Editing Nessus

{{Wikipedia|7066 Nessus}}
{{Article quote|A planetoid with an irregular orbit, converted by the [[Vex]] for reasons unknown.}}
{{Planet infobox
|image= [[File:Nessus.png|300px]]
|star, position= [[Sol]], outer system
|moon(s)=
|diameter= 60±16 km, 37 mi {{C|pre-conversion}}
|gravity= 
|daylength= 
|yearlength= 122.30 years<ref>'''NASA JPL (2017/30/05)''', ''[https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Nessus JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7066 Nessus (1993 HA2)]''</ref> {{C|pre-conversion}}
|atmosphere= 
|temperature=  —217°C {{C|pre-conversion}}
|demonym= Nessian
|population= [[Vex]]<br>[[Fallen]]<br>[[Cabal]]
|government=Vex Collective {{c|formerly}}<br>Cabal Empire<br>[[House of Dusk]]
}}
{{Quote|Lush with giant twisted trees, deep caverns, waterfalls, and silver swamps, the origin of this planetoid remains unknown. What is clear is that the Vex have nearly transformed the entire planetoid into a [[Machine World]], above and below the surface. For those Guardians willing to brave the dangers and explore the myriad of mysteries, treasures beyond the imagination await.|Website description}}<ref>[https://www.destinythegame.com/story Destiny the Game Story]</ref>

'''7066 Nessus''' is a [[wikipedia:Centaur (minor planet)|Centaur minor planet]] with an irregular orbit. At perihelion, Nessus is closer to the Sun than [[wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]]; at aphelion, Nessus moves into the [[wikipedia:Kuiper belt|Kuiper belt]]. It is a place where light is scarce.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[Orpheus Rig#Lore|Orpheus Rig]]''</ref> It had been partially converted into a [[Vex]] [[Machine World]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Looped]]''</ref>, and is currently also occupied by [[Fallen]] and [[Cabal]] forces.

Following the [[Red War]], Nessus was partially consumed by [[Emperor Calus]] [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]], so that its soil could be used to make [[Royal Wine]]. Most recently, it has come under the control of [[Maya Sundaresh]], who took control of the local Vex using the [[Echo of Command]] in order to create the [[Nessian Schism]].

==History==
At some point, the [[Vex]] arrived on Nessus and began converting it into a [[Machine World]] with the intent to use it as a repository for defunct digital data, with the [[Vex Mind]] [[Argos, Planetary Core]] overseeing the conversion process from the planetoid's center.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Shell]]''</ref><ref name="Looped">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Looped]]''</ref> 

===Golden Age===

During the [[Golden Age]], the [[Colony ship]] ''[[Exodus Black]]'' crash-landed on Nessus en route to [[Wikipedia:Kepler-186f|Kepler-186]]. This came as a surprise to the ship's crew, as Nessus was not projected to be near their flight path; the ship's AI [[Failsafe]] suggested that the ship's crash may have been due to its orbital momentum (referred to as a four-vector, for the dimensions of space and time) being folded away into six extra dimensions, presumably by the Vex.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[Exodus Down#Lore|Exodus Downwn]]''</ref> 

As the crew of the Exodus Black tried and failed to contact help, they and the ship's complement of colonists were either killed or captured and experimented on by the Vex, with the minds of the ship's captain and possibly other crew or passengers being uploaded into the Vex Network.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Exodus Black (Quest)|Exodus Black]]''</ref> Unable to establish contact with the rest of the Solar System, [[Failsafe]] powered down and became inactive.

===Post-Collapse===

Approximately 126 years before the [[SIVA Crisis]], Nessus re-entered the [[Sol System]] after an unexpected delay.<ref name="GF:Cayde-6">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]]''</ref> By this time, the Vex had converted 92.014% of the Centaur.<ref name="Looped"/>

===Red War===
Following the [[Red Legion]]'s invasion of [[Earth]], they began to mobilize their forces across Nessus in an attempt to uncover any secrets it harbored, setting up drilling platforms<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[The Inverted Spire]]''</ref>, shipyards<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Captain's Log|Captain's Log]], [[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 2 - Lust and Reappropriation Pt. I|ENTRY 2 - Lust and Reappropriation Pt. I]]''</ref> and bases such as [[Firebase Echo]]. During this time, they came into conflict with the local [[Vex]] as well as the [[Fallen]] [[House of Dusk]], who were scavenging whatever they could from the remnants of the Exodus Black.<ref name="EC">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Exodus Crash]]''</ref>

===Post-Red War===

Following the death of [[Dominus Ghaul]], the exiled Cabal Emperor [[Emperor Calus|Calus]] arrived in the Sol System aboard his flagship, the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]], which began to consume the planetoid and process its soil into [[Royal Wine]]. <ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Leviathan (raid)|Leviathan]]''</ref> This caused Argos to be sucked into the Leviathan's interior along with a squadron of Vex, forcing Calus to call upon the [[Guardian]]s to destroy the Vex Mind. With the destruction of Argos, the Vex's conversion of the planetoid was halted.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] - [[Leviathan, Eater of Worlds]]''</ref>

The Guardian would also continue to work with Failsafe on numerous missions, including stopping several Vex experiments and stealing data from them, as well as preventing the Fallen from attacking her wreckage.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Exodus Siege]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Release]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Hack the Planet]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Deep Conversation]]''</ref>

When working with [[Sagira]] to save [[Osiris]] from the [[Infinite Forest]], the Guardian tracked down an [[Entangled Mind]] on Nessus to use its eye to find his location.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] - [[Hijacked]]''</ref>

When the [[Kell's Scourge]] began seeking out the [[Lost Forge]]s of the [[Black Armory]], they were intercepted smuggling Armory tech from the planet, leading the Guardians to the [[Gofannon Forge]] in the ruins of the Exodus Black. The Guardians reclaimed the Forge and repelled the Scourge's attempts to reclaim it.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Another Lost Forge]]''</ref> Following a set of Vex coordinates subsequently led the Guardians to the [[Izanami Forge]], which was being integrated into the surrounding Vex structures. The Guardians reclaimed this Forge as well and defended it from the encroaching Vex.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Rekindle the Flames]]''</ref>

When the [[Black Fleet]] arrived, Nessus was one of the few worlds in the outer Solar System that was left untouched by the Pyramids. However, sometime after the Fleet's arrival, Calus and the Leviathan departed Nessus's orbit, leaving the Machine World only partially consumed.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Vanguard Transmissions]]''</ref>

Some time afterwards, Calus's daughter and current leader of the Cabal Empire, [[Empress Caiatl|Caiatl]], arrived in the Sol System with her legions. Nessus was the first world to be invaded, with an [[Imperial Land Tank]] being deployed in the Arcadian Valley. It was here where her forces and the Guardians first clashed against one another in a bid for dominance over the system.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Battleground: Behemoth]]''</ref>

Over the ages, many Fallen pirate crews hid their treasures on Nessus; these would be [[Expedition|sought after]] by [[The Guardian]] as they fought against the crews that sided with [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] in her search for the relics of [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]]. This closeness also made [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]] realize that the Vex sought to punish him for his intrusion into their [[Vex Network|Network]] during the [[Endless Night]], and made him decide to avoid the planet in the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Expedition: Nessus]]''</ref>

===Upheaval===
After the [[The Coalition|Coalition]] defeated the [[The Witness|Witness]] within the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]], paracausal artifacts called [[Echo (object)|Echoes]] were created from a collision of Light and Darkness. One, the Echo of Command, would land on the planetoid, and be claimed by [[Maya Sundaresh]]<ref>'''Bungie (2024/7/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] — [https://youtu.be/m_SOh3yFZuY?si=3JQ1PatANAWYZbAn Destiny 2: Echoes | The Echoes Cinematic]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Polyphony|Polyphony]], [[Lore:Polyphony#VII. Mind-Body|VII. Mind-Body]]''</ref> who would use its power to [[Nessian Schism|compel]] the Nessus Vex and pull [[Precursors]] out of time to serve her under the moniker of '''The Conductor'''.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Ikora Rey]]: [[Battleground: Delve#Transcript|"She's bringing them out of time with the power of the radiolaria, and reconfiguring them to suit her needs."]]''</ref> As a result of this, the Vex under her control began to develop independent thought, and Nessus itself would begin to undergo a transformation brought about by the Echo's presence.{{Citation needed}}

Ikora would task the Guardian with investigating the mysterious disturbance on the planetoid with [[Osiris]], [[Saint-14]], and Failsafe running tactical. While tracking down the Echo's impact site in the Chamber of Sky, they fought through Vex with silica structures around their necks.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Meteoric]]''</ref> After fighting through the new collective and uploading Failsafe into the [[H.E.L.M.]] mainframe, they continued their investigations by collecting [[Radiolite]] samples and uncovering an entrance to the [[Vex Network]] within the Well of Echoes.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Breach Executable]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Enigma Protocol]]''</ref> 

As they continued their investigations, they discovered that the Echoes arms race had begun when the Eliksni from the [[House of Salvation]] were able to enter Failsafe's mainframe within the Exodus Black, led by [[Pykis, House Salvation]],<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Exodus Crash]]''</ref> and the Eliksni of the House of Dusk, led by [[Kalliks, Baron of House Dusk]],<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - Item Description: [[Aberrant Action#Lore|Aberrant Action]]''</ref> allied themselves with the [[Shadow Legion]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Ikora Rey]]: [[Breach Executable#Fallen Mercenaries objective|"It's likely the Shadow Legion are offering them the security a House would otherwise provide. In exchange for… what?"]]''</ref> They are forced to conclude their investigations when Saint falls under the possession of the Conductor. They follow his last known coordinates into the Well of Flame. They were able to find him, but he began to question whether he was the real Saint. Realizing the danger of Saint's situation, they shift their attention to unraveling the Conductor’s motives.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Mesmerize]]''</ref>

They began hunting down the answers by delving deeper into Nessus, beneath the Well of Flame. After defeating the new Baron of the House of Dusk and [[Hypolydron, Captive Mind]], they would begin to learn that the radiolaria is diverted and transported deep underground to fuel the Conductor's ambitions.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Battleground: Delve]]''</ref> They would uncover a Vex city upon defeating [[Kamarian, Radial Overseer]] and working with Failsafe to inject nanomachines into Nessus's soil to track them deep into the centuar.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Battleground: Conduit]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[A Rising Chorus: Act II]]:[[A Rising Chorus: Act II#Step 9|Step 9]]''</ref> The Vex city is found in Nessus's [[Planetary Core]], where long ago, the Vex began to turn the planetoid into a Machine World and now served as the Conductor's domain.{{Citation needed}} 

They eventually meet the Conductor after defeating [[Antioptes, Hypogean Sentinel]] and recovering the memories of Saint-14 from the archived simulation of the [[Infinite Forest]].<ref name="BC">'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Battleground: Core]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Shell]]''</ref> The Conductor revealed herself as Maya Sundaresh, who was planning to use the radiolaria to enact a second Golden Age, but the Guardian, Saint and Osiris narrowly escape as she threatened to turn them into Vex.<ref name="BC"/> Failsafe then instructed them to uncover the secrets contained within the planetary core. There, they learned of the Conductor's experiments when they discovered data contained on the degaussed [[Exo]]minds within the Conductor's lab. At one point, the Conductor also experimented with a pair of [[Batadactyl]]s in her attempts to locate the Chioma Esi she remembered. They then defeated the Hydra frames sent by the Conductor<ref name="Encore"/> and enhanced Failsafe's mainframe to its maximum potency.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[A Rising Chorus: Act III]]:[[A Rising Chorus: Act III#Step 6|Step 6]]''</ref> After arriving too late to save the real Chioma Esi from the Conductor's cruelty, they confront her outside her lab. She was able to escape with the Echo remaining in her possession, but the planet itself began to become dormant.<ref name="Encore">'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Encore]]''</ref>

==Locations==
*[[Arcadian Valley]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[The Tangle]]
***[[Well of Dust]]
***[[Well of Echoes]]
****[[A Hole in the Well]]
***[[Virgo Conduit]]
***[[Chamber of Stone]]
***[[The Mists]]
****[[Vinculum Cell]]
****[[Quiet Epiphany]]
***[[The Fissure]]
***[[Ancient's Haunt]] {{C|[[Lost Sector]]}}
**[[The Cistern]] {{C|Landing Zone}}
***[[Pools of Luminance]]
***[[Well of Flame]]
****[[Aqueducts]]
****[[Planetary Depths]]
****[[Planetary Core]]
*****[[Adytum (Nessus)|Nessus]]
*****[[Vex Jungle Construct]]
*****[[Ishtar Research Facility]]
*****[[Ancillary Transit Nexus]]
*****[[Aberrant Code Containment]]
*****[[Networked Simulation Archive]]
*****[[Refraction Construct]]
***[[The Anchor]]
****[[Excavation Site VII]]
****[[The Inverted Spire (location)|The Inverted Spire]]
***[[The Conflux]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
***[[The Shimmering Pools]]
**[[Watcher's Grave]] {{C|Landing Zone}}
***[[Chamber of Water]]
***[[Sol Conduit]]
***[[Infantry Concourse]]
****[[Halphas Electus]]
*****[[Proving Ground (location)|Proving Ground]]
**[[Artifact's Edge]] {{c|Landing Zone}}
***[[Lost Fuselage]]
***[[The Orrery]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
**[[Hallows]]
***[[The Tor]]
***[[Sunken Cavern]]
****[[Well of Giants]]
**[[Exodus Black]] {{C|Landing Zone}}
***[[Chamber of Sky]]
***[[Prodromus Down]]
***[[Well of Stars]]
***[[The Rift]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
**[[Glade of Echoes]]
***[[EX-077 Command]]
***[[The Carrion Pit]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
**[[Endless Vale]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Firebase Echo]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Legion's Folly]] {{C|[[Gambit]] map}}
*Arcadian Strand
**[[Distant Shore]] {{C|Crucible map}}

==Trivia==
*In early development, ''The Myriad'' was a working title for Nessus.<ref>[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/RdX5y '''Artstation''', ''Destiny 2 myriad set (ALL CLASSES)'']</ref><ref>[https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/09/05/destiny-2-concept-art/?slideshow=5387#/slide/18 '''PlayStation Lifestyle''': ''This Destiny 2 Concept Art is a Glimpse into the Minds of the Artistss'']</ref>
*Large parts of [[Failsafe]]'s ship, the [[Exodus Black]], can be found along parts of Nessus. Scannables in the area indicate that Failsafe's crew tried to escape and survive, but died due to a lack of food and supplies.<ref name="OCap">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[O Captain]]''</ref>
**Failsafe's crew do refer to the presence of the [[Vex]], suggesting that the cyborgs were present when they arrived. Failsafe referred to the fact that she had been on Nessus long enough to see the Vex take over the entire planet, convert approximately 92% of it into a machine world like [[Mercury]], and kill all life forms.<ref name="Looped"/>
**Armor and various lore pieces from Nessus have even suggested that the original crew of the Exodus Black was headed for Kepler 186f, a habitable planet very far from the Sol System. Some unknown force (possibly Vex technology) caused the ship to lose control and veer towards Nessus, which was near its path at the time. The engines and some parts of the ship malfunctioned, resulting in a crash landing. That was when the crew of the Exodus Black would face the Vex and meet their ends.
*Some birds and small animals can be seen flying over and around areas on Nessus. Plant life also exists there. It is unknown whether Nessus actually held life before the arrival of the Vex. Neither [[Ghost]] nor the other Vanguard members suggest that the [[Traveler]] terraformed it, however, some scannables give evidence that the life on Nessus is artificial, being created by the Vex for unknown purposes.{{Citation needed}}
*Prior to the introduction of [[Neptune]] with the release of [[Lightfall]], Nessus was the farthest location the Guardians have traveled to in the ''Destiny'' series.

==Non-canon appearances==
;Rising Timeline
{{Main|Nessus/Rising}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Nessus.jpg|Nessus orbit.
File:Nessus_still.jpg
File:Nessus_still_2.jpg
File:Nessus_still_4.jpg
File:Nessus_still_5.jpg
File:Nessus Vault.jpg
File:NessusForest.jpeg|An alien forest on Nessus
File:Nessus concept art.jpg|Concept art
File:Nessus skybox The Leviathan.jpg|[[Leviathan (ship)|The Leviathan]] consuming Nessus
File:Nessus From Leviathan.png|The surface of Nessus, as seen from the Leviathan
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Curse of Osiris]]''
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]''
***''[[Season of the Forge]]''
***''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of Opulence]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of Dawn]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Hunt]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Chosen]]''
***''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of Plunder]]''
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Deep]]''
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Episode: Echoes]]''
***''[[Episode: Revenant]]''
**''[[The Edge of Fate]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Reclamation]]''
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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