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|mission= [[The Pyramidion]] | |mission= [[The Pyramidion]] | ||
|weapon= [[Line Rifle]] | |weapon= [[Line Rifle]] | ||
|ability= Temporal Shockwave <br> [[Void]] Flame Bolts <br> Burning Effect <br> High Durability <br> Brief Immunity <br> Teleportation <br> Confluence Barrier <br> Alter Surroundings <br> Berserker Rage <br> Summon Vex | |ability= Temporal Shockwave <br> [[Void]] Flame Bolts <br> Burning Effect <br> High Durability <br> Brief Immunity <br> Teleportation <br> Confluence Barrier <br> Alter Surroundings <br> Berserker Rage <br> Summon Vex <br> Paracausal Resistance <small>(Variant Stalker)</small> | ||
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{{Quote|Just us and a giant [[Vex]] Gate.<br>Ah, the Vex Gate at the center of the lake!<br>What lake?!<br>The lake where you will grind Brakion's horns into dust and crush its chassis beneath your boot! That lake!|[[Ghost (Little Light)|Ghost]] and [[Asher Mir]]}} | {{Quote|Just us and a giant [[Vex]] Gate.<br>Ah, the Vex Gate at the center of the lake!<br>What lake?!<br>The lake where you will grind Brakion's horns into dust and crush its chassis beneath your boot! That lake!|[[Ghost (Little Light)|Ghost]] and [[Asher Mir]]}} | ||
'''Brakion, Genesis Mind''' is an Ultra [[Hobgoblin]] that serves as the [[Axis Mind]] of the [[Pyramidion]] on [[Io]] and the main boss of the [[The Pyramidion|aforementioned]] [[Strike]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. | '''Brakion, Genesis Mind''', later '''Variant Stalker Brakion, Repurposed Mind''', is an Ultra [[Hobgoblin]] that serves as the [[Axis Mind]] of the [[Pyramidion]] on [[Io]] and the main boss of the [[The Pyramidion|aforementioned]] [[Strike]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. It also serves as the last boss of //[[node.ovrd.AVALON]]//, having been repurposed as an exfiltration unit to hunt down [[Asher Mir]]'s influence in the [[Vex Network|Nexus]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Years later, another fireteam of Guardians guided by [[Ikora Rey]] and an extremely vengeful Asher Mir entered into Pyramidion despite heavy Vex resistance and leftover [[Taken]] from [[Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria]]'s excursion. Upon delving into the self-criticality of the synthoneural terminus, they summoned Brakion and put an immediate end to the Vex mind much to Asher's satisfaction. | Years later, another fireteam of Guardians guided by [[Ikora Rey]] and an extremely vengeful Asher Mir entered into Pyramidion despite heavy Vex resistance and leftover [[Taken]] from [[Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria]]'s excursion. Upon delving into the self-criticality of the synthoneural terminus, they summoned Brakion and put an immediate end to the Vex mind much to Asher's satisfaction. | ||
Five years after its defeat, the Vex were alerted to Asher's continued travels through the Vex network and extraction of data on the [[Black Fleet]] following his presumed disappearance after [[The Arrival]]. To this end, Brakion was reconstructed to pursue Asher, forcing him to flee to the Nexus's [[Earth]] sector and send a signal to [[The Guardian]]. The Guardian infiltrated the Nexus through the resulting tear in reality, using Asher's guidance to find and dismantle Brakion once more. | |||
Brakion would continue to be reconstructed as more data was requisitioned from the Nexus by Asher, necessitating its destruction on a weekly basis. This would be countered with the creation of [[Vexcalibur]], a glaive created from the Vex network's code and engineered to destroy its security protocols. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
Brakion will enter the arena when the plate in front of it is stood on for long enough. It will open fire with its Line Rifle and occasionally follow up with Void flame projectiles that create a circle of purple fire upon impact. After its health has been reduced by a third, it will teleport to another location; it will be immune while teleporting. It will then surround itself in a Vex barrier that can only be disabled by capturing a [[Sync Plate]]. Other Vex will defend this plate, so killing them all is advised. Brakion is able to shoot through this barrier. After capturing this Sync Plate, Brakion will resume its attack, but will teleport to another corner and put up another Vex Barrier shortly after. Once both barriers had been disabled, Brakion would assault the player directly, and would eventually enter berserk mode once its head was shot off. In Berserk mode, it will fire its Line Rifle in three-shot bursts. It would remain in this state until it was defeated. | Brakion will enter the arena when the plate in front of it is stood on for long enough. It will open fire with its Line Rifle and occasionally follow up with Void flame projectiles that create a circle of purple fire upon impact. After its health has been reduced by a third, it will teleport to another location; it will be immune while teleporting. It will then surround itself in a Vex barrier that can only be disabled by capturing a [[Sync Plate]]. Other Vex will defend this plate, so killing them all is advised. Brakion is able to shoot through this barrier. After capturing this Sync Plate, Brakion will resume its attack, but will teleport to another corner and put up another Vex Barrier shortly after. Once both barriers had been disabled, Brakion would assault the player directly, and would eventually enter berserk mode once its head was shot off. In Berserk mode, it will fire its Line Rifle in three-shot bursts. It would remain in this state until it was defeated. | ||
As the Repurposed Mind, only Brakion's second third of its health requires removing a shield. However, each phase takes place on a different arena modeled after the Pyramidion Strike, and the Sync Plate mechanic for its shield is replaced with the codebreaking mechanic used previously in //node.ovrd.AVALON//. Additionally, Brakion now takes only 50% damage from abilities, forcing the player to rely on regular weapons to defeat it. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Brakion’s name could be derived from the Latin word bracchium, which means arm or branch. This may be an allusion to the Pyramidion's connection to the [[Infinite Forest]], or a somewhat humorous allusion to the fact that Brakion is responsible for converting [[Asher Mir]]'s arm. | *Brakion’s name could be derived from the Latin word bracchium, which means arm or branch. This may be an allusion to the Pyramidion's connection to the [[Infinite Forest]], or a somewhat humorous allusion to the fact that Brakion is responsible for converting [[Asher Mir]]'s arm. | ||
*If Brakion's head is broken before entering his vulnerable state a second time, he will enter a berserker rage, moving through his shield while remaining invulnerable. This makes defeating him significantly more difficult. | *If Brakion's head is broken before entering his vulnerable state a second time, he will enter a berserker rage, moving through his shield while remaining invulnerable. This makes defeating him significantly more difficult. | ||
*Brakion is currently the character with the second-longest gap between in-game appearances, totalling at 2008 days behind [[Elisabeth Bray]]'s 2254. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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- "Just us and a giant Vex Gate.
Ah, the Vex Gate at the center of the lake!
What lake?!
The lake where you will grind Brakion's horns into dust and crush its chassis beneath your boot! That lake!" - — Ghost and Asher Mir
Brakion, Genesis Mind, later Variant Stalker Brakion, Repurposed Mind, is an Ultra Hobgoblin that serves as the Axis Mind of the Pyramidion on Io and the main boss of the aforementioned Strike in Destiny 2. It also serves as the last boss of //node.ovrd.AVALON//, having been repurposed as an exfiltration unit to hunt down Asher Mir's influence in the Nexus.
Biography
Brakion oversaw the Pyramidion at its core and therefore coordinated the Vex's efforts of converting Io into a Machine world. It reconfigured reality within the Vex structure to halt a failed Guardian expedition attempting to invade the Pyramidion, led by Asher Mir whom Brakion captured at the shores of a radiolarian lake. It subjected the captive Asher and his team to experiments injecting radiolaria and grafting Vex technology; some which converted the latter's arm and Ghost into Vex constructs before he could escape.
Years later, another fireteam of Guardians guided by Ikora Rey and an extremely vengeful Asher Mir entered into Pyramidion despite heavy Vex resistance and leftover Taken from Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria's excursion. Upon delving into the self-criticality of the synthoneural terminus, they summoned Brakion and put an immediate end to the Vex mind much to Asher's satisfaction.
Five years after its defeat, the Vex were alerted to Asher's continued travels through the Vex network and extraction of data on the Black Fleet following his presumed disappearance after The Arrival. To this end, Brakion was reconstructed to pursue Asher, forcing him to flee to the Nexus's Earth sector and send a signal to The Guardian. The Guardian infiltrated the Nexus through the resulting tear in reality, using Asher's guidance to find and dismantle Brakion once more.
Brakion would continue to be reconstructed as more data was requisitioned from the Nexus by Asher, necessitating its destruction on a weekly basis. This would be countered with the creation of Vexcalibur, a glaive created from the Vex network's code and engineered to destroy its security protocols.
Gameplay
Brakion will enter the arena when the plate in front of it is stood on for long enough. It will open fire with its Line Rifle and occasionally follow up with Void flame projectiles that create a circle of purple fire upon impact. After its health has been reduced by a third, it will teleport to another location; it will be immune while teleporting. It will then surround itself in a Vex barrier that can only be disabled by capturing a Sync Plate. Other Vex will defend this plate, so killing them all is advised. Brakion is able to shoot through this barrier. After capturing this Sync Plate, Brakion will resume its attack, but will teleport to another corner and put up another Vex Barrier shortly after. Once both barriers had been disabled, Brakion would assault the player directly, and would eventually enter berserk mode once its head was shot off. In Berserk mode, it will fire its Line Rifle in three-shot bursts. It would remain in this state until it was defeated.
As the Repurposed Mind, only Brakion's second third of its health requires removing a shield. However, each phase takes place on a different arena modeled after the Pyramidion Strike, and the Sync Plate mechanic for its shield is replaced with the codebreaking mechanic used previously in //node.ovrd.AVALON//. Additionally, Brakion now takes only 50% damage from abilities, forcing the player to rely on regular weapons to defeat it.
Trivia
- Brakion is the second Axis Mind that has the appearance of a Hobgoblin, instead of a Minotaur, Hydra, or a Harpy, the first being Xegonion, Warped Mind and the third being Agioktis, Martyr Mind.
- In addition, Brakion is the second boss whose appearance changes when critically damaged. The first being Protheon.
- When Brakion's head is shot off its weak point is shifted to its chest and on the back of its chest is a small window that shows a weak point.
- Brakion is the second Vex boss to be called by name. The first was Atheon when he was called by name during Destiny's Age of Triumph.
- Brakion’s name could be derived from the Latin word bracchium, which means arm or branch. This may be an allusion to the Pyramidion's connection to the Infinite Forest, or a somewhat humorous allusion to the fact that Brakion is responsible for converting Asher Mir's arm.
- If Brakion's head is broken before entering his vulnerable state a second time, he will enter a berserker rage, moving through his shield while remaining invulnerable. This makes defeating him significantly more difficult.
- Brakion is currently the character with the second-longest gap between in-game appearances, totalling at 2008 days behind Elisabeth Bray's 2254.
Gallery
Brakion, Genesis Mind in battle.
Side view of Brakion.
List of appearances
- Destiny 2 (First appearance)
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