Crossroads

Crossroads is a Crucible map located in the Lost Oasis on Mars. Much debate has been spent on whether Vex ruins were present on Mars during the Golden Age and whether Golden Age humanity may have been aware of them, however considering the size of the distant Vex pyramid visible from Crossroads, such ruins would have surely been found if they had been. Petrified growth flora seen alongside Vex ruins points to them being present during a lush period of Mars' history. The immediate surroundings and lifeforms near the ruins are possibly from the distant past or future if the ruins were not present during terraforming by the Traveler, which may have involved its own acausal or temporal modifications. What seem to be "Man cannons" appear to be incomplete Vex gates missing half of their structure, unlike dedicated lifts such as the one in the Venus Citadel. Perhaps the acceleration these gates impart upon entering objects provides insight into the function of other complete gates.

Grimoire Description
An active Vex structure on Mars with no Cabal vying to occupy or destroy it is rare. Even rarer is such a facility abandoned by the Vex themselves.

Detailed analysis of the site estimates three separate ecosystems that the landscape could support, if the area had any wildlife to benefit from it. A Hidden report to Ikora mentioned, “They clove this ruin out of the land, possibly to defend themselves from a long-vanished enemy, or perhaps to isolate the land for experimentation.”

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * The Taken King