History of Legend Defiant Battleground: Orbital Prison
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Overview
Legend Defiant Battleground: Orbital Prison is the Legend-difficulty version of Defiant Battleground: Orbital Prison, one of the three Defiant Battlegrounds introduced in Season of Defiance alongside Destiny 2: Lightfall. Rescue captives from a Shadow Legion prison ship. It is a Seasonal Arena-type activity set in the European Dead Zone. Defiant Battlegrounds are launched from the destination or the H.E.L.M. Battlegrounds playlist and use the Ascendant Scepter from the Lightfall opening mission. Defiant Battlegrounds are listed as a three-player matchmade activity; sources I opened for the Heist and PsiOps Legend versions describe Legend as a harder, non-matchmade variant with extra modifiers, but I could not confirm Legend-specific power or modifier values for Defiant in a source, so check in game.
Encounters and mechanics
The layout matches the base activity: start at The Farm, then reach a Shadow Legion prison ship in near-Earth orbit. The boss is Bracus Kravaum. See Defiant Battleground: Orbital Prison for the step-by-step route, the Balefire / Taken Essence cycle and the Ascendant Plane sections. Expect tougher Champion and combatant pressure than the base version.
Rewards
Same Legendary loot pool as the base Battleground (Glimmer, seasonal Defiant weapons and Luminopotent armour; Defiant Keys open the bonus chest). The Destiny 2 Wiki notes Defiant Battlegrounds now live in the Vanguard Ops playlist after Destiny 2: The Final Shape rather than being seasonal-only.