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| |game= ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' | | |game= ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' |
| |name= The Festering Core | | |name= The Festering Core |
| |image= [[File:FesteringCoreInfo.jpg|300px]] | | |image= [[File:Festering_Core.jpg|360px]] |
| |player= 1-3 | | |player= 1-3 |
| |place= [[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]] | | |place= [[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]] |
| |objective=Stop the Taken corruption deep within the [[The Pyramidion|Pyramidion]] on Io. | | |objective= |
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| {{Article quote|Descend into the heart of Io's Pyramidion and root out a burgeoning infestation.}}
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| '''The Festering Core''' is a [[Strike]] added in ''[[Shadowkeep]]''. A team of [[Guardian]]s investigate increased [[Vex]] activity in [[The Endless Gate]] at [[Zavala]]'s order, only to discover with the help of [[Eris Morn]] that the [[Taken]] and their new [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Queen]] are once again making a move against the machines. | | '''The Festering Core''' is a [[Strike]] added in ''[[Shadowkeep]]''. A team of [[Guardian]]s investigate increased [[Vex]] activity in [[The Endless Gate]] at [[Zavala]]'s order, only to discover with the help of [[Eris Morn]] that the [[Taken]] and their new [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Queen]] are once again making a move against the machines. |
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| ==Objectives== | | ==Objectives== |
| *Investigate the Vex activity | | * Investigate the Vex activity |
| *Descend into the Pyramidion | | * Descend into the Pyramidion |
| *Enter the portal | | * Enter the portal |
| *Find the source of the Taken incursion | | * Find the source of the Taken incursion |
| *Disable the Vex barrier | | * Disable the Vex barrier |
| *Destroy the Taken Blight | | * Destroy the Taken Blight |
| *Defeat Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn | | * Defeat Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn |
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
| '''(Mission Begins)'''
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| *'''[[Zavala]]:''' Not long ago, we detected a massive burst of Vex activity on Io. Inside the Pyramidion. We need eyes in that structure, Guardian. Get moving.
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| '''The Guardians approach The Pyramidion.'''
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| '''The Guardians defeat the Vex they encounter. The Shuttered Mind appears.'''<br>
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| '''The Shuttered Mind is defeated. The Guardians enter a Vex portal and encounter the Vex fighting against the Taken.'''
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| *'''[[Ghost]]:''' We've discovered the cause of the Vex high alert. There's a Taken incursion in progress inside the Pyramidion.
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| *'''Zavala:''' Taken. Any sense of their objective?
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| *'''Ghost:''' Unclear for the moment. Stand by.
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| *'''Ghost:''' There's a giant Vex sphere in this chamber. Like the ones on Nessus, but colossal. And there's a door leading inside. That could very well be the Taken's objective.
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| *'''Zavala:''' Their first major offensive since the Dreaming City. Get inside that sphere. We need to know what they're after.
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| *'''Ghost:''' Every square inch of interior surface area in this sphere is coursing with energy. Let me see what I can find out. Scanning…
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| *'''Ghost:''' Zavala. This whole sphere is a dedicated processing structure. A giant Vex computational array.
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| *'''Zavala:''' What could the Taken want with a Vex computer?
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| *'''[[Eris Morn]]:''' The Taken want nothing.
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| *'''Zavala:''' Eris. Eavesdropping, I see.
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| *'''Eris Morn:''' Don't bother guessing the Taken's intentions. Ask instead what is sought by the hand that directs them.
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| *'''Ghost:''' This Blight… does it look familiar to you. Like the Blight in the Dreaming City?
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| *'''Eris Morn:''' Savathûn extends her reach at last.
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| *'''Zavala:''' Savathûn? What makes you so certain?
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| *'''Eris Morn:''' There's no certainty where the Witch Queen is concerned. But I have strong suspicions. Above all, she seeks knowledge to inform her plans and seeks pawns to carry them out. The sphere offers both.
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| *'''Ghost:''' Taken influence is thicker down here. They're not trying to break in - they're infesting from the inside out. There must be some anchoring Blight nearby. If we're really unlucky… a portal to an Ascendant Realm.
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| '''The Guardians enter a circular area with a massive Taken Blight in the middle.'''
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| *'''Ghost:''' There. That must be the anchor - the Taken's route into the sphere. Destroy it!
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| '''Taken Blight is destroyed.'''<br>
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| '''Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn appears and defeated by the Guardians.'''
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| *'''Ghost:''' We killed the Taken commander and secured the central sphere. I think the Vex can handle the rest.
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| *'''Eris Morn:''' Savathûn is gathering her strength, Zavala. If we hope to survive what's to come, we must prepare.
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| *'''Zavala:''' We defeated Oryx. If Savathûn wants a fight, she'll get one.
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| *'''Eris Morn:''' She is not as foolhardy as her brother. She would never risk a direct confrontation. We will know her next move only when she makes it - and only if we're wise enough to recognize it.
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| '''(Mission Ends)'''
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| ==Enemies==
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| ;[[Vex]] - [[Sol Collective]]
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| *[[Harpy]]
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| *[[Fanatic]]
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| *[[Goblin]]
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| *[[Hobgoblin]]
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| *[[Minotaur]]
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| *[[Hydra]]
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| *[[Quantum Cyclops]]
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| ;[[Taken]]
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| *[[Taken Thrall]]
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| *[[Taken Psion]]
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| *[[Taken Goblin]]
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| *[[Taken Acolyte]]
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| *[[Taken Goblin]]
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| *[[Taken Vandal]]
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| *[[Taken Wizard]]
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| **[[Ravenous Taken Wizard]]
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| *[[Taken Minotaur]]
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| **[[Ravenous Taken Minotaur]]
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| *[[Taken Knight]]
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| *[[Taken Captain]]
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| **[[Ravenous Taken Captain]]
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| *[[Taken Centurion]]
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| *[[Taken Ogre]]
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| **[[Hallowed Ogre]]
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| ===Bosses===
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| *[[Retina]]
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| *[[Cornea]]
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| *[[Shuttered Mind]]
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| *[[Logath, the Ruptured]]
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| *[[Juraag, the Waylaid]]
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| *[[Zebios, the Ensnaring]]
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| *[[Vazimos, the Ensnaring]]
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| *[[Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn]]
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Festering_Core.jpg
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| </gallery>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The Festering Core is the first activity to include a Taken Incendior. | | * The Festering Core is the first activity to include a Taken Incendior. |
| *The [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]] in this strike are unique in both appearance and behavior; the tips of their plates are covered in Vex energy, and they are capable of surrounding Guardians in suppression fields that slow them down and block their gunfire. | | * The [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]] in this strike are unique in both appearance and behavior; the tips of their plates are covered in Vex energy, and they are capable of surrounding Guardians in suppression fields that slow them down and block their gunfire. |
| *This is the Strike that stayed in the game for the shortest time before being sunset.
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| **From October 1st, 2019 ([[Shadowkeep]]'s release) to November 10th, 2020 ([[Beyond Light]]'s release), slightly over a year.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| {{Strikes|D2}} | | {{Strike D2}} |
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| [[Category:Strikes]] | | [[Category:Strikes]] |
| [[Category:Io]] | | [[Category:Io]] |
