Editing Praksis, the Technocrat

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|species= [[Fallen]]

|race= [[Scorn]]

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|rank= [[Ultra]]

|mission= [[Operation: Seraph's Shield]]

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'''Praksis, the Technocrat''' is a [[Fallen]] [[Baron]] from the [[House of Salvation]] and one of the most trusted lieutenants for [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]]. Born into the [[House of Wolves]], Praksis joined Eramis's quest to start a new world following their escape from the [[Prison of Elders]]. He is as lethal as loyal and will stop at nothing to advance Eramis's cause. As chief architect and scientist of the House, Praksis created the technology that helped the House of Salvation wield the power of [[Stasis]]. His research on [[Clovis Bray]]'s [[Exo]] program laid the foundations for future [[Atraks|Eliksni]] to harness that power. His fascination for machines developed into a deep admiration for the [[Vex]] and to the point that he conducted twisted experiments on them to improve Eliksni technology.<ref name="Deductive">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/deductive-reasoning-2 Deductive Reasoning]''</ref><ref name="Reverse">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/reverse-engineering Reverse Engineering]''</ref>

Following his death and the events of [[The Witch Queen]], Praksis would be resurrected as a Stasis-infused [[Scorn]] monstrosity by [[The Witness|the Witness]], serving as the final boss of [[Operation: Seraph's Shield]] [[Exotic Mission]].

Born into the [[House of Wolves]], Praksis found himself captured by the [[Reef]] who waged a deadly [[Reef Wars|war]] against his House. Confined within the [[Prison of Elders]], Praksis shared a neighboring cell with [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]], a noble [[Baron]]ess from the [[House of Devils]]. At first, Eramis ignored the young Wolf, but Praksis grew greedy for her acknowledgment who reminded her of the [[Dreg]]s that sought the attention of her old [[Solkis, Kell of Devils|Kell]].

Eventually, Praksis gained her intrigue, and each day they would talk through the walls of their cells and dream of a new world. Praksis shared his many ideas to the Baroness and believed his ideas were the first and best ever thought of, however, Eramis suspected that Praksis had never reported to a [[Kell]] since these temperamental political leaders had little patience for triviality.<ref name="Wolf">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#II. The Wolf|II. The Wolf]]''</ref><ref> '''YouTube (2020/11/10)''', ''[https://youtu.be/gfbKHGMvs-o Empire Hunt: The Technocrat - Dialogue]''</ref>

He often spoke to Eramis about his fascination with machines, about how he wanted to build and bend them to his will. He once shared a scheme for capturing the [[The Traveler|Great Machine]] by binding it with [[Fallen]] [[Arc]] wires as a means to reclaim its [[Light|power]]. He drew his inspiration from listening to the prison stories of [[Dominus Ghaul]] who had used a [[Traveler Cage|similar]] device to siphon the Traveler's power.

Eramis grew curious about his mindset and continued to let him talk, probing him with questions to test the young Wolf and make him examine his own ideas more closely. Praksis wished to reclaim the Eliksni's former glory by reclaiming the Great Machine, but Eramis argued that although the Great Machine made the Eliksni strong, when it abandoned them they were left weaker than before it arrived. Eventually, Eramis convinced Praksis that he needed to re-evaluate his entire approach, abandoning the entire concept of reliance on a greater power.<ref name="Wolf"/>

As the [[Red War]] subsided, [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]] initiated a prison break which saw the release all its inmates, most notably Eramis, [[Siviks, Lost to None|Siviks]], [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fikrul]] and the [[Scorned Barons]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Where Loyalty Lies|Where Loyalty Lies]]''</ref><ref name="TT">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#III. The Traitor|The Traitor]]''</ref> Praksis also escaped, but his whereabouts remained elusive. The conversations with Praksis greatly influenced Eramis and following the failed [[Zero Hour|heist]] of trying to attain the [[SIVA]] [[Outbreak Perfected|powered weapon]], she aspired to build a new House where the memory of division and petty House politics no longer dictated their fate and build a new world with new ideas.<ref name="TS">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#VII. The_l Scribe|The Scribe]]''</ref>

Praksis, alongside his fellow councilors, [[Atraks-1, Fallen Exo|Atraks]] and Variks, greeted the arrival of Eramis' old friends [[Phylaks, the Warrior|Phylaks]] and [[Kridis, Dark Priestess|Kridis]]. He witnessed the assault of Variks by the hands of Phylaks for his past betrayals of the Eliksni. This delighted Praksis who was eager to meet the veterans, however, Eramis intervened and convinced her old comrades 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>

On [[Europa]], Praksis witnessed the arrival of the [[The Europan Pyramid|obsidian ship]] alongside his fellow Council members. He watched his new Kell, Eramis, gain new strength from the powers of [[Stasis]]. With a new ancient power at hand, Eramis elevated herself as the Kell of Darkness and forged a new dark empire called the [[House of Salvation]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#IX. The Kell of Darkness|IX. The Kell of Darkness]]''</ref>

Praksis claimed that he was still able to tap into the transmissions of the [[Sacred Splicer]], [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]], even from Europa. He thought his fellow Wolf-born was foolish for believing in the Traveler and preached an old proverb where a [[Ketch]] filled with the unnecessary will never fly. He then addressed those who followed Mithrax's path and challenged them for putting faith at the hands of their enemies as the evidence before their eyes were more clear than the words of a scientist. He encouraged his kind to think of the proofs that highlighted the loyalty of their allies and if they truly benefitted from them such as the sharing of resources. Praksis took a pragmatic approach and claimed that too much time has been wasted to invest in flimsy experiments by trusting their enemies. He believed that the Eliksni had to update their approach if they are to rise to prominence again and asked his kin to join their purist to progress or be swept aside.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#XI. The Technocrat|XI. The Technocrat]]''</ref>

Elected as a military commander and chief science officer, Praksis was christened the Technocrat.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/variks-the-loyal-the-technocrat Variks - The Technocrat]''</ref> Unlike the [[Splicers]] who specialized in cybernetics and bio-engineering, Praksis pioneered as an inventor who most notably created the gauntlets to grant his House the means to harness the powers of Stasis through the use of [[Splinter of Darkness|Splinters]]. His technology helped shift the balance of power to Eramis's favor who was able to gain more authority by selecting who she gifted the new powers to. Stasis became a political recruitment campaign to enlist other Eliksni to join their movement.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Achilles Weaves a Cocoon#II: Hollowhot|II: Hollowhot]]''</ref> Praksis also safeguarded his secrets close and did not allow other council members such as the traitorous Variks to grasp an understanding of how his inventions worked.<ref name="UAC">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/under-all-conditions Under All Conditions]''</ref> Variks was also made unaware of their discovery of the [[Deep Stone Crypt]]. Praksis had an early involvement with the secret facility and attempted to learn its secrets and was able to foresee problems associated with Eliksni [[Exo]] conversions.<ref name="Mask">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[Mask of Bakris]]''</ref>

Following the betrayal of Variks, the Technocrat halted his experiments and attended a ceremony organized by Eramis to address their newly formed House. Held within the main chambers of [[Riis-Reborn Approach]], Praksis stood alongside other Devil-born council members and listened attentively to Eramis. She spoke out against the chains that slaved the Eliksni race as they became servants to the Great Machine that abandoned them. Eramis then destroyed a [[Servitor]] in a symbolic move to usher in their freedom. Its destruction signified that the Eliksni had now updated their approach. Praksis also watched the veteran warrior, Phylaks, wield the ability Stasis by retrieving a Splinter from a [[Crux of Darkness|Crux]] and inserting it into the Stasis gauntlets created by him. However, the assembly is interrupted by the [[Guardian]]s and Praksis left the scene to allow Phylaks to chase them with her newfound powers.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [[The New Kell]]''</ref><ref>'''YouTube''', ''[https://youtu.be/_J0RulCssto Beyond Light Cutscene - We Will Rise Again]''</ref>

===Hunt for The Technocrat===

{{Quote|This is where your Golden Age Kell built you, hmm? Trivial tinkering. I will elevate it...|Praksis, the Technocrat}}

Though Phylaks was Eramis's fiercest warrior, she had yet to master the powers of Stasis and died at the hands of the [[Guardian]]s while attempting to gain control of [[Vex]] territory.<ref>'''YouTube''', ''[https://youtu.be/zNse6vFg45M Phylaks Defeat – Timestamp 05:50s]''</ref> Variks informed them that more powerful Eliksni existed such as Praksis who was the visionary mind behind Salvation's technology and wrung that power from the [[Darkness]] itself.<ref name="Dismantle">'''YouTube''', ''[https://youtu.be/zNse6vFg45M Dismantling an Empire – Timestamp 00:15s]''</ref> Though Variks was never privy to his secret experiments, he did hear Praksis whisper to Eramis about wanting to use the Vex to reassemble into new technology.<ref name="Reverse"/> Variks did not trust Praksis as he was too young and selfish and only cared for glory and legacy through his inventions over the pursuit of the knowledge.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/controlled-experiment Controlled Experiment]''</ref> He claimed that Praksis's ambitions had no limits and was drawn to the designs and inventions of [[Humanity]] and the Vex and urged the Guardians to discover how he created these dark weapons and stop his plans.<ref name="Dismantle"/><ref name="Perfect">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/perfect-specimen Perfect Specimen]''</ref>  

As the Guardians ventured into the [[Asterion Abyss]], Variks provided intel of Praksis's latest experiment which involved him putting tracking modules into [[Minotaur]]s.<ref name="Deductive"/> They were also made aware of the Fallen activity within that region who collected resources for Praksis for an unknown experiment.<ref name="Perfect"/> After defeating the Vex, Ghost was able to locate Praksis's latest experiment on [[Cadmus Ridge]]. The Technocrat had constructed an artificial [[Conflux]] in a bid to lure and trap the Vex.<ref name="Science">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/scientific-method-5 Scientific Method]''</ref> Variks warned the Guardians that were not only fighting Fallen scavengers, but creators and architects who once made marvels that rivaled Humanity's [[Golden Age]].<ref name="Science"/>

Located outside the [[Bray Exoscience]] facility, Ghost hacked into Praksis's latest construct and lured the nearby Vex to the Fallen conflux. Praksis then found out that the Guardians were attempting to shut down his conflux and sent a Servitor, [[Conflux Watch Prime]], to protect it. The [[Prime Servitor]] was an upgraded [[Conflux Watch|model]] from those utilised by the [[House of Winter]] and would teleport them away from the conflux, but the Guardians persisted and destroyed the Servitor.<ref>'''YouTube''', ''[https://youtu.be/ebW-e-v5U70 Fallen Conflux]''</ref> Ghost was then able to find a signal from the downed Servitor who was in communication with Praksis and able to locate the Technocrat deep within the Bray Exoscience facility.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/final-test-5 Final Test]''</ref> The Guardian stormed the depths of the Bray Exoscience, slaying all of his subordinates who attempted to protect him, and reached the [[Eternity (location)|Eternity]], where they engaged in one final battle with the Technocrat. Despite his stasis abilities and shield technology, he was slain by The Guardian.

===Defiled by the Witness===

{{Quote|His name was Praksis, and you killed him. But the Witness has returned him to us... as it will return all Eliksni slain by the Machine-spawn's hand.|Eramis, Kell of Darkness}}

With the coming of the [[Black Fleet]] closer and closer to [[Earth]], [[The Witness|the Witness]] decided to punish Eramis for her previous failures by returning many of her subordinates to life as [[Scorn]], including Praksis. The former Technocrat was sent to the [[Seraph Station]] to direct the efforts of the House of Salvation's [[Splicers]] in taking over the facility. He once again came face to face with the Guardian, who infiltrated the space station to stop their offensive. Praksis called forth hordes of Scorn and Splicers, and employed both the technology of the station and his own drones and gauntlet, putting up fierce resistance. But in the end, the Guardian prevailed once again.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Operation: Seraph's Shield]]''</ref>

Praksis will stride around the area while firing on players with his [[Shrapnel Launcher]]. He will occasionally teleport across the room in an attempt to get a clear shot or close the distance between him and the player. He has the ability to conjure and throw [[Stasis]] Grenades, which either generate a field which slows down and eventually freezes the player, or creates a trail of icicles which travels across the ground, seeking out the nearest player and freezing them on contact. When he loses a certain portion of his health, Praksis will summon shield drones with make him invulnerable to all damage until they have all been destroyed. The drones will stay stationary in different spots around the arena, and their number will increase with the lower Praksis' health is.

 

In the story version of the fight, Prakis will summon a shield of Stasis upon reaching the final portion of his health, which can only be breached with the player's Stasis subclass. A [[Crux of Darkness]] will appear near the entrance, allowing for communion with it and providing its powers.

 

The reanimated Praksis initially fights similiarly to his previous incarnation. Though he has lost his offensive teleportation, which he only uses for scripted movement, he will slowly but surely stride towards the area the player is in, bombarding them with his Shrapnel Launcher and disrupting them with his Stasis grenades in an effort to make them easy targets for his Scorn reinforcements. When he loses a third of his health, Praksis will summon an immunity shield, becoming invulnerable to damage. The player will have to obtain a Suppressor augment from a [[Suppressor Splicer]] that appears in the room, which they will have to use under the three drones around the area protected by [[Corrupted Chieftain]]s. Once all three BrayTech drones have been activated, three doors will unlock around the room, revealing Praksis' shield drones. Destroying all three will make the boss vulnerable for another third of his health, requiring the player to repeat this process again. For the last third of his health bar, Praksis will call forth even more reinforcements, including [[Void]] [[Tarnished Chieftain]]s that can shield him with their [[Ether Totem]]s.

FallenVIP1.jpg|Praksis in the Beyond Light Trailer

Empire Hunt Praksis.jpg|Praksis clearing the area

VIP3.jpg|Praksis using his Stasis powers

 

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*Praksis arrives by riding on a [[Shank]] in both the Technocrat Empire Hunt and Seraph's Shield mission, making him the second character to use a Shank as a way of transport in Destiny 2, with the first being [[Cayde-6]].

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Mo}}