Rising Tensions
| Rising Tensions | |
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| Information | |
| Season | 16 |
| Type | Quest |
| Rarity | Legendary |
| Steps | 7 |
| Previous | The Relic |
| Next | Operation Elbrus |
| Vendors | Ikora Rey |
| Rewards | |
| Rewards | Recurrent Impact |
Rising Tensions is a Legendary Quest from the Season of the Risen. It is the first quest of the seasonal story campaign.
Interaction: Ikora Rey
Ikora Rey gives this quest when meeting her in the Enclave after completing The Arrival story mission and The Relic quest.
Interaction Text
Season of the Risen
Ikora has received word from Zavala about a meeting with Empress Caiatl that will take place in the Tower Hangar. An item accompanied the message: a strange spear of Cabal origin.Ikora gives you the spear but reminds you it is mission-critical to investigate the Throne World before meeting with Zavala.
Complete "The Investigation" mission to continue The Witch Queen campaign.
This item starts the Season of the Risen campaign.
Synaptic Spear A lance aligned with the psychic plane, capable of dispelling Light.
1. Into the Throne World
Description
Complete Ikora's investigation as part of The Witch Queen campaign. The Investigation mission can be launched from the Enclave.
Ikora asks that you investigate Savathûn's throne world.
Objectives
- "The Investigation" mission completed: 1
2. The Contact
Description
Speak with the contact to learn valuable information.
A mysterious contact awaits who has information on Savathûn's throne world and her Lucent Brood.
Objectives
- "Hard Evidence" mission accepted: 1
- Learn more about the Throne World: 1
3. Rising Tensions
Description
You have found the information Ikora asked for. You can now choose to continue the fight against Savathûn or meet with the Vanguard and Empress Caiatl in the Tower Hangar.
To meet with the Vanguard, go to the Tower in the Destinations tab of the Director and walk to the meeting point in the Hangar.
Empress Caiatl wishes to discuss the incident where Guardians and her Cabal exchanged fire.
Objectives
- Meeting attended: 1
Notes
- The meeting cutscene begins when the banner in the Hangar is interacted with.
4. Caiatl's Briefing
Description
Empress Caiatl and Lord Saladin wish to speak with you further at the War Table in the H.E.L.M.
Empress Caiatl wishes to speak with you about the Cabal lance Ikora passed to you.
Objectives
- Caiatl's briefing heard: 1
Interaction: War Table
Interaction Text
Rising Tensions
Empress Caiatl greets you through the hologram. Though the alliance between her Cabal and the Vanguard is tenuous, she forgives you for exchanging fire with her forces—better to focus on the battles ahead.She asks you to locate and engage high-ranking Lucent Hive Lieutenants. Once you weaken one, her Psions will pull it into their Mindscape—a psychic plane where thoughts manifest into physical reality.
The Psions will connect your Light with the Light of the Hive and enable you to enter the Mindscape as well, where you will battle against manifestations of the Hive's faith in Savathûn.
The Synaptic Spear will enable you to destroy any traces of Savathûn's influence and sever the Hive's connection to the Light.
"Without the Light or a worm, the Hive will die," Caiatl growls, "unless my Psions keep it alive."
The Lightless Hive will be transported to the research station on the H.E.L.M., where Caiatl will turn the operation over to Lord Saladin.
"Fight well, Guardian," Caiatl says, and the hologram flickers with another incoming transmission…
5. Saladin Briefing
Description
Lord Saladin wishes to speak with you at the War Table in the H.E.L.M.
Lord Saladin has information about the recent Lucent Hive attacks on Guardian forces.
Objectives
- Saladin's briefing heard: 1
Interaction: War Table
Interaction Text
Rising Tensions
Lord Saladin's visage appears on the hologram before you.There has been no word from the Guardian teams sent to fight the Lucent Hive in the EDZ. Saladin fears the worst.
He needs answers, and Caiatl's Psions are the only way to get them. Once you have severed a Hive's connection to the Light with the Synaptic Spear, Caiatl's forces will transmat it to the H.E.L.M., where a Psion will search its decaying mind for information about their plans.
There is fury in Saladin's voice as he speaks of the Lucent Hive. It is clear he believes Hive wielding the Light is sacrilege of the highest order.
"The Hive are at our doorstep," he says. "They think their corrupted Light gives them the strength to stand against us."
"Show them how wrong they are."
6. PsiOps Battleground: EDZ
Description
Enter PsiOps Battleground: EDZ on Earth via the Destinations tab of the Director.
Locate a Lucent Hive Lieutenant and use your Synaptic Spear to secure it.
Lord Saladin needs you to secure a Lucent Hive Lieutenant so Caiatl's Psion can search its mind for intel.
Objectives
- Hive Lieutenant secured: 1
7. Saladin Debriefing
Description
Return to the War Table in the H.E.L.M. to debrief with Lord Saladin.
Lord Saladin confirms the Lucent Hive Lieutenant has been secured. He will contact you when he receives new information.
Objectives
- Saladin's debriefing heard: 1
Interaction: War Table
Interaction Text
Rising Tensions
After you destroyed the aspect of Savathûn in the Mindscape, the newly Lightless Hive was successfully transported to the Psisorium.Now you can feel a low-frequency thrum pulsing through the air as the Psion analyzes the Hive—a psychic vibration that sets your teeth on edge. It is unsettling… but then again, so were the Light-drained Guardians that you saw in the EDZ.
The Psion will search through the mind of the Hive for any intel about the Lucent Hive's strategy. It's unorthodox, but the Vanguard is willing to take any steps to stop the spread of this new threat.
Lord Saladin will contact you once progress has been made. Be ready.
Recurrent Impact
Machine Gun
