The Corrupted Puppeteer

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The Corrupted Puppeteer
Biographical information
Other name(s):	The White Captain
Species:	Fallen
Race:	Exo
Rank:	Ultra
Class:	Captain
Gender:	Female
Combat information
Mission:	Vesper's Host
Weapon(s):	Wire Rifle
Abilities:	High Durability Jolt Ultra Smash Teleportation Anomaly Communion Immunity Shield Summon Fallen Summon Augment Carriers Summon Puppets

"Stay back! The Exo frame is the center of the corruption!"

— Vesper Central

The Corrupted Puppeteer was an AI built by the Clovis Bray corporation using Vex technology, which Clovis Bray I intended as a programmable Vex Mind for observing their kind. It was originally confined aboard the Vesper Station, until debris from the Morning Star impacted the station and set it loose, enabling it to transfer itself into a Fallen Exo body.

When Fallen refugees from the House of Salvation attempted to establish a community near the station and build an Ether refinery, it began to hunt them down and assimilated their minds into its collective consciousness. With the Fallen under its command, it continued coordinating the construction of the Anomaly next to the Station as a communications relay, broadcasting messages into the cosmos beyond. It was ultimately killed by the Guardian and their fireteam after they were sent by the Spider to investigate the station.

The Corrupted Puppeteer serves as the final boss of the Vesper's Host Dungeon.

Biography

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Origins

"Dr. Bray thought there were types of Vex unseen on Europa. Powerful Vex he could learn from. The plan was that the Mind would build him a controlled window for observation. Tidy. Tight. Safe. He thought he could control a Vex mind so perfectly it would do everything he wanted."

— Astraea to the Guardian

During the late Golden Age, Clovis Bray I became interested in studying the Vex on Europa, and commissioned a research project to develop an AI based on Vex technology which could be used to interact with and observe previously-unseen types of Vex. This research was carried out on Vesper Station, an isolated research facility intended for projects at high risk of adversely interacting with other BrayTech. Following the Collapse, the Vex-derived AI (which would later become known as the Corrupted Puppeteer) remained under quarantine on Vesper Station.

Morning Star Impact and Quarantine Breach

After the Young Wolf's actions on the Morning Star resulted in the station falling to the surface of Europa, a piece of debris from the Morning Star impacted Vesper Station, releasing the Corrupted Puppeteer and allowing it to take control of a Fallen Exo body.

Later, the Puppeteer would terrorize a group of House Salvation refugees that were attempting to establish a new home on Vesper Station, picking them off and forcibly integrating them into its hive-mind. The Eliksni on the station referred to the Puppeteer as the "White Captain."

Gameplay

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Trivia

• The Exo body used by the Corrupted Puppeteer is identical in appearance to those used by Atraks-1, save for burn marks, loose wiring, a missing lower left hand and other damage to its facial structure; it is unknown if the two are actually related in some way.
• Unlike Atraks-1 in the Deep Stone Crypt Raid, when the Corrupted Puppeteer and its Broken Puppets are defeated, their physical bodies don't disappear. With the Puppets, they just collapse onto the ground, but in the Puppeteer's case, the wing-like objects on its back begin spinning uncontrollably until they collapse.

Gallery

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  Close up of the Corrupted Puppeteer, as seen in the Vesper's Host trailer

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  A Broken Puppet, with the Puppeteer behind it

Appearance

• Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant (First appearance)