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'''K1''' was a late [[Golden Age]] project undertaken in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on [[Moon|Luna]] under the direction of | '''K1''' was a late [[Golden Age]] project undertaken in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on [[Moon|Luna]] under the direction of [[Aeronautics of China]] and the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]], which many of the project's staff were driven to madness by an [[Anomaly (artifact)|artifact]] sent from the [[Pyramids]] and eventually perished by the [[Hive]] during the [[Collapse]], with the remains of the project's outposts becoming occupied by the Hive and [[Fallen]] as [[Lost Sector]]s.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Revelation|Revelation]]''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The K1 project was described as a nonprofit venture between the Aeronautics of China and the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray Exoscience Agglomerated]] to uncover extra-spatial transmissions related to [[ | The K1 project was described as a nonprofit venture between the Aeronautics of China and the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray Exoscience Agglomerated]] to uncover extra-spatial transmissions related to the [[Traveler]], which involve extradimensional signals that propagate through [[Wikipedia:Calabi-Yau manifold|Calabi-Yau manifold sixspace]] in terms of metaphysics. One of the main objectives of the project involved studying an [[Anomaly (artifact)|anomalous artifact]] discovered beneath the surface of the Moon, despite the [[Nightmares|risks]] that plagued the crew at the time. | ||
The K1 mission was later modified by Clovis Bray to quarantine the artifact in a sophisticated [[The Anomaly|containment system]] after reports surfaced of it having adverse psychological effects on the K1 crew. Despite their attempts to mitigate the problem, the majority of the crew went insane listening to the broadcasts from the [[Darkness]]; having succumbed to its philosophical messages of existential struggle. | The K1 mission was later modified by Clovis Bray to quarantine the artifact in a sophisticated [[The Anomaly|containment system]] after reports surfaced of it having adverse psychological effects on the K1 crew. Despite their attempts to mitigate the problem, the majority of the crew went insane listening to the broadcasts from the [[Darkness]]; having succumbed to its philosophical messages of existential struggle. | ||
The nature of the project was kept to the | The nature of the project was kept to the upmost secrecy, as only the boards of the Aeronautics of China and Clovis Bray having in-depth knowledge regarding the deep-space signals received by the artifact. The mission was also secretly monitored by an AI provided by Clovis Bray called [[Firewall]], which in actually answered to the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] by surveying the signals received from the [[Darkness]] and the effects it had on the crew. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Dr. [[Tanis Lee]] described the artifact as a transceiver attuned to what she believed to be the Traveler's home. Xuan also surmised that the article had also arrived to the Sol System long before the Traveler came, despite her reservations about the mission's secrecy and wanting to question the Great Machine personally.<ref name = "K1 Jounal, Entry 2" /> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 3">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Three|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Three]]''</ref> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 4">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Four|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Four]]''</ref> | Dr. [[Tanis Lee]] described the artifact as a transceiver attuned to what she believed to be the Traveler's home. Xuan also surmised that the article had also arrived to the Sol System long before the Traveler came, despite her reservations about the mission's secrecy and wanting to question the Great Machine personally.<ref name = "K1 Jounal, Entry 2" /> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 3">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Three|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Three]]''</ref> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 4">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Four|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Four]]''</ref> | ||
Growing suspicious over the secrecy of the project, Kuang Xuan would announce K1 to cease all communications with the [[First Light Lunar Installation]] on the surface despite concerns of the Aeronautics board. | Growing suspicious over the secrecy of the project, Kuang Xuan would announce K1 to cease all communications with the [[First Light Lunar Installation]] on the surface despite concerns of the Aeronautics board. He then ordered [[Firewall]] to scrub their conversations and cease its connections with [[Rasputin]] only to be rebutted on the latter. He instead had the complex mapped of critical relays for cross-space transmission highlighted for potential backdoors.<ref name = "Detached">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation#Detached|Lore:Revelation, Detached]]''</ref> | ||
Few months into the mission, reports of insomnia began to spread among the crew.<ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 5">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Five|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Five]]''</ref> [[Wade Bow|Dr. Wade Bow]], the crew's neuropsychiatrist, | Few months into the mission, reports of insomnia began to spread among the crew.<ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 5">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Five|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Five]]''</ref> [[Wade Bow|Dr. Wade Bow]], the crew's neuropsychiatrist, would assest that eighty percent of the crew exposed to the artifact had been plagued with intrusive thoughts, insomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, and hallucinations.<ref name = "Noetic Effects">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation#Noetic Effects|Lore:Revelation, Noetic Effects]]''</ref> Following Bow's advice, Xuan had set shifts limits at two hours max and rotate teams between sites each week to limit proximity.<ref name = "Noetic Effects" /> <ref name="K1 Journal, Entry 6">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Collector's Edition, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook#Entry Six|Kuang Xuan's Logbook, Entry Six]]''</ref> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
The main K1 Research Base was built to house the artifact in the MASM Cladding and Containment System, an advanced dodecahedron-shaped cage built by Clovis Bray to shield the artifact's transmissions from the inside while kept simultaneously monitored by Firewall, an AI submind delegated to the Warmind Rasputin. Recently, the base was converted into | The main K1 Research Base was built to house the artifact in the MASM Cladding and Containment System, an advanced dodecahedron-shaped cage built by Clovis Bray to shield the artifact's transmissions from the inside while kept simultaneously monitored by [[Firewall]], an AI submind delegated to the Warmind [[Rasputin]]. Recently, the base was converted into a [[Crucible]] map by [[Shaxx]] and his [[Redjacks]] for the purpose of training and sparring [[Guardians]]. | ||
The K1 mission complex is also divided into several different subterranean dig sites that operated as separate facilities across [[Mare Cognitum]] on the [[Moon]]; most which | The K1 mission complex is also divided into several different subterranean dig sites that operated as separate facilities across [[Mare Cognitum]] on the [[Moon]]; most which were now occupied by enemies like the Hive and Fallen as [[Lost Sector]]s across the Moon. | ||
*Dig Site 1 - [[K1 Crew Quarters]] | *[[The Anomaly|K1 Research Base]] | ||
*Dig Site 2 - [[K1 Communion]] | **Dig Site 1 - [[K1 Crew Quarters]] | ||
*Dig Site 3 - [[K1 Revelation]] | **Dig Site 2 - [[K1 Communion]] | ||
*Dig Site 4 - [[K1 Logistics]] | **Dig Site 3 - [[K1 Revelation]] | ||
**Dig Site 4 - [[K1 Logistics]] | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Rise of Iron]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Rise of Iron]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Destiny 2]]:'' ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Destiny 2]]:'' ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
