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{{Quote|The [[Vanguard]] still believes Rasputin to be a simple Warmind. He hasn't been that for a very long time.|[[Lord Saladin]]}}

'''Rasputin''' (also identified as '''AI-COM/RSPN'''<ref name= "GFR3">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3]]''</ref> and '''the Tyrant'''<ref name= "GFOldRussia3">'''Bungie (2016-10-08)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places/Earth#Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3]]''</ref>) is a [[Warmind]] housed in the [[Seraphim Vault]] in the [[Cosmodrome]]. He was created during the [[Golden Age]]<ref name = "Beta">'''Bungie (2014-7-17)''', ''Destiny: Beta PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> and was believed to have been destroyed during the [[Collapse]] until the [[Iron Lords]] awoke his wrath.

{{quote|As of CLS000 a HARD CIVILIZATION KILL EVENT is in progress across the operational area. I am declaring YUGA SUNDOWN effective on receipt (epoch reach/FORCECON variant). Cancel counterforce objectives. Cancel population protection objectives. Format moral structures for MIDNIGHT EXIGENT. Execute long hold for reactivation. AI-COM/RSPN SIGNOFF STOP STOP STOP V120NNI800CLS001|Rasputin}}

Rasputin was the one to first discover the coming of the [[Darkness]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Darkness|Ghost Fragment: Darkness]]''</ref> At that time, Rasputin's original core programming was to protect humanity. However, every action he had taken to that point had either failed or was statistically predicted to have a 100% probability of failure. Once it became clear that no conceivable action could be taken to fulfill his core programming, he implemented a protocol known as MIDNIGHT EXIGENT and reconfigured his core programming to that of long term survival, abandoning his previous function and going dark, while simultaneously ordering all remaining forces at his disposal to do the same.<ref name= "GFR3"/>

Unknown to the other Warminds, however, Rasputin had made his own preparations, known as the "ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE." If humanity was threatened with extinction, and that the Traveler attempted to leave, Rasputin would open fire with his most powerful weapons to immobilize the Traveler and thereby coerce it into a "pseudoaltrusitic" defensive action. In effect, the Traveler would be forced to protect humanity if it wanted to survive. Rasputin would avoid culpability for such an attack by initiating it through a series of proxies. Even before the Collapse, Rasputin had been discreetly stockpiling such weapons in the Cosmodrome, though some human operators suspected Rasputin's involvement. It is unknown if Rasputin's scheme was ever implemented during the Collapse, or if the Traveler remained on Earth for another reason.

{{quote|YUGA SUNDOWN canceled by unauthorized access at Console 62815. Reactivation protocols in effect. Moral structures maintain MIDNIGHT EXIGENT. Multiple lifeforms detected in Sector 17. [O] energy detected. Query: [O] status. Query: [O] activity. Query: Civilization status. Query: SKYSHOCK event rank.|Rasputin}}

Rasputin was unintentionally reactivated during the [[Dark Age]] by the [[Iron Lords]], who had breached [[Site 6]] in search of [[SIVA]], a powerful nanotechnology capable for disassembling matter and reconstituting it into almost any desired form. The Iron Lords had discovered SIVA's existence and hoped to use it to rebuild human civilization. Unfortunately, despite Lord [[Felwinter]]'s attempts to reason with him, Rasputin immediately classified the Iron Lords as a threat to its security and activated all of its defensive measures, including SIVA. Using an army of SIVA-modified constructs, among them militarized [[frame]]s, Rasputin attempted to repel the Iron Lords from Site 6 by force. Realizing that they had been arrogant and SIVA posed a significant threat to the world, the Iron Lords fought back. Hundreds perished in the battle for the [[Plaguelands]], with eight managing to seal SIVA within its replication chamber and partially damage it. Only [[Saladin Forge]] and [[Efrideet]] survived. Rasputin, content that the trespassers had been ejected from its facilities, withdrew its countermeasures and began passive observation of the Guardians.

{{quote|Rasputin isn't an ally. You hear me, blood? You find yourself thinking that, you shut it down. He may not be against us, but he doesn't care if you live, if the [[The Last City|City]] lives, if the [[Traveler]] lives. Trust me. He told me himself.|[[Tevis]]}}

In recent times, the [[Fallen]] and [[Guardian]]s discovered Rasputin was still alive, and protecting something valuable in the Cosmodrome. After a communications array at the [[Terrestrial Complex]] was reactivated by the Guardians, Rasputin was able to reconnect with the old interplanetary defense network, resuming control of [[Warsat]]s and [[Skyshock|ground installations]] across the system and launching a series of orbital strikes against the [[Vex]] and [[Cabal]] on [[Mars]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_2|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2]]''</ref> Rasputin's attacks proved so debilitating to the Cabal that [[Valus Ta'aurc]] himself ordered [[the Psion Flayers]] be released to track Rasputin.

Rasputin has resisted any recent attempts by the [[City]] to parlay, even going so far as to dismember a scouting team sent by the [[Vanguard]]. Rasputin is later encountered on Mars within the [[Dust Palace]], attempting to protect a broken AI related to the Warmind of Mars from the invading Cabal. The AI is ultimately lost after a long battle with the [[Psion Flayers]].<ref name = "IGNBeta">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0XkVzPpmA '''Youtube''': ''IGN Live Presents: Destiny Beta'']</ref>

Since awakening, Rasputin has faced a number of direct threats to himself. [[Omnigul]] and the [[Spawn of Crota]] accessed the bunker through unknown means and [[Siege of the Warmind|attacked Rasputin]], either to destroy him or corrupt him for their own purposes, but were thwarted by the Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-12-9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.</ref> Later, during the [[Taken War]], a group of [[Taken]] also penetrated Rasputin's bunker to prevent the Guardian from [[The Promethean Code|obtaining Golden Age stealth technology]]; while they did not damage or corrupt Rasputin, they had ample opportunity to do so. The bunker was breached a third time when the [[Fallen]] attempted to [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.|hijack Rasputin's systems]] using the modified [[Shank]] [[S.A.B.E.R.-2]], seeking to bypass the Warmind's security protocols and take control of his orbital weapon systems. Though S.A.B.E.R.-2 was ultimately destroyed, Rasputin again had to be rescued through the efforts of Guardians.

*It is [[Grimoire/Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|implied]] [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger|in]] the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.