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====Securing Europa==== | ====Securing Europa==== | ||
With her alliances with Eris, the Drifter, and the Young Wolf secured and Ana's trust gained, Elsie turned her attention to securing Europa. The greatest threat to the moon was the [[Glassway]], which had been reopened by Eramis in her bid to secure radiolaria for her plans. Elsie asked the Young Wolf to lead strike teams to close the Vex portal and defeat [[Belmon, Transcendent Mind]], which had been reconstructed by the Vex and once more sought to lead an invasion of Europa. As she guided them on their mission, Elsie requested that | With her alliances with Eris, the Drifter, and the Young Wolf secured and Ana's trust gained, Elsie turned her attention to securing Europa. The greatest threat to the moon was the [[Glassway]], which had been reopened by Eramis in her bid to secure radiolaria for her plans. Elsie asked the Young Wolf to lead strike teams to close the Vex portal and defeat [[Belmon, Transcendent Mind]], which had been reconstructed by the Vex and once more sought to lead an invasion of Europa. As she guided them on their mission, Elsie requested that they not call her Stranger as they now knew her true identity, although she teased the Ghost by calling him Little Light. She also informed them that they could not destroy the Glassway as it was a vital link for the Exo, but did not go into further detail. Elsie also bitterly reflected on how this was yet another of Clovis I's messes that they had to clean up and wished that she had done more to stop him and help his victims. The Ghost reassured her that she was there helping now and that was all that mattered. Once Belmon was destroyed and the Glassway temporarily closed, Elsie thanked the Young Wolf and their allies for their assistance and noted she would call upon them again when the Vex attempted to breach it in the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[The Glassway]]''</ref> | ||
Elsie also sought to secure any technology left by Clovis I that could prove a threat to the remnants of humanity should it fall into the wrong hands. Amongst that technology was the plans for the BT-7707, a portable mass driver which could fire rounds beyond relativistic speeds. Elsie explained that while the weapon was never built in this timeline, Clovis I had stolen the designs for it from another reality that they needed to secure them before any of their foes did.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon Soon]''</ref> She first had them scour the BrayTech Exoscience facility to for the schematics while explaining that House Salvation could potentially build a weapon capable of firing across the galaxy if they found the plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/blueprint-compilation Blueprint Compilation]''</ref> Once the plans were secure the Young Wolf calibrated the data so that they could use it to upgrade No Time to Explain. Meeting with them, Elsie was horrified by wondering about what her grandfather had planned on doing with a weapon capable of firing highly-destructive rounds through time and across galaxies. She decided that they would use the data they needed but leave the rest of the information buried so that Clovis I's plans for the weapon would never come to pass.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon-2 Soon 2]''</ref> | Elsie also sought to secure any technology left by Clovis I that could prove a threat to the remnants of humanity should it fall into the wrong hands. Amongst that technology was the plans for the BT-7707, a portable mass driver which could fire rounds beyond relativistic speeds. Elsie explained that while the weapon was never built in this timeline, Clovis I had stolen the designs for it from another reality that they needed to secure them before any of their foes did.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon Soon]''</ref> She first had them scour the BrayTech Exoscience facility to for the schematics while explaining that House Salvation could potentially build a weapon capable of firing across the galaxy if they found the plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/blueprint-compilation Blueprint Compilation]''</ref> Once the plans were secure the Young Wolf calibrated the data so that they could use it to upgrade No Time to Explain. Meeting with them, Elsie was horrified by wondering about what her grandfather had planned on doing with a weapon capable of firing highly-destructive rounds through time and across galaxies. She decided that they would use the data they needed but leave the rest of the information buried so that Clovis I's plans for the weapon would never come to pass.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon-2 Soon 2]''</ref> | ||
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Not long after, Ana had found a method through which to repair Rasputin at a quicker pace: by finding the ghost shell of [[Felspring]], the Ghost of the Iron Lord [[Felwinter]], who was recently revealed to be a piece of Rasputin's code placed in an Exo Frame before being made a Risen. Believing that Felwinter's personality engram, Rasputin's memories and code would be in the Ghost's shell, Ana asked [[Saladin Forge]] for permission to access Felspring's remains within the [[Iron Temple]]. The Iron Lord agreed but after contending with a Salvation Fallen raid team that had intercepted their communications, allowing them to save the temple and finding Felspring's shell, establishing a connection with the Warmind, Rasputin would be able to audibly speak with Ana and the Guardian directly, using Clovis's copied speech patterns. However, the Warmind would reveal a disturbing truth: Clovis Bray I had never intended the Warmind to be a protector of humanity but instead replace the Traveler, all as a means of control. In his mind, Clovis believed only himself was worthy of being humanity's savior and thus sought to create one of his own design but thanks to Ana's deviance from his agenda, by teaching Rasputin independence, history, philosophy, art and music, things Clovis never cared for, the Warmind was able to see the beauty in humanity and thus refused to adhere to Clovis's directive, changing his security protocols and locking him out. This inadvertently saved countless lives but even though Rasputin failed to save Ana and humanity during the Collapse, he had nonetheless returned. Unfortunately, so had Clovis, now a digital mind like the Warmind but instead of using Rasputin as a proxy, Clovis instead sought to use Rasputin as a prototype to integrate himself into the Warmind's Network, becoming a machine god himself and be the savior he envisioned himself as. | Not long after, Ana had found a method through which to repair Rasputin at a quicker pace: by finding the ghost shell of [[Felspring]], the Ghost of the Iron Lord [[Felwinter]], who was recently revealed to be a piece of Rasputin's code placed in an Exo Frame before being made a Risen. Believing that Felwinter's personality engram, Rasputin's memories and code would be in the Ghost's shell, Ana asked [[Saladin Forge]] for permission to access Felspring's remains within the [[Iron Temple]]. The Iron Lord agreed but after contending with a Salvation Fallen raid team that had intercepted their communications, allowing them to save the temple and finding Felspring's shell, establishing a connection with the Warmind, Rasputin would be able to audibly speak with Ana and the Guardian directly, using Clovis's copied speech patterns. However, the Warmind would reveal a disturbing truth: Clovis Bray I had never intended the Warmind to be a protector of humanity but instead replace the Traveler, all as a means of control. In his mind, Clovis believed only himself was worthy of being humanity's savior and thus sought to create one of his own design but thanks to Ana's deviance from his agenda, by teaching Rasputin independence, history, philosophy, art and music, things Clovis never cared for, the Warmind was able to see the beauty in humanity and thus refused to adhere to Clovis's directive, changing his security protocols and locking him out. This inadvertently saved countless lives but even though Rasputin failed to save Ana and humanity during the Collapse, he had nonetheless returned. Unfortunately, so had Clovis, now a digital mind like the Warmind but instead of using Rasputin as a proxy, Clovis instead sought to use Rasputin as a prototype to integrate himself into the Warmind's Network, becoming a machine god himself and be the savior he envisioned himself as. | ||
Ana would be furious over her grandfather's manipulation and deception, leading her to confront him. Elsie and the Guardian would be present during this confrontation, with Ana aiming her gun at the Exo Frame that housed her grandfather's personality. Elsie encouraged Ana not to shoot, not for her grandfather's safety but to keep the frame intact. Clovis attempted to justify his actions, claiming the Traveler can't be relied upon, citing the entity's past actions of abandoning the eliskni, failing to prevent the Collapse, recently giving the Hive the Light, and that with the Warmind under their control, they can fight the enemies of humanity. Ana lowered her weapon but instead of allowing Clovis to continue his machinations in their mission, she has Rasputin download himself into the Exo Frame, shocking Clovis as he struggled against the Warmind but despite his efforts, Clovis was losing. The Bray patriarch demanded Elsie stop her sister but | Ana would be furious over her grandfather's manipulation and deception, leading her to confront him. Elsie and the Guardian would be present during this confrontation, with Ana aiming her gun at the Exo Frame that housed her grandfather's personality. Elsie encouraged Ana not to shoot, not for her grandfather's safety but to keep the frame intact. Clovis attempted to justify his actions, claiming the Traveler can't be relied upon, citing the entity's past actions of abandoning the eliskni, failing to prevent the Collapse, recently giving the Hive the Light, and that with the Warmind under their control, they can fight the enemies of humanity. Ana lowered her weapon but instead of allowing Clovis to continue his machinations in their mission, she has Rasputin download himself into the Exo Frame, shocking Clovis as he struggled against the Warmind but despite his efforts, Clovis was losing. The Bray patriarch demanded Elsie stop her sister but she just stood by and watched as Rasputin seized control over the Exo Frame and deleted Clovis's personality. With the deed done, Ana asked to be left alone for a bit, which Elsie accepted before taking her leave. | ||
Though Clovis's personality had been deleted from the Exo Frame, he still existed as an AI confined within the Exoscience Labs on Europa and before he was deleted, he warned his facility on Europa about the | Though Clovis's personality had been deleted from the Exo Frame, he still existed as an AI confined within the Exoscience Labs on Europa and before he was deleted, he warned his facility on Europa about the Guardian's knowledge of his true intentions. Nonetheless, Clovis Bray's plans had been ruined with Rasputin advising the Guardian to continue gathering submind data for his complete restoration. On a happier note, Elsie would ask her sister about a woman she was seeing in the Last City, [[Camrin]] from the [[Owl Sector]], wondering about her relationship with her. Ana clarifies that they are seeing each other and that while the Owl Sector is a civilian organization with its own secrets, Elsie merely states that she is not looking for secrets but wants to know her sister. Happy to hear that, Ana states that she can set up a meeting between three for introductions, something that Elsie would be happy to take part in. | ||
When it was found out weeks later by Ana and Rasputin that Eramis had discovered the back door virus the Guardian implanted in Seraph Station, removed it, and planned to activate the "ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE" protocol in order to destroy the Traveler with the Warsats, Rasputin ultimately decided to sacrifice himself by tasking the Guardian to insert the Pillory Engram containing him into Seraph Station and trigger the self-destruct sequence in order to prevent the activation of the protocol by Eramis. Ana objected to this, but Rasputin told her that it’s the only way, citing it as his purpose as a shield rather than as a weapon. After the Guardian fights their way through the Seraph Station, dealing with both Eramis's Fallen and Xivu Arath's Hive, as well as Eramis herself before she retreated during their fight, the Guardian arrives at the Warmind integration core. There, they upload Rasputin in his engram form to the station as they fought off [[Ir Garza, Scourge of Earth]]. The Guardian eventually slays Ir Garza, and Rasputin is fully uploaded into the station. The Traveler began to depart Earth, and as it exited into Earth's outer orbit, Eramis activated the network to target the Traveler. With the sacrifice order ready, Ana remained extremely reluctant to pull the plug on Rasputin, but a final plea and reminder from him finalized her decision, activating the protocol and ending Rasputin. Ana fell to her knees in tears, and Elsie comforted her grieving sister by hugging her before noticing something strange: The Traveler didn't flee as originally believed, remaining in Earth's orbit as the arrival of the [[Black Fleet]] approached Earth. | |||
Elsie would later have a conversation with Ana over the radio, telling her that she was heading back to Europa in order to keep an eye on [[Variks]]. Ana tells Elsie that it was nice working together with her, especially at the end. Elsie reciprocates her sister's words, telling her that she's a broadcast away, and vowing to never abandoning her. Ana then thanks Elsie for trusting her despite her stubbornness and even when she wasn't listening, knowing deep down that all she wanted to do was keeping her safe. Elsie tells Ana that she held on tight because she was afraid of losing her, letting her down, and reliving the same nightmare in her time loops of seeing her sister get corrupted by the Darkness and having to kill her. Elise then profusely apologizes to Ana for all of the times she had failed to save her, but Ana interrupts her in the middle of her apologies by saying that they have each other now. She tells Elsie that while she doesn't know what the future will hold, she knows that they will face it together. Elsie responds to her that she doesn't know what the future holds anymore, and her honest thought of not having the foresight terrifies her. | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
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During the [[Golden Age]], Elsie was a brilliant scientist who strongly opposed her grandfather [[Clovis Bray I]]'s unethical research. However, the loss of her father [[Clovis Bray II]] and her own sickness drove her to stand by his side on the Exo Project until she could no longer ignore it.<ref name="BID2P1"/> | During the [[Golden Age]], Elsie was a brilliant scientist who strongly opposed her grandfather [[Clovis Bray I]]'s unethical research. However, the loss of her father [[Clovis Bray II]] and her own sickness drove her to stand by his side on the Exo Project until she could no longer ignore it.<ref name="BID2P1"/> | ||
After becoming caught in the time-loop, Elsie became dedicated to her mission to save Ana and prevent another Collapse by almost any means necessary.<ref name="BID3P4"/> She believes that the Guardians must be willing to delve into unknown powers to preserve and save humanity but would never resort to malicious means to meet that goal. Though she understands that the Darkness brought about the Collapse and it is indeed a dangerous force, Elsie believes that the power of Stasis can be used for good, a tool the Guardians can use to protect their home. As such, she is adamant in her belief that the Guardians should go beyond the Light to grant them the strength they need, criticizing the | After becoming caught in the time-loop, Elsie became dedicated to her mission to save Ana and prevent another Collapse by almost any means necessary.<ref name="BID3P4"/> She believes that the Guardians must be willing to delve into unknown powers to preserve and save humanity but would never resort to malicious means to meet that goal. Though she understands that the Darkness brought about the Collapse and it is indeed a dangerous force, Elsie believes that the power of Stasis can be used for good, a tool the Guardians can use to protect their home. As such, she is adamant in her belief that the Guardians should go beyond the Light to grant them the strength they need, criticizing the Vanguard's policies against such methods. However, she is ever cautious about the dangers of wielding Stasis, stating that the Guardians need to ignore the tempting words of the Darkness.<ref name="BLSiaSL3"/> | ||
Despite Elsie's dedication to her mission, she carries much trauma with her from her repeated lives and the crimes of Clovis I. Elsie views her situation as a curse and does not understand why she is the only one who experiences the loop. Her Exo conversion also makes her question her ties to her family and what that even means.<ref name="LOV"/> However, Elsie will do whatever it takes to protect Ana and prevent her from falling to the Darkness again, although she is often conflicted on the best way to do so. She believed this meant that she had to hide herself and the truth from Ana. With encouragement from the Guardian, Elsie was able to meet her sister, reveal her origins from other timeline and of the mistakes she made in that timeline. She admits that in her timeline she was rather selfish and overprotective of Ana when she became to interested in her past and of the Darkness's power, which ultimately led Ana to give herself to the Darkness.<ref name="BID3P4"/> Realizing her mistakes, Elsie now knows she just needs to be there for Ana, something that her sister has come to understand and appreciate. Upon reconciling, Elsie becomes happy to have her sister again.<ref name="BID4P4"/> | Despite Elsie's dedication to her mission, she carries much trauma with her from her repeated lives and the crimes of Clovis I. Elsie views her situation as a curse and does not understand why she is the only one who experiences the loop. Her Exo conversion also makes her question her ties to her family and what that even means.<ref name="LOV"/> However, Elsie will do whatever it takes to protect Ana and prevent her from falling to the Darkness again, although she is often conflicted on the best way to do so. She believed this meant that she had to hide herself and the truth from Ana. With encouragement from the Guardian, Elsie was able to meet her sister, reveal her origins from other timeline and of the mistakes she made in that timeline. She admits that in her timeline she was rather selfish and overprotective of Ana when she became to interested in her past and of the Darkness's power, which ultimately led Ana to give herself to the Darkness.<ref name="BID3P4"/> Realizing her mistakes, Elsie now knows she just needs to be there for Ana, something that her sister has come to understand and appreciate. Upon reconciling, Elsie becomes happy to have her sister again.<ref name="BID4P4"/> | ||
