History of Dark Future

The Dark Future is a future simulated by Panoptes, the Vex mind at the heart of the Infinite Forest on Mercury. In the simulation, the Vex achieve total victory in the Solar System and wipe out other life. The Vex converge on this timeline from past and future to carry out that plan, and the Guardian foils them.

The Vex hollowed out Mercury's core to build the Forest, which is controlled by the Vex and generates shifting simulated zones. The Burnout is a Crucible map set in the Infinite Forest.