History of Nessus Orbit

Nessus Orbit is the orbit screen/space above Nessus, the Vex "Machine World" and Centaur minor planet. It is a launch point rather than a patrol space; ground activity is on Nessus.

Overview

Selecting Nessus in the Director and staying in orbit lets a Guardian launch Nessus activities (the in-game blurb is "Pleasure and delight await you"). Nessus's own patrol space, Lost Sectors and public events are covered on Nessus.

Activities launched from here

The Battlegrounds Behemoth and Oracle are set on Nessus, and the Vanguard Ops Playlist can queue them.

History

Calus's Leviathan once sat in Nessus's orbit after the Red War, having partially consumed Nessus's soil to make Royal Wine, and later returned as the Derelict Leviathan. During Season of Plunder (23 August to 6 December 2022), the Themis Cluster asteroids sat near Nessus's orbit; they hosted that season's pirate activities such as Ketchcrash (see Pirate Ketch).

Notes

The orbit itself has no vendors or NPCs; the ground activities are on Nessus.