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As the Guardians worked in gathering the necessary data from the Subminds needed to regain control over the Warsat Network, stop Xivu Arath's plan to weaponize them to be used against the Last City, and restore Rasputin, the Guardians were asked by Osiris and Ikora to investigate a Seraph complex that powered up for the first time since the Collapse and discover Vex of the Sol Divisive attempting to seize control over it. If the Vex succeed then they will be able to wrest control over the subminds' data from the Vanguard, leading to catastrophic results. As they arrive however, the Guardian team finds the facility being destabilized by Arc surges as the Vex breach into the command matrix, making their window of opportunity a short one. As the Guardian's ascended the Seraph Spire, they collect as much Golden Age data as they can, discovering that the Witness is also interested in what's in the files. Nonetheless, the Guardians confront the Vex Mind linking into the tower and attempting to imprison the subminds, [[Akelous, the Siren's Current]]. Though the Guardian destroys the Vex Mind, breaking the Vex's control over the Spire's security systems, Osiris discovers, to his horror, that the Arc surges were intentional, as it was sending the reactor into meltdown. Forced to race towards the bottom of the tower to the reactor, the Guardians clash with another Vex Mind, [[Persys, Primordial Ruin]], who has been directing power to the reactor. Despite Persys's power and the reactor going prompt critical, the Guardians destroy the Vex Mind, stopping the meltdown and allowing the complex to stabilize. Osiris speculates that this assault was a clever incision employed by the Witness; to sabotage a valuable facility to harm the Vanguard, gain vital knowledge from the Golden Age and then destroy the facility outright to deny humanity any advantage it could bring. | As the Guardians worked in gathering the necessary data from the Subminds needed to regain control over the Warsat Network, stop Xivu Arath's plan to weaponize them to be used against the Last City, and restore Rasputin, the Guardians were asked by Osiris and Ikora to investigate a Seraph complex that powered up for the first time since the Collapse and discover Vex of the Sol Divisive attempting to seize control over it. If the Vex succeed then they will be able to wrest control over the subminds' data from the Vanguard, leading to catastrophic results. As they arrive however, the Guardian team finds the facility being destabilized by Arc surges as the Vex breach into the command matrix, making their window of opportunity a short one. As the Guardian's ascended the Seraph Spire, they collect as much Golden Age data as they can, discovering that the Witness is also interested in what's in the files. Nonetheless, the Guardians confront the Vex Mind linking into the tower and attempting to imprison the subminds, [[Akelous, the Siren's Current]]. Though the Guardian destroys the Vex Mind, breaking the Vex's control over the Spire's security systems, Osiris discovers, to his horror, that the Arc surges were intentional, as it was sending the reactor into meltdown. Forced to race towards the bottom of the tower to the reactor, the Guardians clash with another Vex Mind, [[Persys, Primordial Ruin]], who has been directing power to the reactor. Despite Persys's power and the reactor going prompt critical, the Guardians destroy the Vex Mind, stopping the meltdown and allowing the complex to stabilize. Osiris speculates that this assault was a clever incision employed by the Witness; to sabotage a valuable facility to harm the Vanguard, gain vital knowledge from the Golden Age and then destroy the facility outright to deny humanity any advantage it could bring. | ||
====Neomuna==== | ====Neomuna==== | ||
Following the battle over Earth between the Traveler and the Black Fleet, leaving the former subdued, the Witness sent his disciple, [[Calus]], and his [[Shadow Legion]] to [[Neptune]] to acquire a paracasual artifact called [[The Veil]]. The Guardian and Osiris followed with the goal of stopping them | Following the battle over Earth between the Traveler and the Black Fleet, leaving the former subdued, the Witness sent his disciple, [[Calus]], and his [[Shadow Legion]] to [[Neptune]] to acquire a paracasual artifact called [[The Veil]]. The Guardian and Osiris followed with the goal of stopping them but encountered an entire city, [[Neomuna]], the same one that Osiris had been looking for after seeing visions of it. They learned that its people are descendants of Ishtar Collective survivors who fled to Neptune during the Collapse and built Neomuna over the Veil but refrained from reaching out to the other survivors of the Sol System, instead being protected by cybernetically-augmented warriors called [[Cloud Striders]]. Sharing a common foe, the Cloud Striders, [[Rohan]] and [[Nimbus]], join forces against Calus. | ||
For many decades prior to the Shadow Legion's invasion, the Cloud Striders had battled with the Vex as they attempted to enter and seize control over Neomuna's main network and that of their [[CloudArk]], the place where Neomuna's citizens are cybernetically slumbering as the Cloud Striders defend their city. However, with the appearance of the Shadow Legion, and later the Taken, the CloudArk came under serious threat. With the Guardian's aid, however, the Vex and the Taken were pushed back after the Axis Mind in command, [[Parthenios, Drifting Mind]], is destroyed, restoring power to the CloudArk and the city's defenses. However, they soon learned that a malignant force is affecting not only the sleeping citizens with horrific nightmares but is somehow driving the Vex to claim the CloudArk, discovering that the dead disciple, [[Nezarec]], is the one responsible. | For many decades prior to the Shadow Legion's invasion, the Cloud Striders had battled with the Vex as they attempted to enter and seize control over Neomuna's main network and that of their [[CloudArk]], the place where Neomuna's citizens are cybernetically slumbering as the Cloud Striders defend their city. However, with the appearance of the Shadow Legion, and later the Taken, the CloudArk came under serious threat. With the Guardian's aid, however, the Vex and the Taken were pushed back after the Axis Mind in command, [[Parthenios, Drifting Mind]], is destroyed, restoring power to the CloudArk and the city's defenses. However, they soon learned that a malignant force is affecting not only the sleeping citizens with horrific nightmares but is somehow driving the Vex to claim the CloudArk, discovering that the dead disciple, [[Nezarec]], is the one responsible. | ||
Following the Guardians besting Calus, yet failing to stop the Witness from using the Veil in creating a connection with the Traveler, they would nonetheless continue to aid the Cloud Striders in defending Neomuna from both the Shadow Legion and the Vex, mainly against the latter from entering the CloudArk. However, Nimbus, the sole Cloudstrider left after the sacrifice of Rohan in the fight against Calus, struggled | Following the Guardians besting Calus, yet failing to stop the Witness from using the Veil in creating a connection with the Traveler, they would nonetheless continue to aid the Cloud Striders in defending Neomuna from both the Shadow Legion and the Vex, mainly against the latter from entering the CloudArk. However, Nimbus, the sole Cloudstrider left after the sacrifice of Rohan in the fight against Calus, struggled to bear the burden alone but believed he could carry on Rohan's work by following his notes about the Black Garden, enlisting the aid of Osiris and the Guardian. They learn that Rohan actually managed to sneak into the Black Garden without the Sol Divisive noticing and had theorized that the Heart of the Black Garden was actually a prototype of a Vex effort to create a copy of The Veil. Despite the Heart's destruction years ago, Nimbus and Osiris believe that the Sol Divisive would keep information on the Heart's creation in one of the Vex Minds, which would possibly give the Vanguard a means to enter the portal the Witness had created upon the Traveler. Though Nimbus wanted to partake in the journey, Osiris believed their duty was to Neomuna and should let the Guardian complete the mission, which Nimbus reluctantly complied with. The passkey allows the Guardian to enter the Black Garden undetected as hoped but as they venture deeper, the Sol Divisive are alerted to an intruder's presence which turned out to be Nimbus, much to Osiris's annoyance. However, as the Guardian chases after Nimbus, they find the Sol Divisive under assault by the Taken leading Osiris to speculate that The Witness is looking to cover all its tracks thereby ordering the [[Conceptual Mind]] bearing the information on the Heart to be destroyed, something which the Sol Divisive refused to do, leading to the Taken to be given the task instead. Despite this complication, the Guardian reach Nimbus after he had found a Cloud Strider's weapon, [[Deterministic Chaos]], and finally convinces Nimbus to return to Neomuna where they are needed before giving The Guardian the weapon. With their new weapon, the Guardian clears through the Vex before reaching the Conceptual Mind they were looking for. Despite the Sol Divisive Vex's efforts, the Guardian managed to destroy the Conceptual Mind and retrieve its data core, leading the Taken to clear out, which is given to Osiris for study to which they hope that the Heart's blueprint will help them in understanding The Veil. | ||
Later on, the Guardians would encounter a strange Vex that began sending messages for "assistance" before sending them deep within the Vex Network. As they gathered data and were guided by Mithrax, the Guardians spot trace images of Asher Mir, who has been missing since Io was taken by The Witness during the Black Fleet's initial arrival years prior. Nonetheless, after following Asher's instructions through the Vex Network, the Guardians managed to acquire data that the Vex intended to destroy before encountering [[Variant Stalker Brakion, Repurposed Mind]]. Despite the Vex Mind's power, the Guardians succeeded in destroying Brakion and finalized the data, allowing them to gain a new powerful weapon, [[Vexcalibur]]. Ultimately, the gathering of all of Asher's data would reveal that he had been studying and eventually constructed a virtual Veil, a feat done as he spied on both the Vex and the Pyramids from within the Network. However, with all the data, it would be Asher's final sacrifice as for the Guardian to gain this valuable data, he had to sacrifice his individuality, getting swept into the current of the Network. | Later on, the Guardians would encounter a strange Vex that began sending messages for "assistance" before sending them deep within the Vex Network. As they gathered data and were guided by Mithrax, the Guardians spot trace images of Asher Mir, who has been missing since Io was taken by The Witness during the Black Fleet's initial arrival years prior. Nonetheless, after following Asher's instructions through the Vex Network, the Guardians managed to acquire data that the Vex intended to destroy before encountering [[Brakion, Genesis Mind|Variant Stalker Brakion, Repurposed Mind]]. Despite the Vex Mind's power, the Guardians succeeded in destroying Brakion and finalized the data, allowing them to gain a new powerful weapon, [[Vexcalibur]]. Ultimately, the gathering of all of Asher's data would reveal that he had been studying and eventually constructed a virtual Veil, a feat done as he spied on both the Vex and the Pyramids from within the Network. However, with all the data, it would be Asher's final sacrifice as for the Guardian to gain this valuable data, he had to sacrifice his individuality, getting swept into the current of the Network. | ||
Sometime later, the Guardian would be called upon by [[Quinn Laghari]], the chief archivist of Neomuna's [[Hall of Heroes]], stating that after the Veil was used by Calus, Neomuna's defenses went through a reboot which ultimately allowed the Vex to infiltrate the Hall of Heroes and vandalize some of the monuments to the past Cloud Striders. With the Guardian's help, they not only restore the monuments but also learn that the Vex are looking for something within the CloudArk, "The Occlusion", as referred to by the first Cloud Striders. After thwarting the Vex's attempt to breach the CloudArk, the Guardian and Quinn learn that the Vex's actual goal is to reclaim a Vex Mind of theirs, [[Soteria]], which has been resting within the CloudArk since Neomuna's founding but has no true intent to return to the Vex, having come to enjoy the "quiet" of being away from the collective. Despite this revelation, the Guardian and Quinn save Soteria from being taken back by the Vex, to which the Vex Mind expresses its gratitude and informs them that an enemy of The Witness lies imprisoned on Titan. | Sometime later, the Guardian would be called upon by [[Quinn Laghari]], the chief archivist of Neomuna's [[Hall of Heroes]], stating that after the Veil was used by Calus, Neomuna's defenses went through a reboot which ultimately allowed the Vex to infiltrate the Hall of Heroes and vandalize some of the monuments to the past Cloud Striders. With the Guardian's help, they not only restore the monuments but also learn that the Vex are looking for something within the CloudArk, "The Occlusion", as referred to by the first Cloud Striders. After thwarting the Vex's attempt to breach the CloudArk, the Guardian and Quinn learn that the Vex's actual goal is to reclaim a Vex Mind of theirs, [[Soteria]], which has been resting within the CloudArk since Neomuna's founding but has no true intent to return to the Vex, having come to enjoy the "quiet" of being away from the collective. Despite this revelation, the Guardian and Quinn save Soteria from being taken back by the Vex, to which the Vex Mind expresses its gratitude and informs them that an enemy of The Witness lies imprisoned on Titan. | ||