Echo Mesa

Echo Mesa
Location:	Io
Hostile races:	Cabal Taken Vex
Accessibility:	Complete Sacrilege
Landing zones:	Giant's Scar Lost Oasis The Rupture

Echo Mesa is a Destination on Io. It was the site of the Traveler's final terraforming efforts before the Collapse, and centuries later remains imbued with great stores of the Traveler's energy. It has long been held as a sacred site for Guardians, especially Warlocks.

Overview

In the final days of the Golden Age, after terraforming much of the Solar System, including Mars, Venus and Mercury, for humanity's benefit, the Traveler moved to the icy, volcanic moon of Io, in Jupiter's orbit. Settling at the foot of Echo Mesa, the Traveler set about transferring some of its energy into the moon to render it hospitable for life, while in the process partially constructing a structure known as the Cradle. Its work was interrupted by the arrival of the Darkness and the onset of the Collapse. The Traveler fled to Earth and made its final stand, leaving Io only partially habitable.

During the City Age, the Guardians came to view Io as a sacred site and conducted many pilgrimages there to revere and study the Traveler's last feat. That ended with the arrival of the Red Legion and the start of the Red War. In the absence of the Guardians' stewardship, Echo Mesa was invaded by the Cabal, who sought to study the reservoir of the Traveler's energy, the Vex, who initiated efforts to make Io another machine world, and even the Taken, who began draining the energy reservoir for their own purposes.

Almost 3 years after the Red War, the Black Fleet arrived in the Solar System, with one coming to rest directly above the Cradle and sending Pyramid Scales to the nearby Echo Mesa.

Locations

• Lost Oasis (Landing Zone)
  • Grove of Ulan-Tan (Lost Sector)
  • Spine Burrows
  • Terrabase Charon
    • The Wraith Mines
• The Rupture (Landing Zone)
  • Aphix Conduit (Lost Sector)
  • Pyramidion
  • Sanctum of Bones (Lost Sector)
  • The Endless Gate
• Giant's Scar (Landing Zone)
  • Excavation Site II
  • Warmind Vault JYS-2

Story missions

• The Red War
  • Sacrilege
  • Fury
• Curse of Osiris
  • Deep Storage

Strikes

• The Pyramidion
• The Festering Core (Shadowkeep)

Adventures

• Arecibo
• Cliffhanger
• Postmodern Prometheus
• Road Rage
• Unexpected Guests
• WANTED: Blood Cleaver (Forsaken)

World Quests

• Dynasty

Trivia

• As a mesa on another celestial body, Echo Mesa would be more accurately described as a mensa.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • Age of Triumph (First mentioned)
• Destiny 2 (First appearance)
  • Curse of Osiris
  • Forsaken
  • Shadowkeep
  • Season of Arrivals