The Buried City | Mars - Main Story Destiny Guide

Cowards

Recommended level: 17 lvl (Normal)/19 lvl (Hard)

Team: 1-3 players

You will be deployed in The Barrens. Jump onto the speeder and follow the mission marker, up until you reach the first marked building. Clear the main entrance of the 3 Legionaries and enter the building. Climb up the stairs to the second level and eliminate several Legionary, Phalanx and 2 Imperial Legionary along your way. At the top level, there also is an Imperial Centurion. Kill him and activate the console here to receive another mission objective.

Enter the skyscraper

The incoming rockets of the Colossus

Jump out of the window and approach the building marked as the mission objective. Keep going ahead and after a moment, you will get to the Dust Palace and a Darkness Zone. The first hall is being occupied by a small group of Phalanx and Psions. Clear the room and follow the corridor into the next part of the building.

Apart from the Cabal, also Vex units appear in the room. Deal with the enemy Goblins, Legionary and a Minotaur, and climb up the stairs to the second level. There are several Psions and a Centurion waiting here. Deal with them and climb up the stairs to the very top of the building. Clear the main hall of the group of Legionary, Phalanx and a Colossus, and walk over to the next room to deal with a much larger group of Legionary, Phalanx, Psions and a mini-boss - Bracus Tha'aum. The latter behaves in the way similar to his namesake from the first mission on Mars. Also he uses a grenade launcher, has lots of health and a regenerating shield. Keep the appropriate distance and keep using covers, at all times and you should have no problems dealing with him.

After you have dealt with Cabal forces, you only need to approach the main terminal and have Ghost scan it. This will end this mission and you will return to the ship.

Reward: +4000 XP (Normal)/+4800 XP (Hard)