Europa

Europa (also called Jupiter II) is one of the Galilean moons in orbit of the planet Jupiter. It is thought to possibly be a Vex focal world or a base for a detachment of Ice Reapers. It is currently the location for the Deep Stone Crypt.

Overview
The moons's outer layer is made up mostly of ice, and once supported a thriving human colony, which was lost during the Collapse. Now abandoned cities, buried in ice, are all that remain. One of the legends of the Nine states that they originate from either Europa, a moon of Jupiter, or Titan, a moon of Saturn. Brother Vance claimed that Osiris met with the Nine on Europa, but it "wasn't the right time."

Nearly three years after the conclusion of the Red War and after their long journey back to the system, a Pyramid appeared in orbit over Jupiter. Interestingly this Pyramid was not detected amongst the fifty-four ships that the Warmind Rasputin detected within his bunkers. Later, Eris Morn and The Drifter, who were contacted by the Exo Stranger were seen headed towards Europa to find the very ship.

Trivia

 * In late 2013, Europa was a major location planned for the Comet that would eventually become The Taken King. Along with the European Dead Zone, the area was never completed and was later dropped from the expansion in March 2014 when Bungie decided to focus on the Dreadnaught. It is still mentioned in the game, as noted above in Vance's quotes, and in the Grimoire.
 * In Rasputin's bunkers during Season of the Worthy, the advance of the Pyramids is monitored on a simple star chart, using a dot matrix to represent the system's planets and moons along with the Pyramids themselves. For unknown reasons, likely related to the single Pyramid's presence and Eris and Drifter's arrival on the moon, markings for Europa are visible on this chart, but are not illuminated like the rest of the moons in the system.

Gallery
 File:Europa desktop.jpg|An abandoned Golden Age city on Europa. File:Concept Art Europa Base.JPG|The Cabal military intstallation Fleetbase Everest. File:Europa Global Views in Natural and Enhanced Colors.jpg|Approximate natural color (left) and enhanced color (right) Galileo view of leading hemisphere. File:EuropaInterior1.jpg|One of the possible origins of the Nine are the oceans of Europa, where they are speculated to be "ancient leviathan intelligences". File:Europa and Pyramidion.jpg|Europa visible over the Pyramidion on Io. 

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * House of Wolves
 * Destiny 2
 * Beyond Light