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Nessus, an example of a Vex Machine world.

Machine Worlds are celestial bodies that have been completely converted into massive information processing nodes within the Vex Network.^[1]

Overview

To create a Machine World, the Vex delve deep into a celestial body's core, where a Nexus begins to convert the planet. ^[2] A Pyramidion is then constructed closer to the surface to continue the process. Eventually, the majority of the celestial body's matter is reconstituted on a molecular level into Vex architecture, machinery, and Radiolaria.

Mercury and Nessus are the only known Machine Worlds in the Sol System, with the former serving as a massive prediction engine that generates trillions of simulated realities, and the latter serving as an archive for defunct digital data the Vex no longer have any use for.^[3] Venus, Io, Mars, and Europa have also all undergone varying levels of conversion; Io's conversion is believed to have been stopped, or at least delayed due the efforts of The Guardian and quite possibly the Ionian Pyramid as well, and the same could be said for Mars with the arrival of the Red Legion decimating the Virgo Prohibition. Venus's conversion status is currently unknown.^[4]

List of known machine worlds

Mercury^[1]
Nessus
Venus (incomplete)
Io (incomplete)
Mars (incomplete)
Europa (incomplete)

Gallery

Mercury, another example of a Machine world.

List of appearances

Destiny (First appearance)
- House of Wolves
- The Taken King
- Rise of Iron
Destiny 2
- Curse of Osiris
- Warmind
- Season of the Forge
- Season of the Drifter
- Season of Opulence
- Shadowkeep
- Season of Dawn
- Season of the Worthy
- Season of Arrivals
- Beyond Light
- Season of the Chosen
- Season of the Splicer
- Season of Plunder
- Season of the Seraph
- Lightfall
- Season of the Deep
- The Final Shape
- Episode: Echoes
Destiny: Warmind

References

^ ^a ^b Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny
^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: The Nexus
^ Bungie (2024/6/4), Destiny 2: Episode: Echoes - Mission: Shell
^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Eye of a Gate Lord

[Activision-1] Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny

[2] Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: The Nexus

[3] Bungie (2024/6/4), Destiny 2: Episode: Echoes - Mission: Shell

[4] Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Eye of a Gate Lord

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 [[File:Nessus.png|325px|thumb|[[Nessus]], an example of a [[Vex]] Machine world.]]
-'''Machine Worlds''' are planets that have been fully converted into massive, functional machines within the [[Vex Network]].<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>
+'''Machine Worlds''' are celestial bodies that have been completely converted into massive information processing nodes within the [[Vex Network]].<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>
 ==Overview==
-To create their Machine worlds, the Vex begin by digging deep into the planet's core where a [[Nexus|world-eating machine]] converts the planet into another link in their intergalactic chain. <ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Strikes#The Nexus|The Nexus]]''</ref> A [[Pyramidion]] is then constructed close to the surface to continue the process. This process typically only takes a matter of days as Mercury was transformed unnervingly fast during the [[Collapse]] but for reasons unknown, the transformation of Venus was slowed until hundreds of years later. <ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Eye of a Gate Lord]]''</ref> Some believe that the Vex have structures in every celestial object.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#The_Vex|The Vex]]''</ref> In the process, most of the planet's matter, down to its molecular structure, is converted into Vex material and [[Radiolaria]].
+To create a Machine World, the Vex delve deep into a celestial body's core, where a [[Nexus]] begins to convert the planet. <ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Strikes#The Nexus|The Nexus]]''</ref> A [[Pyramidion]] is then constructed closer to the surface to continue the process. Eventually, the majority of the celestial body's matter is reconstituted on a molecular level into Vex architecture, machinery, and [[Radiolaria]].
+Mercury and [[Nessus]] are the only known Machine Worlds in the Sol System, with the former serving as a massive [[Infinite Forest|prediction engine]] that generates trillions of simulated realities, and the latter serving as an archive for defunct digital data the Vex no longer have any use for.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Shell]]''</ref> Venus, Io, Mars, and Europa have also all undergone varying levels of conversion; [[Io]]'s conversion is believed to have been stopped, or at least delayed due the efforts of [[The Guardian]] and quite possibly the [[The Ionian Pyramid|Ionian Pyramid]] as well, and the same could be said for [[Mars]] with the arrival of the [[Red Legion]] decimating the [[Virgo Prohibition]]. [[Venus]]'s conversion status is currently unknown.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Eye of a Gate Lord]]''</ref>
-Mercury and [[Nessus]] are the only known Machine Worlds in the Sol System; the former serving as a massive [[Infinite Forest|prediction engine]] for trillions of simulated realities for the Vex to test and the latter serving as an archive for defunct digital data the Vex no longer have need of.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Mission: Shell]]''</ref>
-[[Io]]'s conversion is believed to have been stopped, or at least delayed due the efforts of [[The Guardian]] and quite possibly the [[The Ionian Pyramid|Ionian Pyramid]] as well, and the same could be said for [[Mars]] with the arrival of the [[Red Legion]] decimating the [[Virgo Prohibition]]. [[Venus]]'s conversion status is unknown, though it may be at risk due to the Red Legion's arrival on that world.
 ==List of known machine worlds==