is bound to his brothers, Valus Tlu'urn and Valus Mau'ual. I bet they're here on the Dreadnaught somewhere."
DNT-DE6-2	Enemy of My Enemy	Dreadnaught, Dantalion Exodus VI	Cabal	Ghost: "There's still enough power moving through this ship for it to take off." Zavala: "They won't leave until they get what they came for. A lesson I learned the hard way with Valus Ta'aurc. He didn't know every dog had its day until he saw his last. These will too."
DNT-DE6-3	Enemy of My Enemy	Dreadnaught, Dantalion Exodus VI	Cabal	Ghost: "I can't categorize all of the chemicals moving through these machines, but keep your helmet on. They could be toxic, and furthermore it stinks."
DNT-MAU-1	Patrol	Dreadnaught, Mausoleum	Hive	Ghost: "Wherever these exist, there are signs of Hive worms. I wonder if they are used in their rituals of symbiosis."
DNT-MAU-2	Enemy of My Enemy	Dreadnaught, Mausoleum	Cabal	Ghost: "This is one of their deployment bays, but according to this it was empty when they struck the Dreadnaught." Zavala: "Didn't want to risk casualties. They need all available crew to find what they're looking for."
DNT-TAS-1	Regicide	Dreadnaught, The Asylum	Hive	Ghost: "It was opened from the other side. I can't promise it leads to Oryx, but there's definitely something bad waiting." Eris Morn: "Only Toland glimpsed the Ascendant Realm. He spoke of terrors beyond understanding. Some, you defeat... Some, you become." Cayde-6: "Stick with the first one, Guardian."
DNT-TAS-2	Regicide	Dreadnaught, The Asylum	Hive	Ghost: "The World's Grave tells of the chambers beyond this door, where the Hive contain the things they're afraid of. Fears they haven't yet weaponized."
DNT-TRN-3	Regicide	Dreadnaught, Trenchway	Hive	Ghost: "The markings suggest this is a Hive god, but I don't recognize the symbol. Nothing in the World's Grave file, either. The name is... Nokris."
DNT-TRN-4	Regicide	Dreadnaught, Trenchway	Hive	Ghost: "There are no markings that suggest a carving tool. They were assembled and crafted through some kind of Hive spell. I think this one represents Crota."
DNT-TRN-5	Regicide	Dreadnaught, Trenchway	Hive	Ghost: "It's Oryx. These statues, everything here was created before Earth was formed. I wonder how many worlds Oryx has taken."

Ocean of Storms, the Moon

Reference Title (unofficial)	Mission/Patrol	Location	Principal entities	Transcript	Picture of Scannable
MN-CON-1	Lost to Light	Moon, Chamber of Night	Hive	Ghost: "I've always wondered what chewed through these bones... There's no microbial life here capable of decomposing organic matter. I guess the Thrall are the closest thing the Moon has to flesh-eating bacteria."
MN-CON-2	Lost to Light	Moon, Chamber of Night	Hive	Ghost: "Let me see if Toland's journal has anything…" Toland: "These stones, always in their combat arenas... Do they have a strengthening function? Or are they mere legacy of a forgotten time and realm? The Hive never stopped honing their strength; they've missed the point of being dead. Hahaha… I've heard it said that 'That which does not kill you makes you stronger', but... What does this mean in the face of immortality?"
MN-CON-3	Lost to Light	Moon, Chamber of Night	Hive	Ghost: "No one knows if bones like these belong to a Hive lifeform or some other race the Hive discovered, but Toland seemed to think they burrowed through the lunar rock to create this fortress."
MN-TOC-1	Lost to Light	Moon, Temple of Crota	Hive	Ghost: "Doors used to be so simple… I'll search the journal." Toland: "It has long been my belief that the binds which hold the gravest Hive terrors could be lifted by releasing the energy stored within their tomb husks."
MN-TOC-2	Lost to Light	Moon, Temple of Crota	Fallen	Ghost: "The Fallen left their dirty fingerprints all over this door. What were they doing here? We just missed them."
MN-TOC-3	Lost to Light	Moon, Temple of Crota	Hive	Ghost: "This is the only Hive launch site we've ever discovered, but there hasn't been a report of a seeder taking off or landing on Earth since Crota was destroyed. This one's been recently activated. Oryx hasn't given up on a Hive infestation of Earth."
MN-OST-1	Last Rites	Moon, Oversoul Throne	Hive	Ghost: "It's a dimensional lock. As long as the turbine is stationary, this place and everything in it exists in only one realm. This must be how Oryx moves between dimensions."
MN-OST-2	Last Rites]]	Moon, Oversoul Throne	Hive	Ghost: "The symbol of Crota. I don't know the derivation or its meaning. To me it says, 'We're going the wrong way,' but, as usual, I'm just following you."

Destiny 2

• Almost all of these scans are taken from a human Hunter character aligned with Dead Orbit, except the scans noted as requiring an Exo. Some scans are confirmed to react differently depending on whether or not the player is a Human/Awoken or an Exo (NE-TAN-1, and IO-TBC-2), or is aligned with Dead Orbit, Future War Cult or the New Monarchy factions (SPECIAL series 1-4). The Veteran status of a player profile affects scans and mission dialogue, with some scans such as NE-MST-3 assuming canonical completion by The Guardian (not the player themselves) of end game content such as the Trials of Osiris. Scans with multiple variations are prefixed with a " \ " allowing all variable texts to be grouped together in searches under this \ prefix.

The Farm, Earth

Reference Title (unofficial)	Patrol Accessible	Location	Principal entities	Transcript	Picture of Scannable
TF-1	Yes	The Farm	Traveler	Ghost: "A shard of the Traveler. I can't find any record of why it's here, or how it got here. We're a long way from the City, you know. I want to believe it's here for a reason. For us."
TF-2	Yes	The Farm	Devrim Kay	Ghost: "Devrim spent years defending the City from places just like this along the Wall. I can see why he found this spot comforting."
TF-3	Yes	The Farm	Hawthorne	Ghost: "If Hawthorne hadn't been out there in the wilds, on