Editing Atraks-1, Fallen Exo

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|ability = Extinction Protocol <br> Replicated Ruin <br> Replication <br> High Durability <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Ultra Smash <br> Teleportation <br> Summon Fallen <br> Summon Duplicates <br> Summon [[Sentinel Servitor]]s
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{{Quote|I cast off my carapace to be [[Exo|reborn]], just like our glorious [[Riis]].|Atraks-1}}

'''Atraks-1, Fallen Exo''' (formerly known as '''Atraks, the Wildcard''') is a [[Fallen]] [[Baron]]ess of the [[House of Salvation]]. She served under [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] as a member of her inner council, alongside [[Kridis]], [[Phylaks]] and [[Praksis]].

After Phylaks and Praksis were defeated by the [[Young Wolf]], Atraks was ordered by Eramis to secure the [[Deep Stone Crypt (location)|Deep Stone Crypt]], where she uploaded her consciousness into an Eliksni-based [[Exo]]mind. This gave Atraks the ability to duplicate herself into multiple copies, which she used to her advantage while fighting the Guardians aboard the [[Morning Star]] space station.

==Biography==
===Early history===
{{Quote|I am Atraks, the Wildcard, and I have been charged by my [[Kell]] to speak to the youth of the Eliksni. Those who, like me, have never known a life that wasn't wandering. Who have no memories of Riis, only tales of glorious cities under glowing green skies passed down from our elders.|Atraks.}}<ref name="Wild">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#XIII. The Wildcard|The Wildcard]]''</ref>

Following the collapse of [[Riis]], known as the [[Whirlwind]], many [[Eliksni]] left their homeworld and sought salvation by desperately chasing the [[Traveler|Great Machine]] through space for centuries.<ref name="Fallen 3">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3| Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> During the [[Long Drift]], the Eliksni raised their clans and offspring in their [[Ketch|starships]] and turned them into family homes.<ref name="Kin">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Call of the Cryptolith#II. RATIONS|II. RATIONS]]''</ref> Atraks was among a new generation of Eliksni that were born in space and regarded as unlucky since they had no personal memories of Riis.<ref name="Wild"/>

===Demise of the Devils===
{{quote|You are too young to remember the old house. What the Devils were before.|Eramis}}

Following the release of [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] from the [[Prison of Elders]], the [[Baroness]] returned to what remained of the [[House of Devils]] and attempted to rebuild them with a return to the old ways. Eramis rallied those [[Siriks, Loyal to Eramis|lo]][[Phensis, Loyal to Eramis|yal]] to her and appointed Atraks as the youngest member of her council.<ref name="Visionary">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#IV. The Visionary|The Visionary]]''</ref> 

After the Devils failed their heist to acquire the [[Outbreak Perfected|SIVA weapon]] from the [[Last City]], Eramis became frustrated and felt humiliation at losing to the younger [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]]. Atraks watched the brooding Eramis from a distance aboard her ketch and addressed her as Kell, but Eramis bitterly told her not to take their failure to heart as Atraks was too young to remember the true prowess of the old Devils. Replying with youthful optimism, Atraks stated that her eyes were clear and she could see the new potential of the Devils. Eramis, in a moment of clarity, took inspiration from Atraks' words and declared that the Devils were dead and they must become something new.<ref name="Visionary"/>

===The Dark Empire===
[[File:Wildcard1.gif|thumb|300px|Eramis instructing Atraks to prepare the body.]]
{{quote|Atraks... Kridis and I can handle this. Return to the Crypt and prepare the [[Taniks, the Scarred|body]].|[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]]}}

Alongside fellow councilors [[Praksis, the Technocrat|Praksis]] and [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]], she greeted the arrival of Eramis's old friends [[Phylaks, the Warrior|Phylaks]] and [[Kridis, Dark Priestess|Kridis]]. Atraks witnessed the assault of Variks by Phylaks for his past betrayal, before Eramis convinced the two new arrivals to begrudgingly work alongside the [[House of Judgment]] scribe for the good of all Eliksni.<ref name="TC">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#VIII. The Council|The Council]]''</ref> Later Atraks stood with Eramis and her fellow councilors to welcome the arrival of the [[The Europan Pyramid|obsidian ship]] on [[Europa]] as it persuaded them to choose salvation. A new dark empire is born in the form of the [[House of Salvation]] led by Eramis.<ref name="Kell">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#IX. The Kell of Darkness|The Kell of Darkness]]''</ref>

Atraks was then instructed by her Kell to be the voice of reason among the youth of the Eliksni and broadcasted a passionate message saying how she is glad the Whirlwind arrived to strip the Eliksni of their dogmatic culture. She also viewed her unlucky birth during Long Drift to be a birth of freedom as she can now see the [[Light]] for what it truly is, unlike the nostalgia blinded generations of before who turned their backs on the future. She encouraged the youth to rally under Salvation at Riis-Reborn, to do away with dead dreams and look to the future by wielding the [[Stasis|power]] gifted by the [[Darkness]].<ref name="Wild"/>

During a ceremony held within the main chambers of Riis-Reborn, Atraks stood amongst the Dark Council as Eramis made her speech against the Traveler. Atraks witnessed the destruction of a [[Servitor]] and Phylaks harnessing the powers of Stasis from the [[Crux of Darkness]], but the assembly is interrupted by the [[Guardian]]s.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[The New Kell]]''</ref> Following the deaths of Phylaks and Praksis, Eramis held an emergency meeting between Atraks and Kridis, ordering Atraks to return to the Deep Stone Crypt and prepare the [[Taniks|body]] as she believed they could handle the situation.<ref name="TT">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[The Technocrat]]''</ref>

Atraks was in charge of the Fallen operation within the Deep Stone Crypt, where she managed to obtain Exomind technology from the [[Morning Star]] orbiting Europa. She would willingly volunteer herself to the Exomind conversion process, casting aside her organic carapace for that of a modified [[Exo]] frame based on Praksis's research. In an attempt to deal with the mental strain associated with the Exo transformation, she stripped the skin off her old face to serve as a reminder that it was nothing but a mask of her past life.<ref name="Mask">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Mask of Bakris]]''</ref>

===The Fallen Exo===
[[File:Taniks.gif|thumb|300px|Atraks-1 reawakens Taniks]]
{{quote|Clarity Control breached. A single unregistered Exo and a single life form of unknown biology detected in the Crypt laboratory.|Crypt AI}}

As a fireteam of Guardians entered the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] laboratory near [[Clarity Control]], they encountered Atraks near a terminal with the appearance of an [[Exo]] and modelled after her previous [[Eliksni]] form with four arms and a signature white and black look. She then unleashed the body from a Fallen cryopod to reveal the infamous mercenary, [[Taniks, the Scarred]]. Taniks was enraged at the sight of the Guardians and proceeded to violently bash the laboratory glass. His attempt to break the glass failed and he climbed the glass to leave Atraks behind. The Fallen Exo then followed suit and disappeared in a mist.<ref name="DSC">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)|Deep Stone Crypt]]''</ref>

As the Guardians approached the laboratory launch pods, Atraks returned and spread duplicate clones of herself across the room and the [[Morning Star]] orbital station to battle against them. She then summoned Fallen reinforcements and deployed [[Sentinel Servitor]]s to disable the augment terminals nearby. Immune to all damage and armed with an upgraded white [[Shock Rifle]], she fired [[Arc]] bolts against the Guardians from all directions.<ref name="DSC"/>

With the [[Servitor]]s defeated, Atraks activated her Extinction Protocol to eliminate the enemy threat, however, the Guardians managed to attack the correct duplicate through the use of a scanner augment. Reacting quickly to their attack she dropped a replication orb to allow herself to form another copy and extinguish any Guardian attached to it, but the raid team cleverly used the airlocks of the orbital station to launch the replication orb into space. Atraks then made a final stand by summoning eight duplicates of herself in the orbital station, but her cunning abilities were of no use and her original form was detected and defeated by the Guardians.<ref name="DSC"/>

==Personality and traits==
[[File:AtraksPromotional1.png|thumb|300px|Atraks-1, the Fallen Exo]]
{{quote|They called us unlucky to have been born in the dark of deep space, but we were born free!|Atraks, the Wildcard}}

Quiet in nature, Atraks was respectful to those of traditional Fallen authority. She was an Eliksni of few words and optimistic in nature who looked toward a revolutionary future. This optimistic trait may have developed as she never witnessed the horrors of the [[Whirlwind]] personally.

She whole-heartedly believed in Eramis and passionately tried to recruit her fellow young Eliksni. Atraks asked them to see to the Light as a distraction and to do away with the dead dreams that blinded the older generations. Viewing her birth in space as a positive, Atraks believed she was born free and did not have to live by the arbitrary customs that previously guided the Fallen.

Atraks demonstrated her high intelligence when she continued the Exo research first set in motion by Praksis and became the first Fallen ever to become an Exo. She bested the likes of [[Sekris, Baron of Shanks|Sekris]], Taniks, [[Pirrha, the Rifleman|Pirrha]], [[Aksis, Archon Prime|Aksis]] and his [[Devil Splicers]] to truly become one with technology and achieved a status that would be celebrated as godhood among her kind.

Following the deaths of her fellow Council members, Atraks became the last surviving leader of her House and kept a [[Ketch]] stationed near the Morning Star space station orbiting Europa.

During her transition to Atraks-1, her cognitive mind deteriorated to the point where she suffered early stages of Dissociative Exomind Rejection. To remedy this, an unnamed Fallen (perhaps another internal voice) instructed her to strip the skin off her former face for others to wear and remind herself that her old organic body was just an imposter to them; its face being nothing other than a [[Mask of Bakris|mask]].

==Gameplay==
[[File:Atraks2.jpg|thumb|300px|Atraks-1 enters battle]]

As [[Guardian]]s journey their way through the red giant veiled statue, they reach a laboratory with "Atraks-1, Fallen Exo" inside.

Upon arrival, Atraks-1 will awaken [[Taniks, Reborn]] from his cryopod and point to the Guardians. Taniks reacts with anger as he begins to bash the laboratory glass in rage and disappear by climbing the glass, with Atraks following suit.

To initiate the encounter, players need to approach a purple glowing orb near the four space elevator pods. Atraks will re-emerge with various duplicate clones spread across [[Clarity Control]] and Morning Star. She is immune to all damaged and armed with an upgraded [[Shock Rifle]]. Getting near Atraks will unleash an Ultra Smash attack. 

The objective is to defeat Atraks-1 by locating the correct duplicate to attack through the use of a Scanner augment. It is advised players equip the weapon, [[The Lament]] due to its high damage capacity.

There are a total of eight Atraks-1 duplicates, with four in the laboratory and four in the orbital space station. In the laboratory, there is one duplicate by the middle space pods, one by the red room and two by the yellow room; separated into upper and lower. While in the orbital station, there are two duplicates by the middle; front and back, one by the left and one by the right. 

Also spread across both rooms are three augment terminals to help players transfer their augments between each other. These can be found by the middle, left and right portions of the room, the orbital station is unique for having an extra terminal near the space pods.

[[File:Atraks1.gif|thumb|300px|Atraks-1 initiating its Extinction Protocol.]]

Players are advised to split into two groups of three to tackle Atraks from both rooms. Using the space pods will help players enter the orbital station above and also travel to the laboratory below. They also need to acquire the yellow Scanner and red Operator augments to help defeat Atraks. The [[Operator Vandal]] will spawn in the laboratory, while the [[Hacker Vandal]] will spawn in the orbital station.

The Operator is able to launch elevator pods to and from the orbital station by shooting the panels near it. They also have the important role of shooting the "Atraks-1 Replication" debuff off players carrying the replication orb. While the Scanner will be able to guide their teammates to the correct Atraks to attack, as the duplicate will glow a distinct yellow.

To begin the damage phase against Atraks, players are required to destroy a total of six [[Sentinel Servitor]]s that spawn near the Fallen Exo. Three will spawn in the laboratory and three will spawn by the orbital station, each spread across to the middle, left and right. The Sentinel Servitors will also disable the augment terminals and need to be destroyed to grant access to it. Hacker and Operator Vandals will also spawn alongside the Sentinels. It is also possible to begin the damage by waiting for a prolonged amount of time.

Following their destruction, Atraks will initiate its "Extinction Protocol". This will first start at the orbital station above and then the laboratory below and will continue this process back and forth to a total of four damage phases. Failure to defeat the correct duplicate in time will result in a wipe mechanic called "Replicated Ruin". After defeating the duplicate in the orbital station, the Scanner then needs to pass their augment through the terminal to a player below so that they too can attack the correct Atraks. The Scanner augment will need to be juggled throughout the individual damage phases and players are advised to delegate Scanner roles accordingly.

When a duplicate despawns, it will drop a purple glowing orb named "Atraks-1 Replication". It is important to pick this orb up and dispose of the replication by entering one of the four airlocks in the orbital station. The Operator has the added duty to first open their doors by shooting the red glowing panel and then shoot the replication off the players carrying it. 

Players are given 45 seconds to hold the buff and this can be extended if the Operator shoots the orbs over their heads to reset the timer. If the replication isn't destroyed, a copy of Atraks will spawn and eliminate everyone, resulting in death by "Replication". Players carrying the orb from the laboratory need to use the launch pods and travel to the space station and also enter the airlocks. If the Operator were to mistakenly pick up the orb, they have the option to transfer their augment and allow another player to shoot the orb off them. However, if a player were to stay in the airlock for too long, they risk death as it will be ejected into space.

If her health does not reach the final stand, Atraks will spawn more Sentinel Servitors to initiate another cycle of damage phases until she reaches the final stand. In the final stand, the whole team need to gather by the orbital station and await the final Extinction Protocol. There Atraks will spawn a total of eight duplicates across the room and the Scanner will need to guide their team to the correct Atraks to damage. The duplicates will also drop more replication orbs that need to be sent to the airlock, however, if teams are fast enough, they can defeat Atraks without destroying the orbs and collect the raid chest.

==Gallery==
'''Atraks, the Wildcard'''
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Wildcard2.jpg|Atraks, the Wildcard
Wildcard3.jpg|Full body of Atraks
Phylaks1.gif|Atraks first seen as a shadowy figure 
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'''Atraks-1, Fallen Exo'''
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Atraks3.jpg|Atraks-1, Fallen Exo
Atraks6.jpg|Atraks-1 in the yellow room
Atraks7.jpg|Atraks-1 in the red room

Atraks5.jpg|Atraks-1 in the orbital station 
Atraks8.jpg|Atraks-1 activating its Extinction Protocol
Atraks4.jpg|Atraks-1 shooting her Shock Rifle

Atraks9.jpg|A close up of Atraks-1
Atraks10.jpg|Atraks-1 near a Sentinel Servitor
Atraks12.jpg|Another view of Atraks

Atraks11.jpg|Multiple Atraks-1's initiating Extinction Protocol
Atraks13.jpg|Atraks-1 battling the Guardians

AtraksPromotional2.png|A promotional image of Atraks-1
</gallery>

'''Atraks-1, Fallen Captain'''
<gallery perrow=3> 

AtraksCaptain3.jpg|A Captain with the name "Atraks-1, Fallen Exo". Accessible through wall breach.
AtraksCaptain1.jpg|Another view of the Captain with Atraks's actual damage pool.
AtraksCaptain2.jpg|Referred to as Glitch Atraks
</gallery>

'''Renders of Atraks'''
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Roderick-weise-repliks-glow-close-hex.jpg|A close-up of Atraks-1's 
File:Roderick-weise-repliks-blue.jpg|Side, front and back profiles of Atraks-1
File:Roderick-weise-repliks-white.jpg|High-poly turnaround of Atraks-1.
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==Trivia==
*Atraks-1 is the first [[Fallen]] [[Exo]] encountered in the [[Destiny]] franchise.
*The early release of the [[Deep Stone Crypt (Raid)|Deep Stone Crypt]] saw players exploiting wall breaches to progress through the [[Raid]] faster. Players discovered a Fallen [[Captain]] with the name of "'''Atraks-1, Fallen Exo'''" and learned it was tied directly to Atraks's health pool. Due to the passive nature of the Captain who wouldn't fight back, players soon began to exploit this by attacking the Captain to complete the encounter without battling Atraks through the intended mechanics. Bungie later resolved this issue by moving the Captain to a remote location that is inaccessible through walls breaches and contained within a box.
*The Hidden believe that a copy of Atrak's mind still exists somewhere on Europa and began investigations into it. Additionally, two members of the fireteam that raided the Deep Stone Crypt believe that the Atraks they destroyed was a clone instead of the real Atraks, but this has yet to be verified.<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twid-05-02-2024 THIS WEEK IN DESTINY – 05/02/2024]</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Into the Light]] {{Nc}}

==References==
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