The original raid, years on, still functioning as the series' foundational encounter. Atheon, Time's Conflux in challenge mode is the demand that the fireteam demonstrate mastery of the Vault's mechanics rather than simply complete them. The Vault of Glass introduced the idea that Destiny was capable of something more than shooting — that it could build mechanical puzzles that required six people to coordinate without error across multiple simultaneous requirements. Not running but rising through the Darkness is the Vault's specific grammar: the raid moves upward through the Glass, toward the Conflux, and each step requires the encounter with what was always there.