Arm Yourself with Knowledge: Asterion Abyss

Location: 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.