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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Chioma met [[Maya Sundaresh]] when they were both undergraduates. While Chioma was deadlifting in their school's gym, Maya complained about how loud she was, leading to an argument about whether deadlifting was even practical.<ref name="TC">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[ | Chioma met [[Maya Sundaresh]] when they were both undergraduates. While Chioma was deadlifting in their school's gym, Maya complained about how loud she was, leading to an argument about whether deadlifting was even practical.<ref name="TC">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[Tractor Cannon]]''</ref> Despite this contentious first meeting, the two eventually fell in love and got married, and were rarely apart for very long periods of time.<ref name="Vex5">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_5|Vex 5]]''</ref> | ||
===Working at the Ishtar Collective=== | ===Working at the Ishtar Collective=== | ||
Several decades later, Chioma and Maya joined the [[Ishtar Collective]] on [[Venus]] to study the [[Vex]] ruins and constructs that had appeared on the planet after it was transformed by the [[Traveler]]. While working on a Vex code, it made the leap from simulation to reality, taking control of a utility [[Frame]]. Chioma activated an alarm while Maya attempted to use a gravity grapple to pin the frame, but could not lift it. Chioma took the grapple and was able to use it to pin the frame to the wall, saving their lives while also settling their debate about whether deadlifting was practical.<ref name="TC"/> | Several decades later, Chioma and Maya joined the [[Ishtar Collective]] on [[Venus]] to study the [[Vex]] ruins and constructs that had appeared on the planet after it was transformed by the [[Traveler]]. While working on a Vex code, it made the leap from simulation to reality, taking control of a utility [[Frame]]. Chioma activated an alarm while Maya attempted to use a gravity grapple to pin the frame, but could not lift it. Chioma took the grapple and was able to use it to pin the frame to the wall, saving their lives while also settling their debate about whether deadlifting was practical.<ref name="TC"/> | ||
Chioma and her team eventually began working on an active Vex platform called specimen twelve. She was able to create an interface that allowed her to see what the Vex was thinking and was alarmed one day to discover that it was perfectly simulating two-hundred twenty-seven copies of her team. Chioma informed Maya, who shared her alarm and noted that for all philosophical intents and purposes, those copies were them. Chioma agreed, and when Maya suggested calling a team meeting to inform the others, Chioma let her know that Maya's copies had done the same thing.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire | Chioma and her team eventually began working on an active Vex platform called specimen twelve. She was able to create an interface that allowed her to see what the Vex was thinking and was alarmed one day to discover that it was perfectly simulating two-hundred twenty-seven copies of her team. Chioma informed Maya, who shared her alarm and noted that for all philosophical intents and purposes, those copies were them. Chioma agreed, and when Maya suggested calling a team meeting to inform the others, Chioma let her know that Maya's copies had done the same thing.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex|Vex]]''</ref> | ||
They met with their fellow team members, Dr. [[Shim]] and [[Duane-McNiadh]], and explained the situation to them. Duane-McNiadh was confused by what the issue was, and Chioma explained that the Vex could torture their simulated counterparts and that logically, they had to treat their pain as their own, with Maya noting it could torment them for eternity. Duane-Mcniadh objected that they had no obligation to their simulated copies and that they were not truly linked, angering Chioma, but Shim interrupted and pointed out that given that there was only one true reality, they were likely just another simulation themselves. Chioma, Maya, and Duane-McNiadh were stunned by this and realized they were in more trouble than they originally believed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire | They met with their fellow team members, Dr. [[Shim]] and [[Duane-McNiadh]], and explained the situation to them. Duane-McNiadh was confused by what the issue was, and Chioma explained that the Vex could torture their simulated counterparts and that logically, they had to treat their pain as their own, with Maya noting it could torment them for eternity. Duane-Mcniadh objected that they had no obligation to their simulated copies and that they were not truly linked, angering Chioma, but Shim interrupted and pointed out that given that there was only one true reality, they were likely just another simulation themselves. Chioma, Maya, and Duane-McNiadh were stunned by this and realized they were in more trouble than they originally believed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_2|Vex 2]]''</ref> | ||
Maya stated that she had a plan to free themselves from the Vex, but Chioma worriedly pointed out that if she had one, then the Vex knew about it as well. Maya proposed that they had to act as if they were real and not simulated, and Chioma noted that the simulated Mayas were saying the same thing. Her wife asked her to stop that, as it was not helping the situation, and suggested that they needed to make contact with something outside of the Vex's ability to simulate, like a [[Warmind]]. Duane-Mcniadh feared the Vex would torture or erase them if they tried, but Chioma agreed with Maya given their lack of alternatives. After Shim pointed out that the Vex would react once they did so and that these could be their last moments of peace, Chioma and Maya began kissing in case it was their last moments together.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire | Maya stated that she had a plan to free themselves from the Vex, but Chioma worriedly pointed out that if she had one, then the Vex knew about it as well. Maya proposed that they had to act as if they were real and not simulated, and Chioma noted that the simulated Mayas were saying the same thing. Her wife asked her to stop that, as it was not helping the situation, and suggested that they needed to make contact with something outside of the Vex's ability to simulate, like a [[Warmind]]. Duane-Mcniadh feared the Vex would torture or erase them if they tried, but Chioma agreed with Maya given their lack of alternatives. After Shim pointed out that the Vex would react once they did so and that these could be their last moments of peace, Chioma and Maya began kissing in case it was their last moments together.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_3|Vex 3]]''</ref> | ||
With the Warmind's aid, Chioma and her team were able to rescue all two-hundred twenty-seven of their simulated copies. The copies were saved into an interface, where they all agreed to be released into the Vex information network to explore it and attempt to aid the research team in understanding the Vex. With the Warmind's assistance, Chioma and the others linked their minds to biomechanical proxies protected by firewalls so that they could safely take their simulated selves to the Vex Citadel and release them without endangering themselves. As their proxies walked through the Vex ruins, Duane-McNiadh wondered where the Vex and their ruins had come from, and Chioma suggested that they may have always been there, waiting for a period of geological quiescence that would allow them to grow. Shim disagreed, believing they came from another timeline, as the ruins were far too old to have just emerged. Maya wondered what they could do with the power of the Vex Citadel once they understood it, and Chioma noted that they may soon find out. The two then pondered if all their simulated copies would remain together as they explored the Vex network, or if some would drift apart and end their relationship, or perhaps die and leave the other alone. The group then reached the aperture they would use to send their copies into the network and began setting up their equipment, and as they did, Duane-McNiadh wondered if they could use the power of the Vex to change the past. Chioma doubted it, suggesting that any effort to change the past would just create a loop that would cause those events to happen exactly as before. They then released their copies into the network and bid them farewell on their journey.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | With the Warmind's aid, Chioma and her team were able to rescue all two-hundred twenty-seven of their simulated copies. The copies were saved into an interface, where they all agreed to be released into the Vex information network to explore it and attempt to aid the research team in understanding the Vex. With the Warmind's assistance, Chioma and the others linked their minds to biomechanical proxies protected by firewalls so that they could safely take their simulated selves to the Vex Citadel and release them without endangering themselves. As their proxies walked through the Vex ruins, Duane-McNiadh wondered where the Vex and their ruins had come from, and Chioma suggested that they may have always been there, waiting for a period of geological quiescence that would allow them to grow. Shim disagreed, believing they came from another timeline, as the ruins were far too old to have just emerged. Maya wondered what they could do with the power of the Vex Citadel once they understood it, and Chioma noted that they may soon find out. The two then pondered if all their simulated copies would remain together as they explored the Vex network, or if some would drift apart and end their relationship, or perhaps die and leave the other alone. The group then reached the aperture they would use to send their copies into the network and began setting up their equipment, and as they did, Duane-McNiadh wondered if they could use the power of the Vex to change the past. Chioma doubted it, suggesting that any effort to change the past would just create a loop that would cause those events to happen exactly as before. They then released their copies into the network and bid them farewell on their journey.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_4|Vex 4]]''</ref> | ||
Despite their close call with the Vex mind, Chioma and her team continued to study the Vex. One day she discovered that Maya had integrated [[Radiolaria|radiolarian fluid]] into a [[The Sundaresh Experiment 13-R|ship]] she was working on as a coolant. Chioma was concerned, but Maya noted that it would go to waste otherwise and that they needed to understand everything about the Vex if they hoped to survive the creatures if they ever physically manifested. Despite her concerns, Chioma gave her approval, noting that Maya's ideas were the ones that had saved them from the Vex simulation, and the two then celebrated Maya's work.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] - Item Description: [[ | Despite their close call with the Vex mind, Chioma and her team continued to study the Vex. One day she discovered that Maya had integrated [[Radiolaria|radiolarian fluid]] into a [[The Sundaresh Experiment 13-R|ship]] she was working on as a coolant. Chioma was concerned, but Maya noted that it would go to waste otherwise and that they needed to understand everything about the Vex if they hoped to survive the creatures if they ever physically manifested. Despite her concerns, Chioma gave her approval, noting that Maya's ideas were the ones that had saved them from the Vex simulation, and the two then celebrated Maya's work.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] - Item Description: [[The Sundaresh Experiment 13-R]]''</ref> | ||
===Working on Hyperion=== | ===Working on Hyperion=== | ||
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===The Collapse and the Veil=== | ===The Collapse and the Veil=== | ||
{{Quote|When we landed on Neptune, there was... something waiting for us. An alien structure. It's an electromagnetic anomaly. No mass, but a tangible surface area. It's like a thesis statement to the Von Neumann-Wigner hypothesis. It's definitely paracausal, like the Traveler. Maya calls it the Veil. She says she heard the name in a whisper when... when she looked at it. When I asked her who whispered, she said it was... her own voice. I still haven't had time to process that.|Chioma Esi and Maya Sundaresh discovering the Veil}} | {{Quote|When we landed on Neptune, there was... something waiting for us. An alien structure. It's an electromagnetic anomaly. No mass, but a tangible surface area. It's like a thesis statement to the Von Neumann-Wigner hypothesis. It's definitely paracausal, like the Traveler. Maya calls it the Veil. She says she heard the name in a whisper when... when she looked at it. When I asked her who whispered, she said it was... her own voice. I still haven't had time to process that.|Chioma Esi and Maya Sundaresh discovering the Veil}} | ||
During the Collapse, Chioma and the other researchers from Hyperion were evacuated and brought aboard the ''[[Exodus Indigo]]'' as the colony ship made its way out-system, in the process becoming reunited with Maya, who was already aboard. Shortly after, the ship was attacked by an unknown entity, which left a [[Winterbite|spear-like weapon]] embedded in the hull before being blasted away by the ship's point defense cannons. On Maya's recommendation, the ship then landed on Neptune's surface in pursuit of a [[Vex]] distress signal, in the hope that whatever was threatening the Vex would similarly deter the mysterious attackers that were pursuing the ''Indigo''.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - Item Description: [[ | During the Collapse, Chioma and the other researchers from Hyperion were evacuated and brought aboard the ''[[Exodus Indigo]]'' as the colony ship made its way out-system, in the process becoming reunited with Maya, who was already aboard. Shortly after, the ship was attacked by an unknown entity, which left a [[Winterbite|spear-like weapon]] embedded in the hull before being blasted away by the ship's point defense cannons. On Maya's recommendation, the ship then landed on Neptune's surface in pursuit of a [[Vex]] distress signal, in the hope that whatever was threatening the Vex would similarly deter the mysterious attackers that were pursuing the ''Indigo''.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - Item Description: [[Winterbite]]''</ref> | ||
After arriving on Neptune, Chioma and the other Ishtar Collective researchers discovered the [[the Veil|Veil]], a [[paracausality|paracausal]] entity, on the planet's surface. Their first contact with it resulted in the brain deaths of some of the investigation team, including all of the Exo members.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Parting the Veil (Mission)#Transcript|Parting the Veil: Log 2]]''</ref> Hoping to study the entity and find a way to make use of it, Chioma and Maya worked on creating a prototype system to interface with the Veil, designed like an orchestra with a "conductor" directing a "symphony" of minds. Chioma had her concerns, given the potential for further deaths, but Maya insisted on going through with the experiment for the sake of their collective survival.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Parting the Veil (Mission)#Transcript|Parting the Veil: Log 7]]''</ref> | After arriving on Neptune, Chioma and the other Ishtar Collective researchers discovered the [[the Veil|Veil]], a [[paracausality|paracausal]] entity, on the planet's surface. Their first contact with it resulted in the brain deaths of some of the investigation team, including all of the Exo members.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Parting the Veil (Mission)#Transcript|Parting the Veil: Log 2]]''</ref> Hoping to study the entity and find a way to make use of it, Chioma and Maya worked on creating a prototype system to interface with the Veil, designed like an orchestra with a "conductor" directing a "symphony" of minds. Chioma had her concerns, given the potential for further deaths, but Maya insisted on going through with the experiment for the sake of their collective survival.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Parting the Veil (Mission)#Transcript|Parting the Veil: Log 7]]''</ref> | ||
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===Within the Vex Net=== | ===Within the Vex Net=== | ||
{{Expand-section|[[Lore:Aspect]], [[Episode: Echoes]]}} | {{Expand-section|[[Lore:Aspect]], [[Episode: Echoes]]}} | ||
Along with the other copies in the Vex Network, the Chiomas sensed an [[Echo (object)|Echo]] breach the system and felt compelled to reach for it. Together with the other scientists, they piled furniture and lifted one another up in an attempt to reach it.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - | Along with the other copies in the Vex Network, the Chiomas sensed an [[Echo (object)|Echo]] breach the system and felt compelled to reach for it. Together with the other scientists, they piled furniture and lifted one another up in an attempt to reach it.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Lore:Polyphony#V. As a Stranger Give It Welcome|Polyphony: V. As a Stranger Give It Welcome]]''</ref> | ||
Shortly afterwards, Maya, whose consciousness had survived within the Darkness of the Veil and had regained corporeal form as an Exo using the power of the Echo, began looking for the "true" version of Chioma that she believed to be trapped within the Vex network. She pulled countless copies of Chioma from the network, downloading them into Exo bodies and interrogating them with a series of questions, ultimately killing and discarding each one as they failed to meet the standards she had set for identifying the "real" Chioma. Eventually, Maya found the original version of Chioma but ended up killing her like all the rest when she failed to pass Maya's test. | Shortly afterwards, Maya, whose consciousness had survived within the Darkness of the Veil and had regained corporeal form as an Exo using the power of the Echo, began looking for the "true" version of Chioma that she believed to be trapped within the Vex network. She pulled countless copies of Chioma from the network, downloading them into Exo bodies and interrogating them with a series of questions, ultimately killing and discarding each one as they failed to meet the standards she had set for identifying the "real" Chioma. Eventually, Maya found the original version of Chioma but ended up killing her like all the rest when she failed to pass Maya's test. | ||
