Banshee-44

"There are few weapons that Banshee-44 has not seen, and fewer still that he cannot fix."

- In-game description

Banshee-44 is an Exo Gunsmith, located within the Tower. He sells weapons and ammo synthesis items for Guardians. He can also sell legendary weapons that arrive on Armsday, if the player has earned enough reputation by testing weapons for him.

Biography
As with all Exos, Banshee-44 has no recollection of his former functional purpose. In fact, he may have had his memory wiped multiple times, more than forty by his own reckoning. Still, he has some faint recollections of his past. Following reactivation, Banshee-44 made his way to the Last City, setting up a shop selling guns and ammo synthesis packs to Tower Guardians. At some point he was an active duty soldier, and saw action in the Twilight Gap.

Banshee-44 exhibits a somewhat depressed mood, likely lamenting about his wiped memory banks, but also shows a dry sense of humor. Like every other NPC, he regards players depending on their class.

Inventory
Banshee-44 has a rotating stock of weapons available, from Common to Rare in quality. He also sells consumables for players to give them some much-needed help in firefights, such as ammo synthesis, which refills ammo for a weapon, or weapon telemetries, which speeds up upgrade progression.

Reputation
Players can gain reputation with Banshee by accepting weapon challenges. Banshee offers a selection of five random experimental weapons to test in the field each week. So long as the player is at least level 38 and has room in their inventory, the player can take as many as they want. These weapons act as their own bounties, requiring use under a specific set of conditions. Upon completing the bounty, the weapon will automatically grant +250 Gunsmith reputation and can be dismantled or kept for future use. Test weapons and their possible challenges include:


 * Häkke Test-A (Auto Rifle)
 * Kill Fallen enemies
 * Kill Cabal enemies
 * Häkke Test-A (Hand Cannon)
 * Score double-kills
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Häkke Test-A (Pulse Rifle)
 * Score precision kills
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Häkke Test-A (Shotgun)
 * Kill Hive enemies
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Häkke Test-A (Sniper Rifle)
 * Score double-kills
 * Kill Cabal Centurions
 * Omolon Test FR1
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Kill Vex Minotaurs
 * Omolon Test HC1
 * Score precision kills
 * Kill Vex targets
 * Omolon Test RR1
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Kill Fallen Captains
 * SUROS TSA-10
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Score precision kills
 * SUROS TSP-10
 * Kill Hive enemies
 * Kill Vex enemies
 * SUROS TSR-10
 * Score kills in the Crucible
 * Kill Major or Ultra-rank enemies

Armsday
At reputation level 1, Banshee will allow players to purchase with 2500 glimmer (as opposed to Legendary Marks) a legendary weapon that will arrive on the next Wednesday with randomized perks. For each reputation level, Banshee-44 will allow players to purchase another weapon for armsday, as well as increase the number of roll options for Armsday. For example, at rank 3, a player can purchase 3 weapons, and when armsday comes around, they have three different choices per weapon for what modifiers they want.

Reforging
Any weapon with the "Reforge Ready" perk (mostly House of Wolves and Iron Banner weapons) can be taken to Banshee-44 to have its perks and elemental modifier (if any) randomized, at the cost of resetting upgrade progress. This costs one Mote of Light, 3 Weapon Parts, and 250 Glimmer.

Exotic Weapon Quests
Banshee plays an important part in acquiring multiple exotic weapons.

Back in the Saddle
At rank 2, Banshee-44 will have a Quest for a class-specific legendary special weapon. This must be completed to enable the exotic weapon quest. Hunters receive Stillpiercer, Titans receive Immobius, and Warlocks receive Susanoo.

Upon reaching Gunsmith rank 3, Banshee-44 will offer the player a which will reward one of three Exotic weapons depending on the player's class. Hunters will receive Ace of Spades, Titans will receive Fabian Strategy, and Warlocks will receive Tlaloc.

Imprecation
At rank 5, Banshee-4 will have a new quest. He will require the player to get kills with Hand Cannons while a telemetry is active. Then the player has to wait until Armsday to pick up a field test weapon called Imprecation. They must infuse the weapon, get kill sprees with it, and then precision kill sprees. They must then wait for another Armsday delivery to get The First Curse.

Reward: The First Curse

Sleeper Simulant
To trigger this quest, players need to find and collect four "Dark Age Relics" that randomly drop from Major and Ultra enemies; the relics appear as Legendary Fusion Rifles (labeled "DVALIN-RAS8711-FR00x", with the "x" being a number between 1 and 4) that are added to the Mission items section of the player's inventory. These items can be given to Banshee-44 for 200 reputation each.

Currently, it is unknown how to trigger the subsequent steps of the quest, as Banshee-44 provides no quest or additional information after the last relic is turned in. It is speculated that the next stage may involve a secret area in a specific Daily Heroic Story mission (as obtaining Black Spindle did), or reaching Gunsmith rank 4 or 5.

Reward: Sleeper Simulant

Quotes

 * "Looks like you had a rough night." (if approached by a Guardian during the night)


 * "That got the range you need, Hunter?" (if selling a sniper rifle to a Hunter)


 * "That gun belongs in an Exo's hands." (if selling a weapon to an Exo guardian)


 * "Had these with us at Twilight Gap. Went pretty badly. Not the gun's fault." (after purchasing a weapon)


 * "I'll remember you...maybe." (after completing transactions)


 * "Reef work, alright not bad. Too fancy. I can fix that."


 * "Shotty, as if I wouldn't notice. All my wipes, seen all the tricks."


 * "Late shipment again. Strikes, shortages, always some excuse."


 * "What was the name of that officer? Only I remember her, and so little. How her rifle jammed, then gone."


 * "The fires below us as we dropped on the coast."


 * "Are those teeth marks? Nasty."


 * "Wolk Howling, on the field where he fell. Never gets better for some."


 * "Told him it wouldn't stop Cabal. Some men never listen."


 * "What was her name. Fierce eyes, full of light. The hell was it."


 * "Nadir aren't what they used to be. I remember the new guy's grandfather."


 * "Exos don't dream, he said. But what's dream, and what's memory?" *grumbles* "Just fix the gun, Banshee."


 * "Very good. Must let Cassoid know this is adequate. But don't let it get to their heads."


 * "Of course I can. Forgotten more about guns than she's ever known."


 * "How many times has my system been wiped. 41, 42, 43?"


 * "All these lives on the line, and Daito wants more Glimmer. What goes through their heads down there?"


 * "Best Exo I ever served under up and vanished one night. That's war."


 * "First time was incompetence, this time it's sabotage. Get to the bottom of this."


 * "Say what you like about the Cabal. They know guns."


 * "Nice marks on your armor. Never seen them before. What made them?"

Trivia
Banshee-44 is voiced by John DiMaggio.

List of appearances

 * Destiny