Rasputin

"Rasputin's fingerprints are all over this data. He doesn't even care if we know."

— Master Rahool

Rasputin
Biographical information
Species:	Artificial intelligence
Political and military information
Rank:	Warmind

Rasputin is a Warmind from Russia. He was created during the Collapse and was believed to have been destroyed during the event. The Fallen and Guardians have discovered he is still alive, and protecting something valuable in the Cosmodrome.

Quotes

The following are quotes from the mission The Warmind; when hacking the two antennas, Russian dialogue is overheard. It is believed that this is Rasputin speaking.

• "Safety protocol 8-6-3. Hostile entities discovered."
• "There's no one to blame, it is not their fault or ours. It is the misfortune of being born when the whole world is dying."
• "There is no immortality of soul, thus there is no greater good. Therefore everything is permitted." (A reference to The Brothers Karamazov)
• "Count up this, define the probability of that."
• "They are but meat pressed in the mouth of the shell."
• "If, as they say, the coming events cast their shadows ahead of time, then the past events cannot but leave their reflections behind them."
• "The whole natural order stands as evidence of a progressive movement toward an elevated state of being."

At the Tower, the bounty distributor NPC says in the background "Suspended bounty, Rasputin, no claimants," implying that Rasputin is the one ordering the bounties to Guardians.

Trivia

Rasputin was a Russian priest and mystic closely associated with the Romanov family, the last Tsars of Imperial Russia.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First Mentioned)