Editing Vostok Observatory

{{about|the location atop [[Felwinter Peak]]|the [[Crucible]] map|Vostok}}
{{Location infobox
|image            = [[File:Grimoire Vostok.jpg|300px]]
|planet           = Earth
|factions=[[Devil Splicers]]<br>[[House of Salvation]]
|hostile races=[[Fallen]]
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{{Quote|Vostok Observatory Historical Society welcomes [––] from the Gondola it is possible [––] late Soviet space programs were converted to [––] research facilities to study accelerated methods of colonization [––] kid's holobadges to remember your trip.|Grimoire: Vostok Observatory}}
'''Vostok Observatory''' is a Soviet-era scientific facility located near the summit of [[Felwinter Peak]] in [[Old Russia]], [[Earth]]. It was accessible only by a gondola system.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> 

==History==
By the time of the [[Golden Age]], it had been decommissioned and was used as a public museum under the care of the Vostok Observatory Historical Society.<ref>[[Grimoire/Places/Earth|Grimoire Vostok]]</ref> The [[Warlord]] [[Felwinter]] rediscovered the observatory during the [[Dark Age]] and made it his fortress, where he kept a throne. Upon joining the [[Iron Lords]], Felwinter granted them permission to build their stronghold on his mountain.<ref>[[Grimoire/Allies/Iron Lords|Felwinter]]</ref> Lord [[Silimar]] designed and built the [[Iron Temple]] across from the observatory.

After the fall of the Iron Lords to [[SIVA]], Lord [[Saladin Forge]] sealed the Iron Temple and Vostok Observatory was consequently abandoned. Some four-hunded years later, the [[Fallen]] [[House of Devils]] attempted to capture the Temple. The [[Guardian]] cleared them out of the observatory and prevented [[Sepiks Perfected]] from breaching the Temple's inner sanctum. With the rise of the new generation of Iron Lords, the Temple and the observatory once again bustle with dozens of Guardians.<ref>[[King of the Mountain]]</ref>

During the [[Red War]], the Observatory was converted into a [[Crucible]] map by [[Lord Shaxx]], being eponymously named [[Vostok]].

==Trivia==
*Vostok Observatory can only be accessed by playing the [[King of the Mountain]] [[Story]] mission, using an [[Isenfyre Token]] at the Iron Temple's central courtyard fire, and during the [[Iron Banner]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
*Vostok was actually one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one cosmonaut, used to make the world's first manned spaceflights. 
*In Russian, Vostók translates to "east".<ref>'''Definition:''': ''http://www.dictionary.com/browse/vostok''</ref>

==Gallery==
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'': ''[[Rise of Iron]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' 
**''[[Season of the Seraph]]''

==References==
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