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{{Quote|Sunlight starves. The fierceness chills and thins and runs sweet. A new ocean emerges, thick and salty and hot, from springs and geysers that drench the dead ground. You wonder: will this world's second birth be its finest?|Ghost Fragment: Venus<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places/Venus#Ghost_Fragment:_Venus|Ghost Fragment: Venus]]''</ref>}} | |||
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|image=[[File:Grimoire Venus.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Grimoire Venus.jpg|300px]] | ||
|name= Venus | |name= Venus | ||
|star, position= | |star, position= Sol, II | ||
|moon(s)= None | |moon(s)= None | ||
|gravity= .904 g | |gravity= .904 g | ||
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|yearlength= 243 days | |yearlength= 243 days | ||
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''' | '''Venus''' is the second planet in the [[Solar System]], and the largest terrestrial planet apart from [[Earth]]. With the coming of the [[Traveler]], Venus' toxic air was 'cleansed'<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' : ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and the world was swiftly colonized by [[Human|humanity]] during the [[Golden Age]],<ref name="HopesDreams">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1 '''IGN''' ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> becoming known as a "paradise".<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/venus '''Bungie''' : ''Venus'']</ref> | ||
==Overview== | |||
Sulfuric gasses are vented from the surface of the planet.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---10112013/en/News/News?aid=11189 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013'']</ref> Crackling lightning flashes through the sulfuric yellow sky, and the jungle has grown over the remnants of the [[Academy|scientific research settlement]] that humanity once held here. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In the initial exploration of Venus, ancient ruins, predating the existence of humanity, were discovered on the planet and resulted in a colonization rush of some of Earth's brightest minds.{{citation needed}} After the [[Collapse]], the [[Vex]] lay claim to those ruins and began protecting them ruins for unknown reasons. <ref name="Planetview">[https://www.destinyplanetview.com/en/home '''Destiny Planet View''']</ref> The ruins feature relays used by the Vex which are powered by a heavily protected Nexus far below the surface, and are believed to be part of an ancient network which, if fully reawakened, could turn the planet itself into a system that the Vex can control.<ref name="Planetview"/> Both the ruins and the more recent human structures are now choked in vegetation,<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11063 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda'']</ref> though humanity has managed to regain a presence on the planet.<ref name="HopesDreams"/> But despite this, the city's buildings are slowly being swallowed up by the Venusian ocean and in their place, the towering Vex [[citadel]] now draws the eye - a hulking obelisk Jenga tower of bizarre geometric shapes. Its purpose remains unknown, but the robotic Vex unceasingly defend it.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> | |||
The [[Fallen]] [[House of Winter]] also has their [[Winter's Lair|Lair]] on Venus, adding to the number of hostile forces already present on the planet.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/901521943-winters-run '''DetinyDB''': ''Winter's Run'']</ref> | The [[Fallen]] [[House of Winter]] also has their [[Winter's Lair|Lair]] on Venus, adding to the number of hostile forces already present on the planet.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/901521943-winters-run '''DetinyDB''': ''Winter's Run'']</ref> | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||