"…Oh, wait. This came for you, I think?" Nimbus says, holding up what appears to be a ceremonial scepter of Awoken origin.

"Don't ask me," they shrug. "It showed up alongside that clunky piece of technology over there."

Nimbus gestures to a nearby Vanguard holoprojector. Its boxy terran design is conspicuously awkward amidst the sleek architecture of Neomuna.

"Those things just popped out of a swirling purple portal—and that's not even close to the weirdest thing that's happened here recently."

You take the scepter and notice the lights of the holoprojector flashing with an urgent message…

This quest begins the Season of Defiance campaign.