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*'''Saint-14:''' The Conductor has made her domain deep inside Nessus. We must cut a path through her Vex.
*'''Saint-14:''' The Conductor has made her domain deep inside Nessus. We must cut a path through her Vex.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Saint-14:''' The Vex still defend their tunnels within Nessus. Destroy them, Guardian. It will only strengthen our position.


''Or alternatively''
''Or alternatively''
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*'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' All of this was hollowed out by the Vex over a period of centuries! I find that quite interesting. (Depressed): And annoying.
*'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' All of this was hollowed out by the Vex over a period of centuries! I find that quite interesting. (Depressed): And annoying.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Failsafe (Cheery):''' There is still much to discover beneath the planet's crust! Please continue your spelunking. (Depressed): It's honestly super fun for me.


''Or alternatively''
''Or alternatively''
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*'''Osiris:''' Sundaresh has accelerated the Vex's reclamation of the planet's resources. Delve deeper, and destroy her forces.
*'''Osiris:''' Sundaresh has accelerated the Vex's reclamation of the planet's resources. Delve deeper, and destroy her forces.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Osiris:''' Nessus has been completely hollowed out by Vex activity. Proceed to its core. We must hold the line against further destabilization.


''Or alternatively''
''Or alternatively''
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*'''Ikora:''' Exploring the Vex structures beneath Nessus will give us intel on Maya's plans… and destroying her Vex will weaken her hold.
*'''Ikora:''' Exploring the Vex structures beneath Nessus will give us intel on Maya's plans… and destroying her Vex will weaken her hold.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Ikora:''' Vex are still amassing inside Nessus. Get down there and destroy what remains of Maya's forces.


''Entering a Vex portal to go deeper into Nessus's core, the Guardians continue further until they encounter Taken forces. Defeating the swarms of Taken and destroying the Blights, the fireteam vanquishes a Taken barrier blocking an entrance. They then enter into a Vex tractor beam which takes them deeper into the structure.''
''Entering a Vex portal to go deeper into Nessus's core, the Guardians continue further until they encounter Taken forces. Defeating the swarms of Taken and destroying the Blights, the fireteam vanquishes a Taken barrier blocking an entrance. They then enter into a Vex tractor beam which takes them deeper into the structure.''
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*'''Osiris:''' Is it more worrying to consider that this is the Conductor's doing… or the Vex's?
*'''Osiris:''' Is it more worrying to consider that this is the Conductor's doing… or the Vex's?
''Or alternatively''
*'''Ikora:''' Osiris, you worked with Lakshmi before I did. What was your impression?
*'''Osiris:''' I found the Consensus universally difficult. Lakshmi did not stand out among them.
*'''Osiris:''' As far back as I can reach… No. I cannot picture her in the Conductor's place.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Ikora:''' Vex activity on Nessus still hasn't tapered off. Failsafe will maintain her monitoring.
*'''Ikora:''' Between her nanobots and your work on the ground, the Conductor's next move will not escape us.


''Or alternatively''
''Or alternatively''
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*'''Saint-14:''' A signal that you are exactly where you should be.  
*'''Saint-14:''' A signal that you are exactly where you should be.  
''Or alternatively''
*'''Osiris:''' These barriers are powered by radiolaria.
*'''Osiris:''' Living Vex, who made the choice to… [mumbles] spin endlessly in tubes.


''Or alternatively''
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*'''Saint-14:''' The Vex will defend their machinery to the end.  
*'''Saint-14:''' The Vex will defend their machinery to the end.  


*'''Osiris:''' An end you will assist them towards, Guardian.
*'''Osiris:''' An end you will assist them towards, Guardian.  
 
''Or alternatively''
 
*'''Saint-14:''' What are these moving bars? Pah, a children's game!
 
*'''Saint-14:''' It would take more than that to stop my friend, the Guardian!


''Delving deeper into the planet, the fireteam encounter Antioptes, Hypogean Sentinel.''
''Delving deeper into the planet, the fireteam encounter Antioptes, Hypogean Sentinel.''
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*'''Ikora:''' Return to the H.E.L.M., Guardian. Failsafe and I will coordinate and find out our next steps.
*'''Ikora:''' Return to the H.E.L.M., Guardian. Failsafe and I will coordinate and find out our next steps.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Osiris:''' Maya Sundaresh's obsession was not born from love.
*'''Osiris:''' It is the same impulse that, with the Echo's power, reconstituted her from the Nessus radiolaria… control.
*'''Osiris:''' She didn't really want the Chioma from her own timeline. That Chioma was a real person with feelings and desires contrary to Sundaresh's own.
*'''Osiris:''' No, no. She wanted a Chioma she could control. And there is no version of Chioma in the VexNet that would have followed that Sundaresh.
*'''Osiris:''' Not any she could find, and never the one she remembered.


''Or alternatively''
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*'''Saint-14:''' That, alongside what I remember before? I am lucky to be so loved, across all simulations.
*'''Saint-14:''' That, alongside what I remember before? I am lucky to be so loved, across all simulations.


*'''Osiris:''' I count myself lucky, too.
*'''Osiris:''' I count myself lucky, too.  
 
''Or alternatively''
 
*'''Saint-14:''' Osiris… Maya believed that your search for me in the corridors of time was the same as her search for Chioma in the Vex Simulation Network.
 
*'''Osiris:''' No. There's a crucial difference. When I failed, I stopped looking. I would have caused damage to time itself if I had fallen into obsession.
 
*'''Osiris:''' And when I did find you, with the Guardian's help, I did not keep searching for some perfect version of you.
 
''Or alternatively''
 
*'''Saint-14:''' There are hundreds of copies of Maya Sundaresh in the Vex Network. Which one was this?
 
*'''Osiris:''' We can't know. Perhaps one, perhaps a dozen merged into one mind.
 
*'''Osiris:''' But my theory is that the Sundaresh who reached out for the Echo and reformed herself into the Conductor, was the one who died on Neomuna.
 
*'''Saint-14:''' Ah, during her experiments with the Veil, after the Collapse.
 
*'''Osiris:''' Yes. We cannot know for certain, but that drive to experiment an iterate without any regard for the lives of others…
 
*'''Osiris:''' Hmph, I recognize it from Chioma Esi's logs.
 
*'''Osiris:''' There was no one to stop Sundaresh then… but, at least we have done so now.
 
''Or alternatively''
 
*'''Saint-14:''' It is a terrible question, but… Why did Maya not use the Echo of Command on Chioma, as she did to me?
 
*'''Osiris:''' Beyond a destructive desire for authenticity? Hmm… I imagine that refusal was born from Sundaresh's vanity.
 
*'''Osiris:''' In her view, the real Chioma would not need to be commanded. To do so would be to admit a profound defeat.
 
*'''Osiris:''' And that would have been unacceptable to her narcissism.  


''Or alternatively''
''Or alternatively''
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*'''Osiris:''' I have no doubt we will soon discover the answer to that question.
*'''Osiris:''' I have no doubt we will soon discover the answer to that question.
''Or alternatively''
*'''Ikora:''' We've received no more transmissions from Maya Sundaresh. Her facility inside Nessus is empty. Has she reentered the VexNet?
*'''Osiris:''' More than likely. We can search for her, but she is well versed in hiding among the simulations. Our efforts will not bear fruit.
*'''Ikora:''' She escaped with the Echo. We've failed.
*'''Osiris:''' No. No, we put an end to her plan, and saved Chioma Esi from continued destruction at Sundaresh's hands.
*'''Ikora:''' That might be enough.


'''(Mission Ends)'''
'''(Mission Ends)'''

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