During your descent to Nexus, you stumble upon a strange weapon that appears to be from a fallen Vex combatant and have taken it back to Failsafe.
Failsafe is grateful for you bringing this piece back to her but as usual, she will need your help in discovering more about it.
This can be a potentially useful piece of equipment to use, especially since the outcome is sure to help you secure more rewards from Battleground Echoes activities.
How To Get Specimen ID: NES006 Quest?
You may obtain the Specimen ID: NES006 quest by first securing the Torch Hammer that is found in any of the Battleground Echoes activities.
This can be done by following the Proximity Sensor that appears on your screen when you are near the items and picking them up afterward.
Speak to Failsafe after obtaining this item will allow you to accept the Specimen ID: NES006 quest from her.
The following areas are where you can find the specimen in the different Battleground Echoes activities:
- Battleground Core – Near Rally Flag (Boss Area)
- Battleground Conduit – Before defending Ghost stage
- Battleground Delve – Near second Planetary Piston
Specimen ID: NES006 Quest Steps
Step 1: Defeat combatants with Sidearms or Auto Rifles to narrow down the weapon’s projectile type
You will need to use either Sidearms or Auto Rifles (Any damage type) to defeat combatants anywhere in the system.
This includes doing activities, missions, ritual activities, and more as long as you defeat your enemies with the specified weapons.
Defeating Guardians will grant you bonus progress with this quest step.
- Sidearm/Auto Rifle Final Blows (Reach 100% progress)
Step 2: Defeat combatants with Arc or Solar damage to provide a signature reading
Failsafe needs more data on the weapon that you have found and would like you to test out Arc and Solar weapons on your enemies.
This requires that you use weapons that have the Arc or Solar damage type to deal final blows to other combatants anywhere in the system.
Similar to the first quest step, defeating Guardians will grant more progress.
- Arc/Solar Final Blows (Reach 100% progress)
Step 3: Generate Orbs of Power to generate some potential comparison data for Failsafe to study
Additional data is required and this time, you will need to generate Orbs of Power using any source of damage to create them.
This may include using supers or defeating enemies with weapons that have mods added for your builds that cause them to generate Orbs of Power.
Completing this quest step may take a lot of time if you don’t do this in areas with a lot of enemies since the more combatants there are, the faster it can be completed.
You can speed up your progress by doing Crucible or Gambit matches as these will grant bonus progress.
- Generate Orbs of Power
Step 4: Speak with Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. to review her final specimen analysis report
Failsafe has completed her research, which has produced the Combat Override Protocol, a Research Instrument.
- Review Failsafe’s Report
Step 5: Travel to the H.E.L.M. and place the Assimilated Torch Hammer in your specimen Collection
Failsafe has given you the specimen and now you can place it along with the other ones that you have on display.
- Display Specimen
Specimen ID: NES006 Quest Rewards
Once Failsafe has provided you with the Combat Override Protocol, you will now be able to detect high-value targets in Battleground Echoes activities.
This provides you with a way to get more rewards when you are doing these activities, making it even more worth the grind.
Summary
Several types of Vex weapons are utilized by enemy combatants and being able to learn more about this weapon has given Failsafe a new opportunity.
Just like the other upgrades that you get thanks to the specimen research that is done, you may now utilize what Failsafe has come up with during your future runs.
This later reveals that there are more enemies than you might have expected and hunting them down will make your Battleground Echoes activity runs more fun to grind.
