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{{quote|Where we see beauty, the Vex see imperfection. Every world, every being, must be made anew.|[[Ikora Rey]]}} | {{quote|Where we see beauty, the Vex see imperfection. Every world, every being, must be made anew.|[[Ikora Rey]]}} | ||
The '''Vex''' are a race of | The '''Vex''' are a race of time-traveling cybernetic <ref>'''Destiny 2 Collector's Edition Official Strategy Guide''', "Bestiary/The Vex": ''"Constantly finding imperfections and altering worlds anew, Vex are cybernetic hostiles primarily focusing on terraforming Nessus."''</ref> war-machines<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Breaking-In---Mike-Poe/en/News/News?aid=11174 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Mike Poe'']</ref>. They have been encountered on several planets, moons and other celestial bodies in the Sol system, among them [[Venus]],<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Breaking-In---Mike-Poe/en/News/News?aid=11174 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Mike Poe'']</ref> where they have built the [[Citadel]] and the [[Vault of Glass]], and [[Mars]], where they guard the entrance portal to the mysterious [[Black Garden]].<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/1587374275-a-rising-tide '''Destinydb''': ''A Rising Tide'']</ref> Additionally, they have laid claim to [[Mercury]] and [[Nessus]], both of which have been fully converted into [[Machine World]]s, <ref>[https://www.destinythegame.com/story Destiny the Game Nessus]</ref> and have established a foothold in Echo Mesa on [[Io]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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Vex come in a diverse array of shapes and sizes, but the majority share features such as triangular or conical "heads," | The Vex have been described as a described as a "hyperintelligent time-spanning thought-mesh"<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Sol_Divisive|Sol Divisive]]''</ref>, a collective mind composed of countless component intelligences distributed across time and space. The mobile Vex machines encountered by Guardians are merely containers for these intelligences, which carry mind cores filled with milky radiolarian fluid - hypothesized to be the only remnant of their distant biological origin.<ref>[http://db.planetdestiny.com/items/view/204784786 PlanetDestiny Vex Mind Core]</ref> | ||
Vex come in a diverse array of shapes and sizes, but the majority share features such as triangular or conical "heads," single glowing photoreceptors, jointed limbs, and in several cases arrays of flexible tentacles. Despite their often animalistic appearance, the Vex appear to be mass-produced units, constructed of an unknown metal alloy resembling hammered brass.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160604100755/https://www.destinythegame.com/game/enemies/vex Wayback Machine: Destinythegame Enemies]</ref> Headshots on humanoid Vex do not do much damage and instead send them into a berserk state; however, shooting the exposed mind cores in their abdomen will cause them to explode.<ref>'''gameinformer'''- ''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/16/the-enemies-of-destiny.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 The Enemies Of Destiny]''</ref> The Vex travel to the [[Floating Gardens]] to recycle their mechanical bodies when they are longer functional.<ref>'''Game Informer #81:''' ''[[Destiny]]: Rise of Iron''</ref> | |||
===Objectives=== | |||
{{quote|The Vex have no hope. No imagination, no drive, no fear. All they have is the Pattern. Everything must fit. If it can be made to fit, good. If it can't, it gets cut away.|[[Praedyth]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Paradox]]''</ref> | |||
The ultimate goal of the Vex is to remake all of reality in their image. [[Praedyth]] described the Vex as being motivated by a "Pattern," which drives the Vex to either reshape or destroy everything in their path. [[Osiris]] referred to the Vex's objective as "Convergence," an outcome where all life in the universe has been converted to a simplified, digital form. As part of this ideal future, the Vex seek to bring about a state where neither the [[Light]] nor the [[Darkness]] exist any longer. | |||
The Vex have displayed an interest in studying the behavior and strategies of other species in order to further their own aims. At least [[Unidentified Vex collective|one known programming]] is known to study its enemies, taking prisoners for observation and conducting a variety of experiments; examples include the [[Ishtar Collective]] scientists, Failsafe's crew, and later [[The Guardian]]. | |||
The Vex are unable to simulate paracausal forces or beings such as the Light, Guardians or the Darkness, and consequently have a particular interest in understanding paracausality and co-opting paracausal forces for their own use where possible. When the Vex first encountered the [[Hive]] after [[Crota]] inadvertently released them into the [[Ascendant realm]] of [[Oryx, the Taken King]], the Vex manifested an [[Quria, Blade Transform|Axis Mind]] dedicated to understanding and utilizing the Sword-Logic. The [[Black Garden]] is another example of a Vex effort to harness paracausal forces, in this case by creating the [[Sol Divisive]] to worship what appeared to be a fragment of the [[Darkness]]. The pulse of Light emitted by the Traveler when it defeated Ghaul was apparently instrumental in allowing [[Panoptes, Infinite Mind]] to predict a future where Convergence was achieved, and to enact a plan to achieve that future. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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At some point, the [[Leviathan]] consumed a chunk of [[Nessus]] that contained a powerful Vex Mind, [[Argos, Planetary Core]], who caused the world-eater to clog up and malfunction. [[Emperor Calus]] immediately called upon the help of the [[Guardian]]s to destroy the Vex intrusion, where they succeeded and repaired the Leviathan. Calus saved the Guardians from being sucked into the Leviathan afterward, where he rewarded them for their efforts. | At some point, the [[Leviathan]] consumed a chunk of [[Nessus]] that contained a powerful Vex Mind, [[Argos, Planetary Core]], who caused the world-eater to clog up and malfunction. [[Emperor Calus]] immediately called upon the help of the [[Guardian]]s to destroy the Vex intrusion, where they succeeded and repaired the Leviathan. Calus saved the Guardians from being sucked into the Leviathan afterward, where he rewarded them for their efforts. | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
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===Teleportation=== | ===Teleportation=== | ||
The Vex display a mastery of | The Vex display a mastery of teleportation, and use a variety of teleportation modes for transporting troops and resources. Entire squads of Vex can drop into combat zones from thin air, their arrival preceded by shimmering angular patterns and clouds of mist. According to [[Ghost]], the Vex are capable of teleporting between star systems in seconds. Minotaurs are infamous for using teleportation aggressively, warping in and out of existence as they close with enemies. Stationary warp gates are also used to transport Vex between distant locations. Weapons such as the [[Slap Rifle]] and [[Line Rifle]] utilize teleportation as part of their core mechanisms, drawing power from highly energetic and vastly distant sources. | ||
According to simulations within the [[Infinite Forest]], the first Vex structures on Mercury arrived via teleportation from some other location in space, and possibly time as well. | According to simulations within the [[Infinite Forest]], the first Vex structures on Mercury arrived via teleportation from some other location in space, and possibly time as well. | ||