Europa

Europa
Astrographical
Star, position:	Sol, Jupiter
Physical
Diameter:	3,122 kilometers
Gravity:	.134 g
Length of day:	3.5 days (synchronous)
Societal
Demonym:	Europan

Europa (also called Jupiter II) is one of the Galilean moons in orbit of the planet Jupiter. It is thought to possibly be a Vex focal world or a base for a detachment of Ice Reapers.

Overview

The moons's outer layer is made up mostly of ice, and once supported a thriving human colony, which was lost during the Collapse. Now abandoned cities, buried in ice, are all that remain. One of the legends of the Nine states that they originate from either Europa, a moon of Jupiter, or Titan, a moon of Saturn. Brother Vance claimed that Osiris met with the Nine on Europa, but it "wasn't the right time."

Nearly three years after the conclusion of the Red War and after their long journey back to the System a Pyramid Ship has appeared in orbit over Jupiter, interestingly this Pyramid was not detected along the fifty four ships that the Warmind Rasputin detected within his bunkers.

Trivia

• In late 2013, Europa was a major location planned for the Comet that would eventually become The Taken King. Along with the European Dead Zone, the area was never completed and was later dropped from the expansion in March 2014 when Bungie decided to focus on the Dreadnaught. It is still mentioned in the game, as noted above in Vance's quotes, and in the Grimoire.
• In a teaser cinematic posted to the official destinythegame Instagram profile, Eris Morn is seen traveling across Europa’s harsh climate, while attempting to find something.
• Another teaser cinematic shows the Drifter flying towards Europa for an unknown purpose.
• Moons within the Seraph Bunkers are represented with a single glowing dot on the map, this is true for Luna and Io. However if you look a little ways down from the dot that represents Io you will find another dot that appears to have been turned off. With Europa being the center of the 2020 expansion this may have been a slight tease on Bungies part.

Gallery

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  An abandoned Golden Age city on Europa.

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  The Cabal military intstallation Fleetbase Everest.

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  Approximate natural color (left) and enhanced color (right) Galileo view of leading hemisphere.

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  One of the possible origins of the Nine are the oceans of Europa, where they are speculated to be "ancient leviathan intelligences".

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  Europa visible over the Pyramidion on Io.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First mentioned)
  • House of Wolves (Mentioned only)
• Destiny 2 (First Appearance)