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[[File:VexCinematicMachineWorld.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Vex machine world seen in the cinematic]] | [[File:VexCinematicMachineWorld.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Vex machine world seen in the cinematic]] | ||
{{Quote|They learned the rules that governed which patterns would flourish in the game, and which would dwindle.<br>They learned those rules, because they were those rules.<br>And in time the gardener became vexed.|The [[Darkness]]}} | {{Quote|They learned the rules that governed which patterns would flourish in the game, and which would dwindle.<br>They learned those rules, because they were those rules.<br>And in time the gardener became vexed.|The [[Darkness]]}} | ||
The Vex life-pattern originated in the simulations conducted between the [[Light]] and [[Darkness]] prior to the creation of the universe. Notably, all simulations would end with a Pattern like or identical to the Vex emerging and dominating the entire simulation. This was pleasing to the Darkness, but was vexatious to the Light. When Light and Dark began to war, initiating the beginning of the universe, the Vex pattern escaped into it. In the initial hot state of the universe the Vex pattern subsisted as quantum fluxuations, before eventually creating a more stable substrate for themselves in the briny seas of the first worlds to form in the universe, the Radiolaria. | |||
The rest of the Vex's evolutionary history is a matter of speculation, but [[Clovis Bray I]] hypothesized some likely intermediate steps during his studies of the Vex structures around [[2082 Volantis]]. | The rest of the Vex's evolutionary history is a matter of speculation, but [[Clovis Bray I]] hypothesized some likely intermediate steps during his studies of the Vex structures around [[2082 Volantis]]. The Vex developed in extremely high energy environments and competition and predation were not optimal strategies. Instead, the group signalling between the radiolaria formed the basis for the evolution of a [[wikipedia:Swarm intelligence|swarm intelligence]]. The radiolaria developed crude armor, possibly hydrogel or silica plating to shield themselves from intense cosmic radiation, allowing them to remain close enough to the surface to directly feed off this plentiful energy source. From here, the Vex constructed and developed ever more complex structures, storing the information in the patterns of the radiolaria colonies themselves. Their microscopic nature allowed the Vex intelligence to deduce and experiment with quantum and high energy physics early, while the radiolaria themselves became, in essence, microscopic tool users. | ||
The Vex developed rapidly, and at some point in their development in the early universe, developed mega-structures around the shortlived hypermassive stars their planets originated around. These structures artifically extended the lifespan of these stars, allowing their use to 'forge' heavier elements that would have been otherwise fantastically rare in the early, low metal universe. <ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—FORGE STAR", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—FORGE STAR|NOTE—FORGE STAR]]''</ref> | |||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||