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|game= ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' | |game= ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' | ||
|name= The Festering Core | |name= The Festering Core | ||
|image= [[File: | |image= [[File:FesteringCoreInfo.jpg|300px]] | ||
|player= 1-3 | |player= 1-3 | ||
|place= [[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]] | |place= [[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]] | ||
|objective= | |objective= | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Festering Core''' is a [[Strike]] added in ''[[Shadowkeep]]''. A team of [[Guardian]]s investigate increased [[Vex]] activity in [[The Endless Gate]] at [[Zavala]]'s order, only to discover with the help of [[Eris Morn]] that the [[Taken]] and their new [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Queen]] are once again making a move against the machines. | '''The Festering Core''' is a [[Strike]] added in ''[[Shadowkeep]]''. A team of [[Guardian]]s investigate increased [[Vex]] activity in [[The Endless Gate]] at [[Zavala]]'s order, only to discover with the help of [[Eris Morn]] that the [[Taken]] and their new [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Queen]] are once again making a move against the machines. | ||
==Objectives== | ==Objectives== | ||
* Investigate the Vex activity | *Investigate the Vex activity | ||
* Descend into the Pyramidion | *Descend into the Pyramidion | ||
* Enter the portal | *Enter the portal | ||
* Find the source of the Taken incursion | *Find the source of the Taken incursion | ||
* Disable the Vex barrier | *Disable the Vex barrier | ||
* Destroy the Taken Blight | *Destroy the Taken Blight | ||
* Defeat Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn | *Defeat Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn | ||
==Transcript== | |||
'''(Mission Begins)''' | |||
*'''[[Zavala]]:''' Not long ago, we detected a massive burst of Vex activity on Io. Inside the Pyramidion. We need eyes in that structure, Guardian. Get moving. | |||
'''The Guardians approach The Pyramidion.''' | |||
'''The Guardians defeat the Vex they encounter. The Shuttered Mind appears.'''<br> | |||
'''The Shuttered Mind is defeated. The Guardians enter a Vex portal and encounter the Vex fighting against the Taken.''' | |||
*'''[[Ghost]]:''' We've discovered the cause of the Vex high alert. There's a Taken incursion in progress inside the Pyramidion. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' Taken. Any sense of their objective? | |||
*'''Ghost:''' Unclear for the moment. Stand by. | |||
*'''Ghost:''' There's a giant Vex sphere in this chamber. Like the ones on Nessus, but colossal. And there's a door leading inside. That could very well be the Taken's objective. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' Their first major offensive since the Dreaming City. Get inside that sphere. We need to know what they're after. | |||
*'''Ghost:''' Every square inch of interior surface area in this sphere is coursing with energy. Let me see what I can find out. Scanning… | |||
*'''Ghost:''' Zavala. This whole sphere is a dedicated processing structure. A giant Vex computational array. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' What could the Taken want with a Vex computer? | |||
*'''[[Eris Morn]]:''' The Taken want nothing. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' Eris. Eavesdropping, I see. | |||
*'''Eris Morn:''' Don't bother guessing the Taken's intentions. Ask instead what is sought by the hand that directs them. | |||
*'''Ghost:''' This Blight… does it look familiar to you. Like the Blight in the Dreaming City? | |||
*'''Eris Morn:''' Savathûn extends her reach at last. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' Savathûn? What makes you so certain? | |||
*'''Eris Morn:''' There's no certainty where the Witch Queen is concerned. But I have strong suspicions. Above all, she seeks knowledge to inform her plans and seeks pawns to carry them out. The sphere offers both. | |||
*'''Ghost:''' Taken influence is thicker down here. They're not trying to break in - they're infesting from the inside out. There must be some anchoring Blight nearby. If we're really unlucky… a portal to an Ascendant Realm. | |||
'''The Guardians enter a circular area with a massive Taken Blight in the middle.''' | |||
*'''Ghost:''' There. That must be the anchor - the Taken's route into the sphere. Destroy it! | |||
'''Taken Blight is destroyed.'''<br> | |||
'''Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn appears and defeated by the Guardians.''' | |||
*'''Ghost:''' We killed the Taken commander and secured the central sphere. I think the Vex can handle the rest. | |||
*'''Eris Morn:''' Savathûn is gathering her strength, Zavala. If we hope to survive what's to come, we must prepare. | |||
*'''Zavala:''' We defeated Oryx. If Savathûn wants a fight, she'll get one. | |||
*'''Eris Morn:''' She is not as foolhardy as her brother. She would never risk a direct confrontation. We will know her next move only when she makes it - and only if we're wise enough to recognize it. | |||
'''(Mission Ends)''' | |||
==Enemies== | ==Enemies== | ||
;[[Vex]] - [[Sol Collective]] | |||
*[[Harpy]] | *[[Harpy]] | ||
*[[Fanatic]] | *[[Fanatic]] | ||
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*[[Hydra]] | *[[Hydra]] | ||
*[[Quantum Cyclops]] | *[[Quantum Cyclops]] | ||
;[[Taken]] | |||
*[[Taken Thrall]] | *[[Taken Thrall]] | ||
*[[Taken Psion]] | *[[Taken Psion]] | ||
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*[[Taken Ogre]] | *[[Taken Ogre]] | ||
**[[Hallowed Ogre]] | **[[Hallowed Ogre]] | ||
===Bosses=== | ===Bosses=== | ||
*[[Retina]] | |||
*[[Cornea]] | |||
*[[Shuttered Mind]] | *[[Shuttered Mind]] | ||
*[[Logath, the Ruptured]] | |||
*[[Juraag, the Waylaid]] | *[[Juraag, the Waylaid]] | ||
* | *[[Zebios, the Ensnaring]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Vazimos, the Ensnaring]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn]] | ||
== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | |||
Festering_Core.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The Festering Core is the first activity to include a Taken Incendior. | *The Festering Core is the first activity to include a Taken Incendior. | ||
* The [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]] in this strike are unique in both appearance and behavior; the tips of their plates are covered in Vex energy, and they are capable of surrounding Guardians in suppression fields that slow them down and block their gunfire. | *The [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]] in this strike are unique in both appearance and behavior; the tips of their plates are covered in Vex energy, and they are capable of surrounding Guardians in suppression fields that slow them down and block their gunfire. | ||
*This is the Strike that stayed in the game for the shortest time before being sunset. | |||
**From October 1st, 2019 ([[Shadowkeep]]'s release) to November 10th, 2020 ([[Beyond Light]]'s release), slightly over a year. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
{{ | {{Strikes|D2}} | ||
[[Category:Strikes]] | [[Category:Strikes]] | ||
[[Category:Io]] | [[Category:Io]] |
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