Cayde's Stash is a story mission in Destiny: The Taken King. It takes place in Old Russia, Earth and is the second mission in the quest The Taken King.
Objectives
- Head for the Devils' Lair
- Ascend the Colony Ship
- Take the Elevator
- Scan for Power
- Kill the Echo
- Find the Stealth Drive
Transcript
{Loading Screen}
- CAYDE-6: Turns out, Crota does have a father. His name is Oryx, and he's come all this way to kill you. We're not gonna let him. Oryx controls the Taken from a Dreadnaught near Saturn, but we can't get close without a stealth drive. Lucky for us, I hid one at the top of an old colony ship before I got roped into the Vanguard.
- GHOST: How do you know it's still there?
- CAYDE-6: You better hope it's still there. You won't survive the Dreadnaught without it.
{Gameplay}
The Guardian lands in the Blast. Fallen and Taken are fighting across the area.
- GHOST: Cayde... we've got a real problem down here.
- CAYDE-6: Let me guess: four arms, wear cloaks, smell real bad?
- GHOST: Not Fallen. Taken.
- CAYDE-6: Thought we'd have more time.
The Guardian heads towards the Devils' Lair.
- CAYDE-6: How bad is it?
- GHOST: Taken everywhere, fighting the Fallen!
- CAYDE-6: Earth's gonna look a lot like Phobos if you don't find that stealth drive.
The Guardian makes it into the Lair. Sepiks Prime lies in pieces. If the Guardian scans it:
- GHOST: Remember when Sepiks Prime was our biggest problem?
The Guardian continues towards the collapsed bridge at the end of the room.
- CAYDE-6: Okay, you're gonna find a vault door. There's a trick to getting through it, so let me know when you're there.
The Guardian approaches the door, but finds it already opened.
- GHOST: The door's already open, Cayde. We're inside.
- CAYDE-6: And the Flux grenades didn't detonate? I gotta get out of this Tower.
The Guardian arrives at the bottom of Devil's Spire and enters one of the elevators.
- GHOST: What are the chances the elevator still works?
The elevator door closes and begins ascending.
- GHOST: We're heading up. Cayde? When's the last time you rode this elevator?
- CAYDE-6: Relax, it works fine. But stand by for resurrection, Ghost.
The elevator approaches the top of the building.
- GHOST: From this height, I can pick up Taken energy readings throughout the Cosmodrome. You know, I was here, looking for you, when the first Fallen crews came through. It started with one skiff. A few months later, the Cosmodrome was theirs. The Taken have done it in hours.
The elevator arrives at the top of the building, and the door opens.
- GHOST: How do we find your stealth drive?
- CAYDE-6: There's a bridge from the tower to the ship. It took me days to get it working. It's a little unstable, so watch your step.
The Guardian walks outside and locates the bridge, which has been rotated away from the tower on the other side.
- GHOST: Cayde, someone moved the bridge, destroyed the controls.
- CAYDE-6: Yeah, that's the Fallen. Probably trying to keep the Taken off their backs. See if you can reroute the power.
- GHOST: There's still an active feed moving through those pipes overhead. Guardian, if you find the source, I can path the circuit.
- CAYDE-6: Once you get the bridge working, my stash is in the ball on top of the colony ship.
- IKORA REY: We're still waiting for details on this plan of yours, Cayde.
- CAYDE-6: Yeah! Uh, give me a second, Guardian.
The Guardian climbs the nearby stairs and finds the bridge's circuit panel. The Ghost scans and repairs it. The bridge slowly rotates towards the tower.
- CAYDE-6: Alright, back in business. Hey, the bridge is already moving! Now get to the top of that colony ship where I left my stash. And watch yourself on that bridge.
As the bridge completes its rotation, it breaks in the center, causing a large portion of the bridge to fall. The Guardian jumps across the gap and enters the tower.
- GHOST: Any advice on which way to go?
- CAYDE-6: Yeah. Up.
The Guardian ascends the tower, fighting Fallen and Taken along the way. Eventually, the Guardian reaches a destroyed section of the tower and traverses across a narrow metal beam to continue.
- GHOST: Don't look down.
The Guardian continues to a gravity lift and steps in. They are taken up to the top of the tower. A group of Fallen stand in the area and open fire on the Guardian. An Echo of Oryx suddenly appears, and all Fallen in the room are killed instantly.
- ECHO: What Crota began, I complete! My will conquers all!
Or:
- ECHO: My will be done! Vengeance for Crota!
The Guardian eliminates the Echo and surrounding Taken.
- GHOST: That thing seemed pretty mad. Oryx must still be holding a grudge for us. You know, killing Crota.
- CAYDE-6: Things won't get any easier on the Dreadnaught. You find my stealth drive?
- GHOST: Are you sure it's still here?
- CAYDE-6: It's like all things: you gotta know where to look... enter frequency 5982, Ghost.
The Ghost does so, and finds the location. The Guardian sends it to a suspicious-looking case, and it disappears, leaving behind a pile of stealth drives.
- GHOST: There it is!
- CAYDE-6: The best hiding places are always in plain sight. Transmat it out of there. I'll get it set up. Just do me a favor: if you find anything else I've hidden, leave it for me. There'll be treasure enough for everyone on the Dreadnaught.
{Mission Ends}
{Cutscene}
The Guardian's ship flies into the Tower Hangar and lands inside. A frame uses signal wands to direct the ship's landing. Another frame bends over and picks up one of Cayde's stealth drives. Amanda Holliday looks at something on her work bench.
- FRAME: Maintenance pending. Requesting visual confirmation.
- AMANDA HOLLIDAY: Yep, that's the last one. Port side.
- FRAME: Confirmed.
Cayde-6 approaches Amanda's workbench, and she turns to greet him.
- AMANDA: Interesting tech, Cayde. Isn't this Eris Morn's ship?
- CAYDE-6: Is it? Huh. You know, you're a true artist. Can't even see the join.
Cayde gives a thumbs-up.
- AMANDA: Cute, but Zavala's got sign-off on all launches. Need to log why I'm letting it go.
Cayde picks up a wrench off Amanda's workbench.
- CAYDE-6: Stargazing tour?
Amanda rolls her eyes and smirks amusingly. Cayde fiddles with the wrench in his hands.
- CAYDE-6: Okay. How about an unsanctioned op using modified stealth tech to infiltrate a Dreadnaught above Saturn's rings so we can knock out its weapons, create a transmat zone, and send in the cavalry?
Amanda grins and takes the wrench back from Cayde, placing it back on the table.
- AMANDA: How about "test flight"?
Cayde nods in approval and starts to leave.
- AMANDA: It'll be waiting for you when you're ready.
Cayde turns back to her.
- CAYDE-6: Me? (chuckles) I'm not flying that thing.
Cayde walks away.
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