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| |name= Battleground: Conduit | | |name= Battleground: Conduit |
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| |races=[[Cabal]]<br>[[Vex]]
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
| '''(Mission Begins)'''
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| *'''[[Failsafe]] (Depressed):''' So, I'm, uh, calculating the volume of radiolaria running through these tubes…
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' It is about 20 million cubic miles! Per hour!
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' That's a lot. Like, a LOT a lot. You need to find out where it's going.
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| *'''[[Ikora Rey|Ikora]]:''' Follow the flow, Guardian. It's all moving somewhere, and the Conductor is controlling it.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' Massive amounts of radiolaria are moving through these tunnels. Follow them, Guardian. We must find out where they lead.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' Maya's Vex are taking over Nessus from the inside out. It's destablizing the entire planet. Be careful, Guardian.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' The Vex here are still following Maya's instructions. She might be gone, but the Vex aren't. Yet.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''[[Osiris]]:''' You must delve further into Nessus, Guardian. There is much to uncover here.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' We know what Sundaresh seeks to accomplish with the planet's radiolaria. We must halt its flow.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' Engaging with the Vex deep within Nessus yields important information. Continue your exploration, Guardian.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''[[Saint-14]]:''' Follow the radiolaria, Guardian. We must find out where it goes.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' We cannot allow the Conductor's plans to proceed. The Vex are draining radiolaria. We will destroy them.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The Vex are still up to no good here, even without the Conductor. Cut off the flow of radiolaria!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' Vex infrastructure has been co-opted by the Conductor! Do what you do best, Captain.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' Continued study of the radiolaria will grant us important data! Please proceed into the planet's mantle.
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| ''Delving deep into Nessus, the fireteam eliminates Vex and Shadow Legion to traverse across the cave.''
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| *'''Ikora:''' The Shadow Legion are an… unnecessary complication. Cabal Psions have always had a keen interest in Vex technology.
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| *'''Ikora:''' And the Echo is a strong incentive.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' We crushed them on Neptune, we crush them here.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Whatever it takes to keep the Echo out of their hands.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' I'm not seeing any changes at this level… But there's no telling what may have been worked below.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Between Failsafe and the Guardian, Nessus will not go without its sentinels!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' Everywhere they build, the Vex work in shapes. Spheres. Rectangular prisms. Platonic solids.
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| *'''Ikora:''' There is meaning to every shape, if we can only find the right approach to their geometry.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' With all this radiolaria still flowing underground, it is possible the surface of Nessus may fully drain at some point.
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| *'''Osiris:''' I-I must study Vex replication. They may be replenishing the surface even now.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' This architecture… what purpose does it serve? It has the look of an aqueduct.
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| *'''Ikora:''' To a species that lives suspended in liquid, an aqueduct may be the closest thing to a highway.
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| *'''Osiris:''' That is a… valid hypothesis.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' Follow the radiolaria. Find the point where it stops flowing down.
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| *'''Osiris:''' There, you will uncover the Conductor's plans.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The Vex's retreat has left you a straight path to their nerve center!
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| *'''Saint-14:''' All the better for you to find and crush it.
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| ''Following the radiolarian path, the fireteam arrives at a large cavern filled with radiolaria. They destroy Vex units to bring down the barrier into a small room with a Conflux.''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' With my data and your Ghost's interface, we can divert the radiolaria and allow us passage! Please proceed.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' Looks like you need my help, huh Captain. Interfacing with the Vex terminal now…
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' Taking control of that Vex terminal will allow me to grant you further access into Nessus.
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| ''A member of the fireteam uses their Ghost to hack into the Conflux while the Guardians destroy incoming Vex forces.''
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| ''The Ghost interfaces 50% of the Conflux.''
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' More Vex incoming… I'm getting this done as fast as I can.
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| '''Or alternatively'''
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' The good news is we're halfway done… (Cheery): the bad news is that more Vex are converging on your position!
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| '''Or alternatively'''
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' Halfway there… we've got our work cut out for us, huh?
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| ''Eventually the Ghost completes the interface.''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' Access granted! Good luck, Captain!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery)''': Standby… hack complete! Please proceed to the route.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' Aaaaand… done. Time to get going, Captain.
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| ''After the Conflux is hacked, the Guardians delve deeper into the planet.''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Look at all this radiolaria… It fills the planet like a… a water balloon. What does the Conductor want with it?
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| *'''Saint-14:''' If the Conductor can control the flow of radiolaria here, it means they can control the Vex on Nessus.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Spreading it throughout the system would mean the Conductor can bring more collectives under their yoke.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' You have descended so far and still I see no end.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' How deeply does this radiolaria flow?
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| *'''Ikora:''' We'll find the answer. Soon.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' This view… it reminds me of the Infinite Forest.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The Vex build from templates. But their patterns may change.
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| *'''Osiris:''' As yet, we cannot predict what changes the Conductor will inspire in them.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Osiris, I didn't want to compare our experiences. But now, I truly understand what you endured with Savathûn.
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| *'''Osiris:''' It was an experience I never wanted you to share.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Yes, yes, we both would sacrifice ourself for each other. But we did not have to... We survived.
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| *'''Osiris:''' We did.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' As a singular organism, a Vex is microscopic. As a hive mind, they build on monumental scale.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Is this a note on biology, or an object lesson on the value of teamwork?
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| *'''Osiris:''' The former.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' It wasn't long ago that this whole chamber was filled with radiolaria.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The Vex leave no room in their plans for any life that could compete with them.
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| *'''Osiris:''' If they succeed, all of Sol will be this barren.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' Vex collectives work together towards a single goal.
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| *'''Osiris:''' Influenced by the Conductor, will each Vex now decide on its own goal? It would make the Vex even less predictable.
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| *'''Ikora:''' I have the Vanguard's computers running counter-scenarios for that possibility. We will find a way through.
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| ''Finally the Guardian fireteam arrive to another room where they confront Kamarian, Radial Overseer.''
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| *'''Ikora:''' The radiolaria moves through here. Taken control, Guardian.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' This Vex force facilitates the movement of radiolaria through the planet. Please destroy them!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' That Minotaur controls the flow of radiolaria. Crush it!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' There! The radiolaria flow is controlled from this chamber. Disrupt their operation.
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| ''Dispelling its immunity by destroying Vex nodes, the Guardians slay Kamarian.''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The radiolaria is flowing, but we cannot follow it further.
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| *'''Ikora:''' We need a plan. Following it blindly will take precious time. There has to be a faster way.
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' The radiolaria here may contain abnormalities to the samples I have collected over my centuries of isolation.
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| *'''Failsafe (Depressed):''' I've had a long time to study this stuff. Bring some back, and I'll figure out what to do.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Failsafe, you need to know: if we succeed, it'll be because of your hard work here.
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' That is kind of you to say! However, if we fail, I abdicate all responsibility and will strike all of my involvement from our records.
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| *'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' See you back at the H.E.L.M., Captain!
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Ikora:''' The Shadow Legion presence on Nessus doesn't surprise me. After Calus was defeated, his forces served the Witness and its Disciples.
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| *'''Ikora:''' But when it died, they were leaderless. Plenty of Cabal factions have jumped at the chance to control them.
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| *'''Ikora:''' They're thoughtless clones made for war… and as loyal as you might expect.
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| *'''Ikora:''' I'm sure we'll soon find out who's taken over.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Yirix was behind the plot to assassinate Zavala when he signed an armistice with Empress Caiatl.
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| *'''Ikora:''' The Psion went to ground when the plot was discovered. But now…
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| *'''Ikora:''' We thought she had allied with Calus. But it seems like she had her own plans from the start.
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| *'''Ikora:'''The Shadow Legion are leaderless Cabal clones. Taking control of them would have been trivial for Yirix.
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| *'''Osiris:''' It is a mistake to see radiolaria as disease. It does not exist only for infection and assimilation.
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| *'''Osiris:''' It is the medium in which all Vex simulations may take place.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The minds that work in tandem, may calculate all possible outcomes in any situation.
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| *'''Osiris:''' It is where their simulations are compiled. It reaches out for more data, folding everything it touches into itself.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The amount of radiolaria… it - it is being hoarded. We must discover why, before it drowns all of Sol.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' Introducing individuality to the Vex is a dangerous endeavour.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The Vex's greatest weakness is in their homogeneity. Their singular mind responds predictably. They have blind spots and limiting paradigms.
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| *'''Osiris:''' Much as the sword logic limits the Hive.
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| *'''Osiris:''' But now, thanks to the Conductor, the Vex may gain versatility in thought and action.
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| *'''Osiris:''' They could soon adapt and respond. So too must we.
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| *'''Osiris:''' It wasn't just Sundaresh looking for her lost love. In Chioma Esi's logs on Neomuna, she spoke of wanting to find her Maya again.
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| *'''Osiris:''' She entered the VexNet to do so. And after everything she experienced, Esi let go and allowed it to subsume her.
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| *'''Osiris:''' I had assumed it was out of shame or guilt. She did not intend for her logs to be found.
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| *'''Osiris:''' But perhaps it was the same desire that inspired Sundaresh. A moment of happiness, preserved forever.
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| *'''Osiris:''' She never found it. I can only hope that other copies of Chioma Esi did.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The radiolaria is flowing down to the center of the planet. The Conductor can control it, but we do not know why yet.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' To the Vex, everything is glass, or milk - or cubes! Many, many cubes. But these Vex are different.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' For a long time we thought the Vex were just machines. But then we found the connection with the Exos.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The Conductor knows how to manipulate Exo minds because of it. We need to know what they will do with that power.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' We lost much information about Exos after the Collapse, and even before, it was a guarded secret.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' But since the Guardians opened the Deep Stone Crypt on Europa, we know that creating Exo minds involved exposing radiolaria to Darkness.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Clovis Bray called it "Clarity" to hide what he had found. People went to him to become Exos, and became experiments instead.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Hmm, I wonder if the Conductor knows about the big head on Europa? Ah, we will not tell her.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Guardian. Osiris tells me that he understands Maya, in a way. That he sees how he could have become obsessed the same way she has.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' I know he feels guilt when he tells me that he stopped looking for me. But I am proud of him.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' He felt such sadness, and shame, for losing me. But he did not use those feelings to harm others.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' That takes great strength. Strength we need. And now that I am here, we can be strong together.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Guardian! Do you want to know what I felt when I took my own memories out of my other head?
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| *'''Saint-14:''' That I am wonderful. I am a marvel! A man made mechanical, then made immortal, then pulled from the grip of a Vex simulation.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' I have cheated death so many times that I make it look easy. That, is Saint-14. That is me.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Ikora, you met with Cayde in the Pale Heart. Spoke to him after you had put your grief behind you.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' He was brought back from a Wish… Heh, that is close enough to a simulation. How did you-
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| *'''Ikora:''' I was grateful. I got the chance to say goodbye to a friend… A friend I was worried never knew how much I cared about him.
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| *'''Ikora:''' You coming back didn't open any old wounds, Saint. It healed them… and not just for Osiris.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Saint-14:''' [sighs] I cannot comprehend what Maya Sundaresh did to Chioma. I-I don't understand how her love could have been so twisted.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Hm, Maya didn't want her wife back. She wanted an extension of herself. Someone she could control… or didn't need to control.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' That is not love.
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| *'''Ikora:''' No. It is not.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' The Echo is lost. Will we ever be able to recover it from the radiolaria?
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| *'''Ikora:''' I don't know… My Hidden are searching, but I don't expect them to find it.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' And if there are others?
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| *'''Ikora:''' All we can do is stay vigilant, and prepare for the unexpected.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' Always bracing for a danger we cannot know. I had hoped, there would be a time beyond danger.
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| *'''Ikora:''' One day, Saint. Vigilance and preparation are important… But so is hope.
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| *'''Saint-14:''' What would have happened if Maya had found the Chioma who agreed with what she was doing? The one who would stand with her.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Maya would have never found that Chioma.
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| *'''Osiris:''' Even if such a woman existed, there would always be some flaw, some friction that would make Maya reject her again.
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| *'''Ikora:''' And when Maya did find the one she said she wanted, the one she killed other Chiomas for, she rejected her anyway.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Nessus, Mercury, Venus, Io… All slowly repurposed by Vex terraforming.
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| *'''Osiris:''' The Vex subsume everything they touch, including Guardians.
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| *'''Osiris:''' They cannot be reasoned with. They do not accept bargains, or extend mercy. And they do not stop, until their purpose is fulfilled.
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| *'''Osiris:''' We can only hope, that is not true of their Conductor.
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| ''Or alternatively''
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| *'''Osiris:''' Nimbus should know about what we've discovered here. Neomuna is Sundaresh's legacy.
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| *'''Osiris:''' Her experiments, however inhumane, became the foundation of the CloudArk.
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| *'''Ikora:''' Do you think she knows how Dr. Esi used her research?
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| *'''Osiris:''' I imagine she views that information as immaterial. She's not concerned with Neomuna. She seeks the Golden Age, before its founding.
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| *'''Osiris:''' She has a singular goal and will pursue it without distraction.
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| '''(Mission Ends)'''
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| ;[[Vex]] - [[Nessian Schism]] | | {{Expand-section}} |
| | ;[[Vex]] - [[Compelled Collective]] |
| *[[Choral Goblin]] | | *[[Choral Goblin]] |
| **[[Uplifted Choral Goblin]] | | **[[Uplifted Choral Goblin]] |
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| *[[Barrier Hobgoblin]]
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| *[[Overload Minotaur]]
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