History of Faculty Advisement

Overview

Faculty Advisement is a side quest from Ikora Rey in The Edge of Fate set on Kepler. Destinypedia says it unlocks after step 9 of the main campaign quest; ProGameTalk says after The Exile's Accord Strangelet and The Central Academy Strangelet. Sources differ slightly. It introduces the Aionians and their leader Dean Rebecca. Roughly 30 to 45 minutes.

Walkthrough

1. Speak to the Aionian researcher at the Aionian campus.
2. Find the Monument to Failure nearby (a Shrine to Failure in the Caldera per one source).
3. Speak with Dean Rebecca.
4. Defeat Vex in the area to collect 20 Vex samples.
5. Deliver them to the researcher (Professor Fjola per Destinypedia).
6. Speak with Ghost about the translator Lodi.
7. Travel to Curtilage Divide in House of Exile territory and analyze the offline terminal.
8. Return to Ikora Rey.

Rewards

Fated Ciphers (3 per Destinypedia) and a Legendary gear piece (AION Renewal armor or a Kepler weapon).

Trivia

Communicating through the language barrier is a theme of the quest.