Arm Yourself with Knowledge: Asterion Abyss

Asterion Abyss, Rathmore Chaos, Europa

The Guardian helps the Exo Stranger archive information on Europa by scanning objects in the environment.

The Guardian scans a Vex structure.

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Exo Stranger: Unlike their brethren on Venus, the Vex were not "discovered" here. They were brought. By Mr. Bray himself.

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Exo Stranger: Just because humanity discovered Vex on Venus first doesn't mean that was their only entry point. Clovis Bray built a door for them here too.

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Exo Stranger: You know of the Ishtar Collective. Clovis Bray also tried to crack open the secrets of the Vex. Proof of his failure stands before you.

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Exo Stranger: This structure dates back to the late Golden Age. The Vex-Exo War. If history were just, it would be known as Bray's Folly.

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Exo Stranger: The history of the Vex is nigh on impossible to track given their manipulations of time. But I was here when they first came to Europa.

The Guardian scans a red glacier.

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Exo Stranger: Red ice is common here and perfectly harmless. Though from the long view, Europa looks like it’s been scratched by giant claws.

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Exo Stranger: That red glow is a natural occurrence. Comes from some combination of native bacteria and the radiated atmosphere.

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Exo Stranger: Europan bacteria is preserved in the ice. A small colony compared to what’s floating in the ocean beneath your feet.

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Exo Stranger: Beautiful, isn’t it? The color is a reflection of radioactive ions in the air interacting with bacteria frozen within.

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Exo Stranger: One of Europa’s natural phenomena. The only kind Clovis didn’t care about. He couldn’t make use of red ice.

The Guardian scans the interior of an incomplete Vex structure.

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Exo Stranger: BrayTech’s top engineers studied structures like this one for years, but they never grasped how the Vex defied the laws of nature so neatly.

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Exo Stranger: As you can see here, on Nessus, wherever they go, the Vex are quick to remake their surroundings in their own image.

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Exo Stranger: This structure is incomplete. The Vex only stop when they themselves are stopped. We learned that the hard way, during the war.

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Exo Stranger: Vex constructions uniformly resist natural law. Even entropy itself. No one, not even Clovis Bray, has figured out how.

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Exo Stranger: This unfinished column was proof that we’d stopped the Vex years ago. Now, thanks to Eramis, they may yet finish their work.

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