Blast from the Past

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Blast from the Past
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Information
Season 12
Type Quest Step
Rarity Exotic
Steps 8
Vendors Shaw Han, Variks the Loyal, Quest Archive
Rewards
Rewards The Chaperone

Blast from the Past is an Exotic Quest. It requires ownership of the Beyond Light expansion to obtain.

1. Research Assistant

Description

Defeat combatants. Stronger combatants grant more progress.

"As long as you're helping, a friend of mine asked me to gather some combat data for a project of hers. Could use a hand." —Shaw Han

Objectives

Progress: 100

2. Optics

Description

Defeat combatants with your Super and other class abilities. Supers grant the most efficient progress.

"Good start. There are more data requests here. I know it's not the most pressing, but it's important to help each other out these days. You up for it?" —Shaw Han

Objectives

Progress: 50

3. Collating

Description

Return the data to Amanda Holliday in the Tower.

"Holliday is gonna be thrilled with this. You should take it to her yourself; she's a good person to know." —Shaw Han

Objectives

Speak with Amanda Holliday: 1

4. Sequencing

Description

Come back after Amanda has had time to analyze the data.

Complete quest A Guardian Rises.

"Huh… well, I would have lost that bet. Strange patterns here…" —Amanda Holliday

Objectives

Quest completed: 1

5. Processing Complete

Description

Return to Amanda Holliday in the Tower.

"This baby's gonna be a beaut when it's all said and done. Just need to iron out the kinks…" —Amanda Holliday

Objectives

Speak with Amanda Holliday: 1

6. Any Way You Ice It

Description

Collect data by defeating combatants and completing public events on Europa.

"If you come back here with a bunch of ice puns, I'm kicking you out of my workshop."—Amanda Holliday

Objectives

  • Combatants: 100
  • Public events: 3

7. True Test

Description

Defeat targets with precision damage and defeat targets with Shotguns in Gambit or Crucible matches. Guardians grant the most efficient progress.

"Last bit: I need some data from other Guardians. A bit grim, but seems like y'all have no problem bustin' each other up for sport." —Amanda Holliday

Objectives

  • Shotgun kills: 100
  • Precision kills: 150

8. Heirloom

Description

Return the finished data to Amanda Holliday.

"Enough number crunching; this ain't a Cryptarch stall. Time to put this to good use." —Amanda Holliday

Objectives

Speak with Amanda Holliday: 1

Reward

The chaperone icon1.jpg Kinetic The Chaperone
Special ammo Shotgun

Patch History

References

  1. "Destiny 2 Update 4.0.0.1" Bungie, posted by Destiny Dev Team, 22 Feb. 2022, https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/51110. wikipage
  2. "Destiny 2 Update 3.0.0.1" Bungie, posted by Destiny Dev Team, 10 Nov. 2020, https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49819. wikipage