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|affiliation= [[Asher Mir]] <br> [[ | |affiliation= [[Asher Mir]] <br> [[Guardian]]s <br> [[Exodus Black]] | ||
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{{Quote|( | {{Quote|(Cheery) I can help you! (Depressed) But I'm going to be super unpleasant about it.|Failsafe}} | ||
'''Failsafe''' (also known by the designation '''AI-COM/XBLK''') is the [[Golden Age]] [[Computer Core]] of the [[Exodus Black]] colony ship encountered by [[Guardian]] forces on the [[wikipedia:Centaur (small Solar System body)|centaur]] [[Nessus]]. Due to damage to her mainframe, she vacillates between two very different personalities, one cheerful and helpful (despite Ghost's opinions), the other depressed and sarcastic. She is known to collaborate with [[Last City]] scholars by providing computational power or access to her database.<ref name="Getting Your Hands Dirty">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Getting Your Hands Dirty]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Failsafe]]: [[Failsafe#Quotes|"As you say, Ms. Karn. I am happy to assist your research. My data stores are yours whenever you have need of them."]]''</ref> | '''Failsafe''' (also known by the designation '''AI-COM/XBLK''') is the [[Golden Age]] [[Computer Core]] of the [[Exodus Black]] colony ship encountered by [[Guardian]] forces on the [[wikipedia:Centaur (small Solar System body)|centaur]] [[Nessus]]. Due to damage to her mainframe, she vacillates between two very different personalities, one cheerful and helpful (despite Ghost's opinions), the other depressed and sarcastic. She is known to collaborate with [[Last City]] scholars by providing computational power or access to her database.<ref name="Getting Your Hands Dirty">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Getting Your Hands Dirty]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Failsafe]]: [[Failsafe#Quotes|"As you say, Ms. Karn. I am happy to assist your research. My data stores are yours whenever you have need of them."]]''</ref> | ||
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===Crash of the Exodus Black=== | ===Crash of the Exodus Black=== | ||
{{Quote|I'm sorry, but I'm unable to keep pace with what is happening to my computational capabilities! The Exodus Black is now in an unrecoverable descent. Please make whatever preparations are appropriate!|Failsafe}}<ref name="Impact Velocity">'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Impact Velocity]]''</ref> | {{Quote|I'm sorry, but I'm unable to keep pace with what is happening to my computational capabilities! The Exodus Black is now in an unrecoverable descent. Please make whatever preparations are appropriate!|Failsafe}}<ref name="Impact Velocity">'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Impact Velocity]]''</ref> | ||
Failsafe was launched onboard the Exodus Black from the [[Cosmodrome]], intended to accompany the ship on its journey through interstellar space to the [[wikipedia:Kepler-186|Kepler-186]] system. On the way, the crew of the ship were surprised by the | Failsafe was launched onboard the Exodus Black from the [[Cosmodrome]], intended to accompany the ship on its journey through interstellar space to the [[wikipedia:Kepler-186|Kepler-186]] system. On the way, the crew of the ship were surprised by the unexpected appearance of Nessus on their flight vector. Both Failsafe and the Exodus Black crew attempted to adjust the ship's course away from Nessus, but the centaur introduced 26 new mathematical constraints required to recalculate the course. Additionally, Failsafe was inhibited by a sudden [[Vex|alien]] intrusion into her systems, making her unable to compute the appropriate adjustments.<ref name="Impact Velocity"/> After losing an engine, the ship crash landed on Nessus due to the anomalous addition of six dimensions to the ship's momentum.<ref name="Exodus Down">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Exodus_Down#Lore|Exodus Down]]''</ref> | ||
With supplies exhausted after nine days crashed on Nessus, an Exodus Black crew member disabled Failsafe's shackle programming, enabling her to think more freely and possibly beginning the future development of Failsafe's second personality.<ref name="O Captain">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-o-captain-exodus-black O Captain]''</ref> During this time, crew members continued to die off, with many opting to leave the others, and some becoming subject to experiments by the local Vex.<ref name="Lost Crew">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lost Crew]]''</ref> Failsafe was left alone some time after Captain [[Masoud Jacobson]] left the Exodus Black in an attempt to use the ship's satellite array to call for help. She would remain this way for at least 500 years, all the while suffering damage and undergoing self-repair, developing new emotions and her second personality.<ref name="The Insight Terminus">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Insight Terminus]]''</ref> | With supplies exhausted after nine days crashed on Nessus, an Exodus Black crew member disabled Failsafe's shackle programming, enabling her to think more freely and possibly beginning the future development of Failsafe's second personality.<ref name="O Captain">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-o-captain-exodus-black O Captain]''</ref> During this time, crew members continued to die off, with many opting to leave the others, and some becoming subject to experiments by the local Vex.<ref name="Lost Crew">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lost Crew]]''</ref> Failsafe was left alone some time after Captain [[Masoud Jacobson]] left the Exodus Black in an attempt to use the ship's satellite array to call for help. She would remain this way for at least 500 years, all the while suffering damage and undergoing self-repair, developing new emotions and her second personality.<ref name="The Insight Terminus">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Insight Terminus]]''</ref> | ||
===The Red War=== | ===The Red War=== | ||
[[File:Failsafe.png|thumb | [[File:Failsafe.png|thumb|220px|Failsafe's core.]] | ||
{{Quote|Cayde unit, I have great news! A ship similar to yours has entered the gravitational radius of this planetoid!"<br>"What?! All right! Uh-oh. Listen, the next teleport's about to happen. Don't tell them that I got in over my head, OK? Tell them it was some kind of Vex trap or something. Got it? Failsafe?|Failsafe and Cayde-6}}<ref name="Rekindled Solstice Cloak">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/solstice-cloak-rekindled Solstice Cloak (Rekindled)]''</ref> | {{Quote|Cayde unit, I have great news! A ship similar to yours has entered the gravitational radius of this planetoid!"<br>"What?! All right! Uh-oh. Listen, the next teleport's about to happen. Don't tell them that I got in over my head, OK? Tell them it was some kind of Vex trap or something. Got it? Failsafe?|Failsafe and Cayde-6}}<ref name="Rekindled Solstice Cloak">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/solstice-cloak-rekindled Solstice Cloak (Rekindled)]''</ref> | ||
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===Search for Captain Jacobson=== | ===Search for Captain Jacobson=== | ||
[[File:FriendlyHarpy.jpg|thumb | [[File:FriendlyHarpy.jpg|thumb|300px|The strange Harpy waiting by a conflux.]] | ||
{{Quote|Sometimes, I think I hear my former Captain's voice on the comms. That is highly improbable because he should be dead!|Failsafe}} | {{Quote|Sometimes, I think I hear my former Captain's voice on the comms. That is highly improbable because he should be dead!|Failsafe}} | ||
Sometime after the end of the Red War, Failsafe reported to the Guardian that she occasionally hears the voice of Captain Masoud Jacobson on the comm system. At her request, the Guardian began investigating, and to the surprise of Ghost, managed to uncover the remains of Exodus Black crew members, still in their suits. These suits contained recordings of events long past, and eventually they found a recording of Captain Jacobson declaring his intent to leave the Exodus Black to use the satellite array. With this information, the Guardian retraced his path to a computer console in the [[Glade of Echoes]], which was still attempting to transmit a mayday signal from Captain Jacobson. The message playback was interrupted by a Vex transmission that Failsafe recognized as a greeting and/or a war cry. Vex units began to appear, accompanied by [[Empathic Sentinel]]s carrying memory data. The Guardian collected this data for Ghost to analyze, and discovered that the Vex believed Captain Jacobson was coming to meet them. This brought their attention to a strange [[Harpy]], which they pursued at the insistence of Failsafe.<ref name="O Captain"/> | Sometime after the end of the Red War, Failsafe reported to the Guardian that she occasionally hears the voice of Captain Masoud Jacobson on the comm system. At her request, the Guardian began investigating, and to the surprise of Ghost, managed to uncover the remains of Exodus Black crew members, still in their suits. These suits contained recordings of events long past, and eventually they found a recording of Captain Jacobson declaring his intent to leave the Exodus Black to use the satellite array. With this information, the Guardian retraced his path to a computer console in the [[Glade of Echoes]], which was still attempting to transmit a mayday signal from Captain Jacobson. The message playback was interrupted by a Vex transmission that Failsafe recognized as a greeting and/or a war cry. Vex units began to appear, accompanied by [[Empathic Sentinel]]s carrying memory data. The Guardian collected this data for Ghost to analyze, and discovered that the Vex believed Captain Jacobson was coming to meet them. This brought their attention to a strange [[Harpy]], which they pursued at the insistence of Failsafe.<ref name="O Captain"/> | ||
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===Aiding the Vanguard=== | ===Aiding the Vanguard=== | ||
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At some point Failsafe befriended the [[Ghost]] later known as [[Glint]], who visited regularly.<ref name="TOTF1">'''Bungie (2021/9/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Tales_of_the_Forgotten#Nessus_-_1|Tales of the Forgotten: Nessus - 1]]''</ref> | |||
==Personality and | A year following the Red War, Failsafe received word of the death of Cayde-6 at the hands of [[Uldren Sov]] during a mission at the [[Prison of Elders]] in the [[Reef]]. The next time the Guardian visited Nessus, Failsafe offered them her emotional support. She also expressed that she believed grief became easier to manage the more one experiences loss, as in the loss of her own crew, but that Cayde's death disproved that theory.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last Call]]''</ref> Following Uldren's death, she stated that the news did not ease her grief over the loss of Cayde. Some time later Glint stopped visiting as well, having resurrected the late Uldren as his Guardian.<ref name="TOTF1"/> | ||
A little over another year later after the discovery of a [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]] on the [[Moon]], the Guardian visited Failsafe on the behalf of the recently reemerged [[Saint-14]], who sought a way to honor the colonists lost aboard the Exodus Black. Failsafe suggested that regular patrol duties on the planetoid would be sufficient to honor their memory.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]], Playstation 4, [[Honoring the Lost]]''</ref> | |||
Two years after his last visit, during the [[Festival of the Lost]], Glint returned to Failsafe to enlist her aid in researching the [[Headless One]]s. After begrudgingly commenting that she'd discovered the emotion of betrayal specifically because of Glint, she let him on board to discuss the matter.<ref name="TOTF1"/> She explained that she'd detected them in the nearby [[The Rift|ruins]] for centuries but not very often, and suggested they play checkers before Glint continued his investigation.<ref name="TOTF2">'''Bungie (2021/9/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Tales_of_the_Forgotten#Nessus_-_4|Tales of the Forgotten: Nessus - 4]]''</ref> Glint won, prompting Failsafe to "accidentally" explode their holographic board and offer to reveal the [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|origins]] of the Headless Ones the next time Glint returned, proclaiming it to be an incentive.<ref name="TOTF3">'''Bungie (2021/9/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Tales_of_the_Forgotten#Nessus_-_7|Tales of the Forgotten: Nessus - 7]]''</ref> | |||
==Personality and traits== | |||
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At first glance, Failsafe may appear to have a simple personality, either being extremely happy or extremely depressed. While she may have had a comparable cheery personality early in her life, listening to the content of Failsafe's speech reveals she is perfectly capable of experiencing a wider range of emotions, including anger and grief. | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
If the personality speaking is not noted, assume cheery. | If the personality speaking is not noted, assume cheery. | ||
*''"(Depressed) Everyone I've ever known is dead, and their bones are dust. ( | *''"(Depressed) Everyone I've ever known is dead, and their bones are dust. (Cheery) I am very lonely."'' | ||
*''"(Depressed) It's not murder if it's robots!"'' | *''"(Depressed) It's not murder if it's robots!"'' | ||
*''"[[The Guardian|Captain]], hello! [[Asher Mir]] says that I will provide the computational support, and you will provide the brute force! He is very rude!"'' | *''"[[The Guardian|Captain]], hello! [[Asher Mir]] says that I will provide the computational support, and you will provide the brute force! He is very rude!"'' | ||
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*''"(Cheery): Warning! Warning! Sensors are showing... showing... (Depressed): I... have a body? (Cheery): Captain! Did you wish for me to have a body? Having a body has been my life's goal for the past 895 days! Stand by... processing new information... Captain. Is this... YOUR body? (Depressed): Gross.'' - After successfully inputting Wish 9 | *''"(Cheery): Warning! Warning! Sensors are showing... showing... (Depressed): I... have a body? (Cheery): Captain! Did you wish for me to have a body? Having a body has been my life's goal for the past 895 days! Stand by... processing new information... Captain. Is this... YOUR body? (Depressed): Gross.'' - After successfully inputting Wish 9 | ||
*''"(Cheery): Shooting things is fun! Commence fixing more problems with bullets!'' - After defeating [[Kalli]] | *''"(Cheery): Shooting things is fun! Commence fixing more problems with bullets!'' - After defeating [[Kalli]] | ||
*''"(Cheery): Another humanoid female! Is she friend or foe? | *''"(Cheery): Another humanoid female! Is she friend or foe? (Depressed): Either way... I'm gonna shoot her.'' - At the beginning of the [[Shuro Chi]] encounter | ||
*''"(Cheery): I was aware that my captain's occupational duties included shooting "bad guys" and rescuing "good guys". I did not know that shooting and rescuing could be the same thing! | *''"(Cheery): I was aware that my captain's occupational duties included shooting "bad guys" and rescuing "good guys". I did not know that shooting and rescuing could be the same thing! (Depressed): That's... confusing.'' - After defeating Shuro Chi | ||
*''"(Cheery): Already I am experiencing many new wonders! I spent the past [REDACTED] years staring at my own crumbling body! Now I am appreciating alien architecture! (Depressed): I... didn't know the world could be this... beautiful...'' - Between the Shuro Chi and Morgeth encounters | *''"(Cheery): Already I am experiencing many new wonders! I spent the past [REDACTED] years staring at my own crumbling body! Now I am appreciating alien architecture! (Depressed): I... didn't know the world could be this... beautiful...'' - Between the Shuro Chi and Morgeth encounters | ||
*''"(Cheery): I also did not know the world could be this ugly! (Depressed): At least I get to shoot it.'' - In the Ascendant Plane | *''"(Cheery): I also did not know the world could be this ugly! (Depressed): At least I get to shoot it.'' - In the Ascendant Plane | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
Failsafe serves as the vendor and one of the main quest givers for Nessus. She is situated at the Exodus Black. Turning in Nessus tokens, Microphasic Datalattice and Quantized Datalattice increases player reputation with Failsafe and rewards [[Legendary]] faction gear, [[ | Failsafe serves as the vendor and one of the main quest givers for Nessus. She is situated at the Exodus Black. Turning in Nessus tokens, Microphasic Datalattice and Quantized Datalattice increases player reputation with Failsafe and rewards [[Legendary]] faction gear, [[shader]]s and other rewards. | ||
===Faction | ===Faction armor=== | ||
*[[Exodus Down]] | *[[Exodus Down]] | ||
===Faction | ===Faction weapons=== | ||
*[[Uriel's Gift]] | *[[Uriel's Gift]] | ||
*[[Seven-Six-Five]] | *[[Seven-Six-Five]] | ||
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*Failsafe seems to have a great deal of empathy with anyone captured and held for no legitimate reason, even asking you to free [[Fallen]] captured by the [[Vex]] as part of an experiment in to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma prisoner's dilemma] during the adventure Release. | *Failsafe seems to have a great deal of empathy with anyone captured and held for no legitimate reason, even asking you to free [[Fallen]] captured by the [[Vex]] as part of an experiment in to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma prisoner's dilemma] during the adventure Release. | ||
*Failsafe dislikes [[Cayde-6]], who she blames for alerting the Fallen and Vex to her existence, and regularly mocks his intelligence. | *Failsafe dislikes [[Cayde-6]], who she blames for alerting the Fallen and Vex to her existence, and regularly mocks his intelligence. | ||
**Despite this, she grieves over his death in [[ | **Despite this, she grieves over his death in [[Forsaken]]. | ||
*Failsafe's personalities are sometimes referred to as two different individuals;<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Dawning_Delights#Celebrate_Each_Other|Dawning Delights]]''</ref> however, neither ever refer to each other directly and will often finish sentences by the other. | *Failsafe's personalities are sometimes referred to as two different individuals;<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Dawning_Delights#Celebrate_Each_Other|Dawning Delights]]''</ref> however, neither ever refer to each other directly and will often finish sentences by the other. | ||
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**''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' | **''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' | ||
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' | **''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' | ||
**''[[ | **''[[Forsaken]]'' | ||
**''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]'' | |||
***''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[ | **''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' | |||
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||