The Inverted Spire

"The Cabal awoke something deep beneath Nessus' surface..."

- In Game Description The Inverted Spire is a Strike Located on Nessus.

Objectives

 * Investigate the Cabal
 * Defeat all hostiles
 * Access the Conflux
 * Press forward
 * Traverse deeper
 * Eliminate the Vex
 * Cross the Digsite
 * Approach the Drilling Site
 * Eliminate Drill Site security
 * Eliminate Drill Officers
 * Board the Cabal Drill
 * Repel all attackers
 * Cross the Dig Site
 * Get clear of the Drill
 * Investigate the Digsite
 * Defeat the Modular Mind

Enemies

 * War Beasts
 * Legionaries
 * Colossi
 * Incendiors
 * Phalanxes
 * Gladiators
 * Goblins
 * Minotaurs
 * Hobgoblins
 * Harpies
 * Wretches
 * Dregs
 * Vandals
 * Marauders
 * Captains
 * Shanks
 * Servitors

Bosses

 * WANTED: Bracus Rulaitl (Cabal Centurion)
 * WANTED: Episkeptis, the Uninvited (Vex Hydra)
 * BOSS: Protheon, Modular Mind (Vex Minotaur)

Transcript
{Loading Screen}
 * Zavala: Welcome to Nessus. This planet is crawling with Vex. The Red Legion have sent in crews, and we need to know why. Failsafe, are you online?


 * Failsafe: Commander, your favorite AI is primed and ready. I have prepared back doors into several key Vex systems. We have detected a series of seismic disruptions. The Cabal may be responsible.


 * Zavala: We need to know what we're dealing with. Yours are the boots on the ground, Guardian. Good luck.


 * Ghost: Oh, look! Look! Its a Vex milk waterfall, we can stop and - aww.


 * Ghost: Oh. We're walking into the light. I think there is a metaphor here and I don't like it.


 * Ghost: Hey Failsafe! You're all cozy in your data core. Any advice on an energy shield?


 * Failsafe: I believe the nearby Vex constructs maintain that barrier.


 * Ghost: Well, I could've - OK we'll shoot them.


 * Ghost: What could the Red Legion possibly be drilling for?


 * Failsafe: Friendly query: what have you done to attract such hostile species to my planet?


 * Ghost: And of course the drills have armed crews.


 * Failsafe: If its helpful, I suggest you deal with the drills when the shooting stops.


 * Ghost: The shooting never stops.


 * Failsafe: Just so you know: I have detected a massive Vex energy signature.


 * Ghost: And the only way to reach it is down past those giant, pointy drill bits? Good!


 * Ghost: I hope this is safe. The Cabal don't need to stick the landing. We do.


 * Ghost: Zavala's gonna owe us big for this.


 * Ghost: This is fine. This is fine. This is fine. This is just fine.


 * Ghost: That made the Crucible feel safe.


 * Ghost: Uh, guys? We've encountered a massive Vex Mind.


 * Failsafe: Watch your back friend! I'm detecting multiple ordnance types.


 * Ghost: You're not helping!


 * Ghost: Energy change! Watch out!


 * Ghost: In your face!


 * Ghost: It's not getting up from that! Zavala, we're good!


 * Zavala: Well done. Failsafe, what's your assessment of this incident?


 * Failsafe: Vex records indicate the Cabal discovered the Mind, and dug into this world to capture it. Had the Red Legion achieved their goal, I estimate a 60% chance this planetoid would have been destroyed in the ensuing battles. Luckily, the captain stepped in.


 * Ghost: Huzzah!

{Mission Ends}

Trivia

 * This strike was shown off for the first time during the Destiny 2 gameplay premiere.
 * This strike was the lone PvE activity available to players during the Destiny 2 beta.
 * If players manage to kill the boss before reaching the final stage of the encounter, the chest will spawn at the final layer, but generate no additional enemies.
 * There is a very low chance that a single Drake Tank spawns in the “ Eliminate Drill Site security“ section before entering the Cabal Drill, right after the descending platforms, though Protheon himself was not aware of this.

Gallery


File:Destiny_2_strike_env_05.jpg File:Destiny2_strike_action_03_940.jpg Protheon1.png|Cabal projection of Protheon Protheon2.jpg|Protheon void form Protheon4.png|Protheon solar form Protheon3.png|Prothron final arc form

