Good post and it pretty much sums up what we know so far.
You described what will happen during the quest, but the main and biggest problem is how to start it! I dont believe its the Gunsmith rank tho. Mainly bcoz there is already two exotic weapons and one legendary weapon tied to his ranks.
I personally spend hours upon hours doing missions and patrol, but hit a wall every time...
Two things bug me the most atm...
1. The treasure map from the CE book. It very resembles Venus patrol, but I spend there whole days without any result...
2. SABER nightfall... Why is that Nightfall the only place that spawns a SCORCH canon Captain and SEPIKS-23? And why is there a strange delay on the explosive shanks spawn after the vents open? why does the ghost mention "Maybe we should figure out a different way how to bypass Rasputins codes"... We throw in a greande and piss off Rasputin. Can be the Scorch canon the solution? Or luring in a Shank? I dont think we need to get him inside the vent since his blast radius is huge it is gonna be enough if he explodes infornt of the vent.
The music recording is imo a part of the quest and not the trigger.
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I've attempted scorch cannon. I can confirm it's useless.
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But did you try it on the glass or the wall that leaves no bullet impact marks? :)
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I've tried it on the vent as well as the glass.
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Welp, bummer then :/
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The scorch cannon theory is something I don't understand. I've only been able to drop the scorch cannon one time. It seems to coincidental for it to be random. Which makes me believe that there is something that has to be done or not done in order for it to drop. A specific time perhaps? Saving the captain for last? Not sure. However the time that it did drop, I used it to open the doors. It doesn't seem to trigger any sort of event but maybe there are more steps that we aren't seeing.