Editing Ishtar Collective

The '''Ishtar Collective''' (referred to by Clovis Bray as '''ICoV''', presumably 'Ishtar Collective of Venus') was a [[Golden Age]] organization dedicated to scientific advancement. The Collective built the [[Ishtar Academy]], a famed center of research and learning, on [[Venus]], and extensively studied the planet's [[Vex]] [[Vault of Glass (location)|ruins]]. The Collective was a rival of the corporation [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]].<ref name="Destiny">'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref><ref name="VEX3">'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]] [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Ghost Fragment: Vex 3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref>

The members of the collective studied active Vex ruins, such as mapping the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Ishtar Academy|The Academy]]''</ref> as well as a live Vex specimen that was designated as "Subject 12".

During the [[Collapse]], several members of the Collective secretly founded a colony on Neptune that would become the hidden city of [[Neomuna]].

==History==
===Golden Age===
The founders of the Ishtar Collective constructed the first human colony on Venus, an outpost that would later become the Ishtar Academy. The subsequent discovery of [[Vex]] ruins immediately drew humanity's top scientists there; [[Campus 9]] was one of the first research centers built to study the ruins and consisted of prefabricated structures. As the population exploded, permanent cities were built across Venus and the Academy and Collective were born.<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref>

===The Collapse===
During the [[Collapse]], the colony ship known as the ''[[Exodus Indigo]]'' carried many Ishtar Collective researchers to [[Neptune]], including several prominent figures such as Maya Sundaresh and Chioma Esi. Upon arriving at Neptune, the colonists discovered the paracausal entity known as the [[the Veil|Veil]], which protected them from the local [[Vex]] presence and enabled them to establish a colony that would later become the hidden city of [[Neomuna]].

===Legacy===
The Ishtar Collective no longer exists in the modern day, although an unknown number of copies of Collective researchers persist within the Vex Network. The original version of Maya Sundaresh managed to survive into the present by transferring her consciousness into the Darkness of the Veil during her time in Neomuna, reincarnating centuries later within an [[Exo]] body on [[Nessus]] with the aid of the [[Echo of Command]].{{citation needed}}

During their exploration of the Black Garden, the Guardian discovered an Ishtar Collective symbol made out of Vex architecture.<ref name ="Starcrossed"/>

==Known Research==

===Soteria===
[[Soteria]] is an artificial intelligence designed using [[Vex]] technology, created through a joint effort by the Ishtar Collective and Clovis Bray Corporation.

===Subject 12===
Subject 12 was a live specimen of a Vex [[Vex#Biology|operation platform]] that was extensively studied by [[Maya Sundaresh]], Dr. [[Shim]], [[Chioma Esi]], and [[Duane-McNiadh]]. In the process, Esi discovered that the Vex was running a simulation of their research team that was completely accurate.<ref name="VEX1">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref> After much debate, they concluded that the only way to save themselves from the simulation was to bring in something the Vex could not simulate, proposing that a [[Warmind]] was far too complex to simulate.<ref name="VEX3"/> They were able to rescue 227 undamaged copies of themselves from inside the Vex, and all copies voted to become explorers in the Vex information network.<ref name="VEX4">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 4|Ghost Fragment: Vex 4]]''</ref> Nearly forty years later, Maya had built a form of mind-forking device in mimicry of the Vex gateway systems from Ishtar and used it on herself. After experiencing an unknown event, she became determined to reunite with her partner Chioma.




==Members==
*Dr. [[Maya Sundaresh]]: Though it is unclear if she held any real authority, Maya Sundaresh was the de facto leader for the research on Subject 12.<ref name="VEX1"/> Forty years after the research with Subject 12, Maya built a mind-forking device mimicking the Vex gateways and used it on herself.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 5|Ghost Fragment: Vex 5]]''</ref> She later became the Conductor after acquiring the [[Echo (object)|Echo]] on [[Nessus]], which was created following the [[The Witness|Witness]]'s death at the hands of the [[The Coalition|Coalition]].
*Dr. [[Chioma Esi]]: A researcher who uncovered that the Vex were performing completely accurate simulations of her research team.<ref name="VEX1"/>
*Dr. [[Duane-McNiadh]]: A member of the research team who held an opposing voice to the idea that the Vex were simulating multiple "realities".<ref name=VEX2>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 2|Ghost Fragment: Vex 2]]''</ref><ref name="VEX3"/>
*Dr. [[Shim]]: A member of the research team who helped send the 227 saved copies of themselves to explore the Vex network.<ref name="VEX4"/>
*Dr. Ardehi: A member of the Ishtar Collective who studied the [[The Veil|Veil]] on Neptune along with Maya Sundaresh and Chioma Esi.
*[[Arief Murib]]: A member of the Ishtar Collective who was present on the ''[[Exodus Indigo]]'' during the Collapse.
*[[Carlo Sanchez]]: A member of the Ishtar Collective who was present on the ''Exodus Indigo'' during the Collapse.
*L. Tse: A member of the Ishtar Collective who was present on the ''Exodus Indigo'' during the Collapse.
*[[Lakshmi-2]]: An Exo who traveled to Neptune aboard the Exodus Indigo during the Collapse; she subsequently died after exposure to the Veil, and was then revived during an experiment by Maya Sundaresh that resulted in Lakshmi's mind becoming a partial or total copy of Maya's.

==Non-canon appearances==
===Rising Timeline===
{{Main|Ishtar Collective/Rising}}

== List of appearances ==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Dark Below]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Rise of Iron]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Undying]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Plunder]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]''
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Im}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Revenant]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Bitter]]'' {{Mo}}

== References ==
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