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'''K1''' was a late [[Golden Age]] project undertaken in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on [[Moon|Luna]] under the direction of [[Aeronautics of China]] and the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]] | '''K1''' was a late [[Golden Age]] project undertaken in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on [[Moon|Luna]] under the direction of the [[Aeronautics of China]] and the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]]. Many of the project's staff were driven to madness by an [[Anomaly (artifact)|artifact]] from the [[Pyramids]], and eventually perished to the [[Hive]] during the [[Collapse]]. The remains of the project's outposts would ultimately become occupied by the Hive and [[Fallen]] as [[Lost Sector]]s.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Revelation|Revelation]]''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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The K1 mission was later modified by Clovis Bray to quarantine the artifact in a sophisticated [[The Anomaly|containment system]] after reports surfaced of it having adverse psychological effects on the K1 crew. Despite their attempts to mitigate the problem, the majority of the crew went insane listening to the broadcasts from the [[Darkness]]; having succumbed to its philosophical messages of existential struggle. | The K1 mission was later modified by Clovis Bray to quarantine the artifact in a sophisticated [[The Anomaly|containment system]] after reports surfaced of it having adverse psychological effects on the K1 crew. Despite their attempts to mitigate the problem, the majority of the crew went insane listening to the broadcasts from the [[Darkness]]; having succumbed to its philosophical messages of existential struggle. | ||
The nature of the project was kept to the upmost secrecy, as only the boards of the Aeronautics of China and Clovis Bray having in-depth knowledge regarding the deep-space signals received by the artifact. The mission was also secretly monitored by an AI provided by Clovis Bray called [[Firewall]], which in | The nature of the project was kept to the upmost secrecy, as only the boards of the Aeronautics of China and Clovis Bray having in-depth knowledge regarding the deep-space signals received by the artifact. The mission was also secretly monitored by an AI provided by Clovis Bray called [[Firewall]], which in actuality answered to the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] by surveying the signals received from the [[Darkness]] and the effects it had on the crew. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Growing suspicious over the secrecy of the project, Kuang Xuan would announce K1 to cease all communications with the [[First Light Lunar Installation]] on the surface despite concerns of the Aeronautics board. She then ordered [[Firewall]] to scrub their conversations and cease its connections with [[Rasputin]] only to be denied on the latter. Xuan instead had the complex mapped of critical relays for cross-space transmission highlighted for potential backdoors.<ref name = "Detached">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation#Detached|Lore:Revelation, Detached]]''</ref> | Growing suspicious over the secrecy of the project, Kuang Xuan would announce K1 to cease all communications with the [[First Light Lunar Installation]] on the surface despite concerns of the Aeronautics board. She then ordered [[Firewall]] to scrub their conversations and cease its connections with [[Rasputin]] only to be denied on the latter. Xuan instead had the complex mapped of critical relays for cross-space transmission highlighted for potential backdoors.<ref name = "Detached">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation#Detached|Lore:Revelation, Detached]]''</ref> | ||
Few months into the mission, reports of insomnia began to spread among the crew.<ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 5">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Five|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Five]]''</ref> [[Wade Bow|Dr. Wade Bow]], the crew's neuropsychiatrist, | Few months into the mission, reports of insomnia began to spread among the crew.<ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 5">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Five|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Five]]''</ref> [[Wade Bow|Dr. Wade Bow]], the crew's neuropsychiatrist, diagnosed that over eighty percent of the crew exposed to the artifact had been plagued with intrusive thoughts, insomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, and hallucinations.<ref name = "Noetic Effects">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation#Noetic Effects|Lore:Revelation, Noetic Effects]]''</ref> Following Bow's dismission, Xuan had set shift limits at two hours max and rotate teams between sites each week to limit proximity.<ref name = "Noetic Effects" /> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 6">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Six|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Six]]''</ref> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||