The Inverted Spire

This article is about the Strike on Nessus. For the Vex ruin, see The Inverted Spire (location).

The Inverted Spire
Game:	Destiny 2
Player(s):	1-3
Location:	Arcadian Valley, Nessus
Objective(s):	Discover why the Red Legion is deploying teams to Nessus.
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"The Cabal awoke something deep beneath Nessus' surface..."

— In Game Description

Objectives

• Investigate the Cabal
• Defeat all hostiles
• Access the Conflux
• Press forward
• Traverse deeper
• Eliminate the Vex
• Cross the Digsite
• Approach the Drilling Site
• Eliminate Drill Site security
  • Eliminate Drill Officers
• Board the Cabal Drill
• Repel all attackers
• Cross the Dig Site
• Get clear of the Drill
• Investigate the Digsite
• Defeat the Modular Mind

Enemies

• War Beasts
• Legionaries
• Colossi
• Incendiors
• Phalanxes
• Gladiators
• Goblins
• Minotaurs
• Hobgoblins
• Harpies
• Wretches
• Dregs
• Vandals
• Marauders
• Captains
• Shanks
• Servitors

Bosses

• WANTED: Bracus Rulaitl (Cabal Centurion)
• WANTED: Episkeptis, the Uninvited (Vex Hydra)
• BOSS: Protheon, Modular Mind (Vex Minotaur)

Transcript

{Loading Screen}

• Zavala: Welcome to Nessus. This planet is crawling with Vex. The Red Legion have sent in crews, and we need to know why. Failsafe, are you online?

• Failsafe: Commander, your favorite AI is primed and ready. I have prepared back doors into several key Vex systems. We have detected a series of seismic disruptions. The Cabal may be responsible.

• Zavala: We need to know what we're dealing with. Yours are the boots on the ground, Guardian. Good luck.

• Ghost: Oh, look! Look! Its a Vex milk waterfall, we can stop and - aww.

• Ghost: Oh. We're walking into the light. I think there is a metaphor here and I don't like it.

• Ghost: Hey Failsafe! You're all cozy in your data core. Any advice on an energy shield?

• Failsafe: I believe the nearby Vex constructs maintain that barrier.

• Ghost: Well, I could've - OK we'll shoot them.

• Ghost: What could the Red Legion possibly be drilling for?

• Failsafe: Friendly query: what have you done to attract such hostile species to my planet?

• Ghost: And of course the drills have armed crews.

• Failsafe: If its helpful, I suggest you deal with the drills when the shooting stops.

• Ghost: The shooting never stops.

• Failsafe: Just so you know: I have detected a massive Vex energy signature.

• Ghost: And the only way to reach it is down past those giant, pointy drill bits? Good!

• Ghost: I hope this is safe. The Cabal don't need to stick the landing. We do.

• Ghost: Zavala's gonna owe us big for this.

• Ghost: This is fine. This is fine. This is fine. This is just fine.

• Ghost: That made the Crucible feel safe.

• Ghost: Uh, guys? We've encountered a massive Vex Mind.

• Failsafe: Watch your back friend! I'm detecting multiple ordnance types.

• Ghost: You're not helping!

• Ghost: Energy change! Watch out!

• Ghost: In your face!

• Ghost: It's not getting up from that! Zavala, we're good!

• Zavala: Well done. Failsafe, what's your assessment of this incident?

• Failsafe: Vex records indicate the Cabal discovered the Mind, and dug into this world to capture it. Had the Red Legion achieved their goal, I estimate a 60% chance this planetoid would have been destroyed in the ensuing battles. Luckily, the captain stepped in.

• Ghost: Huzzah!

{Mission Ends}

Trivia

• This strike was shown off for the first time during the Destiny 2 gameplay premiere.
• This strike was the lone PvE activity available to players during the Destiny 2 beta.
• If players manage to kill the boss before reaching the final stage of the encounter, the chest will spawn at the final layer, but generate no additional enemies.

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