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====Seizing the Spire==== | ====Seizing the Spire==== | ||
[[File:PersysPromotional2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Guardians battle against Persys]] | [[File:PersysPromotional2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Guardians battle against Persys]] | ||
Following the Endless Night and the Vex's failed assault on the Last City, the Vex would remain relatively quiet as the Guardians handled rising threats such the Witch Queen and her [[Lucent Brood]] gaining the Light, [Emperor | Following the Endless Night and the Vex's failed assault on the Last City, the Vex would remain relatively quiet as the Guardians handled rising threats such the Witch Queen and her [[Lucent Brood]] gaining the Light, [[Emperor Calus|Calus]]'s return and becoming a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] of [[the Witness]] and Eramis's return. However, as the Guardians toppled these threats and made full-time [[The Coalition|alliances]] with the [[Reef]]born [[Awoken]], Empress Caiatl's Cabal Empire and the Eliksni of House Light, they still needed to prepare for the Witness's return and prevent another Collapse. To do so, Ana Bray believed they need to find a way to repair the Warmind Rasputin, who has remained incapacitated since its encounter with the Black Fleet. However, do to so, Osiris forced Ana Bray to work with her grandfather, Clovis Bray I, housed in an AI construct within the Creation wing of Bray Exoscience on Europa. The Bray patriarch agreed to aid in restoring Rasputin albeit for different reasons. | ||
As the Guardians worked in gathering the necessary data from the Subminds needed to regain control over the Warsat Network, stop [[Xivu Arath, God of War|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, God of War|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. | ||
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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 [[Ahsa|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 [[Ahsa|enemy]] of The Witness lies imprisoned on Titan. | ||
====Clash of the Hive Gods==== | |||
When [[Eris Morn]] transformed herself into the Hive God of Vengeance to challenge Xivu Arath, the Guardians would be sent to the [[Altars of Summoning]] to slay powerful foes as tithes for Eris. Upon arriving at the [[Altar of Feracity]], the Guardian summons fourth Precursor Vex led by the [[Prevenient Mind]], [[Proximate Mind]], and [[Prevailing Mind]]. Despite their superior numbers, the Vex would be slain, with their deaths being tithed to Eris Morn. | |||
====Invasion of the Dreaming City==== | |||
With [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath's]] banishment from her [[Black Terrace|throne world]] and the Vanguard discovering a way to enter the portal inside the Traveler, the Witness responds by sending the Sol Divisive to invade the Dreaming City. The Guardians arrives at the Keep of Voices and defeats the Vex guarding Riven's remains, with the Techeuns awakening her spirit. When the first of Riven's eggs was pulled out of the Ley Lines and into her lair, the Sol Divisive would send the [[Aspirational Construct]], a powerful Hydra that serves as the Witness's eyes and ears to retrieve it. However they come into conflict with the Guardian who is sent into the lair to secure the egg. Despite being empowered with a core of Darkness, the Aspirational Construct is destroyed, allowing the egg to fall into the Guardian's hands. | |||
When more eggs continued to be secured by the Guardian, the Sol Divisive would respond by creating [[Akardon, Pitiless Mind]] to simulate the Techeuns and deploy Oracles from the Vault of Glass into Riven's Lair. The Oracles would attempt to mimic resonance, an aspect of the Darkness utilized by the Witness and its Disciples. Arriving at Riven's Lair to secure the next egg, the Guardian slays a powerful Taken Ogre imprisoned by the Vex and discover the Oracle presence. Upon defeating the [[Deceptor Mind]], the Guardian goes to retrieve the egg. However this would prove to be a distraction, as the Sol Divisive would successfully steal the egg, sending fourth the [[Centroidal Mind]] and transporting the egg into [[Taranis]]'s lair within the Black Garden. After defeating the Axis Mind, the Guardian enters the Black Garden to find and secure the egg. Infiltrating Taranis's Lair, the Guardian fights through hordes of Vex and Taken. Combining the power of the Riven and Taranis's paracausal sparks, the Guardian defeats Akardon and retrieves the egg. | |||
Continuing their assault within the Dreaming City, the Vex place Oracles around the Confluence, where its heart contains the final egg. However the Oracles are destroyed by the Guardians, who successfully retrieve the final egg and make the fifteenth wish to pursue the Witness. Despite their failure, the Sol Divisive continue their invasion to halt the efforts of the Coalition. Through their studies of the Darkness, the Sol Divisive would attempt to merge with the collective consciousness of the Witness but to no avail. | |||
==Sociology== | ==Sociology== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Vex like rock music according to Ghost from a scannable on Nessus | |||
*According to a [https://web.archive.org/web/20170219124748/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/destiny-rise-of-iron-how-seventies-scifi-inspired-bungie-online-shooter-20160614 post] on RollingStone, the story of the Vex was inspired by a little known movie called [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095525/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Gandahar] which was about metal men who come from the future and begin turning everything in a paradise world to stone. | *According to a [https://web.archive.org/web/20170219124748/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/destiny-rise-of-iron-how-seventies-scifi-inspired-bungie-online-shooter-20160614 post] on RollingStone, the story of the Vex was inspired by a little known movie called [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095525/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Gandahar] which was about metal men who come from the future and begin turning everything in a paradise world to stone. | ||
*Coincidentally, the Vex share their name with the [https://www.vexrobotics.com/ VEX Robotics Design System], an educational robotics system intended for users of all ages. | *Coincidentally, the Vex share their name with the [https://www.vexrobotics.com/ VEX Robotics Design System], an educational robotics system intended for users of all ages. | ||
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**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' | **''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' | ||
**''[[Forsaken]]'' | **''[[Forsaken]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Forge]] | **''[[Season of the Forge]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' | **''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of Opulence]]'' | **''[[Season of Opulence]]'' | ||
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**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' | **''[[Season of the Witch]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' | **''[[Season of the Wish]]'' | ||
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||