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As a result of having originated in the primordial reality predating the arrival of Light and Darkness, the Vex are unable to simulate paracausal forces or beings. However they have demonstrated the capability to either siphon or erase such forces through deduction <ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-not-even-the-darkness-legends-lost#saint-14 Saint-14]</ref> or by using ontological weapons, 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 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. | As a result of having originated in the primordial reality predating the arrival of Light and Darkness, the Vex are unable to simulate paracausal forces or beings. However they have demonstrated the capability to either siphon or erase such forces through deduction <ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-not-even-the-darkness-legends-lost#saint-14 Saint-14]</ref> or by using ontological weapons, 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 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. | ||
The [[Black Garden]] is another example of a Vex effort to harness paracausal forces for their own use, in this case with the rogue Vex faction known as the [[Sol Divisive]] that the rest of the Vex Collective either avoid or are opposed to.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Aspect''</ref> All Vex seek to survive and dominate the universe, but while the main Vex Collective seek to simulate a future where both Light and Darkness don't exist and only Vex remain,<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', | The [[Black Garden]] is another example of a Vex effort to harness paracausal forces for their own use, in this case with the rogue Vex faction known as the [[Sol Divisive]] that the rest of the Vex Collective either avoid or are opposed to.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Aspect''</ref> All Vex seek to survive and dominate the universe, but while the main Vex Collective seek to simulate a future where both Light and Darkness don't exist and only Vex remain,<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/beyond-infinity| Beyond Infinity - Mission Transcript]</ref> the Sol Divisive seek to become one with and be remade by the Darkness to achieve supremacy. The Sol Divisive worship the [[Black Heart]], what appeared to be a fragment of the [[Darkness]], as they could not understand it with all their intelligence and predicted the best course of action was to worship it and remake themselves in its image. They created the [[Sol Progeny]] as vessels for its power, in order to bind it to the Vex and the Vex to it,<ref name=SolP/> in what [[The Speaker]] believed to be an attempt to bring forth the powers the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]] was designed to achieve.<ref name=VoGSP>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities#The_Black_Garden| The Black Garden]]''</ref> It is noted in [[Deterministic Chaos]] that the Sol Divisive follow a lonelier path compare to other Vex, as they chose to aim for the chance to create something, something truly paracausal, instead of to simply simulate or remake in their image.<ref>[[Deterministic Chaos]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/deterministic-chaos| Lore Tab]</ref> | ||
The source of Venus [[Spirit Bloom]]s might be a byproduct of Vex-influenced flora.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy#Upgrade_Materials|Upgrade Materials]]''</ref> It is said that Vex encryption is unbreakable.<ref name = "Destiny"/> <ref>[[Master_Rahool#Quotes|Master Rahool quotes]]</ref> | The source of Venus [[Spirit Bloom]]s might be a byproduct of Vex-influenced flora.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy#Upgrade_Materials|Upgrade Materials]]''</ref> It is said that Vex encryption is unbreakable.<ref name = "Destiny"/> <ref>[[Master_Rahool#Quotes|Master Rahool quotes]]</ref> | ||
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[[File:VexMercury4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mercury terraformed by the Vex]] | [[File:VexMercury4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mercury terraformed by the Vex]] | ||
It is thought that the Vex have embedded structures within every known celestial body, linked together in a massive trans-dimensional and trans-temporal [[Corridors of Time|gate network]], which spans thousands of divergent realities all at once. Using this gate network in the present timeline, [[Pyramidion|machinoforming engines]] are utilized by Vex Minds in the conversion of new worlds into massive Vex machines; Mercury was converted into a [[Machine World]] within days of the [[Collapse]] to house the reality-simulating [[Infinite Forest]]. Ostensibly, Vex strive to achieve Convergence by incorporating themselves into the fabric of the current universe itself, either through conventional or paracausal means.<ref name = "Destiny">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> The [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]], a location on [[Venus]] where the Vex can ontologically manipulate reality at will, is potentially a testing ground for this power. This power is limited to the Vault, though [[The Speaker]] believes that the [[Sol Progeny]] were meant to carry this ability into the rest of the universe<ref name=VoGSP/> | It is thought that the Vex have embedded structures within every known celestial body, linked together in a massive trans-dimensional and trans-temporal [[Corridors of Time|gate network]], which spans thousands of divergent realities all at once. Using this gate network in the present timeline, [[Pyramidion|machinoforming engines]] are utilized by Vex Minds in the conversion of new worlds into massive Vex machines; Mercury was converted into a [[Machine World]] within days of the [[Collapse]] to house the reality-simulating [[Infinite Forest]]. Ostensibly, Vex strive to achieve Convergence by incorporating themselves into the fabric of the current universe itself, either through conventional or paracausal means.<ref name = "Destiny">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> The [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]], a location on [[Venus]] where the Vex can ontologically manipulate reality at will, is potentially a testing ground for this power. This power is limited to the Vault, though [[The Speaker]] believes that the [[Sol Progeny]] were meant to carry this ability into the rest of the universe,<ref name=VoGSP/> while [[Ikora]] hypothesises that the Sol Progeny are a separate effort by the Sol Divisive to bind themselves to the Black Heart and remake themselves in it image.<ref name=SolP>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds#Sol_Progeny|Sol Progeny]]''</ref> Both the Vault of Glass and the conversion of Venus are both currently undertaken by the [[Hezen Protective]], though the process of the latter was drawn out for centuries for unknown reasons.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Hezen_Protective|Hezen Protective]]''</ref> | ||
According to notes taken by [[Clovis Bray I]], Vex gates appear to lack meaningful structure or instrumentality, instead being a seemingly arbitrary arrangement of elemental metallic components. He speculated that a gate's structure instead serves as a kind of "password" that is recognized by some technology far away in time and/or space, which will manifest a gate only when the component pieces of the gate have been assembled in the correct shape.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 6 AMENDMENT", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-029-|Page 29]]''</ref> An AI analysis included in his notes shows that transport through a gate appears to be facilitated by a non-gravitating, geometric [[wikipedia:Ellis wormhole|Ellis wormhole]] that can be traversed into another point in local spacetime, or a nearby parallel universe.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-033-|Page 33]]''</ref> | According to notes taken by [[Clovis Bray I]], Vex gates appear to lack meaningful structure or instrumentality, instead being a seemingly arbitrary arrangement of elemental metallic components. He speculated that a gate's structure instead serves as a kind of "password" that is recognized by some technology far away in time and/or space, which will manifest a gate only when the component pieces of the gate have been assembled in the correct shape.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 6 AMENDMENT", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-029-|Page 29]]''</ref> An AI analysis included in his notes shows that transport through a gate appears to be facilitated by a non-gravitating, geometric [[wikipedia:Ellis wormhole|Ellis wormhole]] that can be traversed into another point in local spacetime, or a nearby parallel universe.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-033-|Page 33]]''</ref> | ||
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The Infinite Forest within Mercury is perhaps the most impressive example of Vex simulation technology, being a massive "reality engine" capable of simulating countless variants of past, present, and future realities. These simulations can be entered by non-Vex through a gateway on the surface of Mercury, and are "real" enough such that intruders can be damaged by attacks from simulated Vex or other entities within the Forest. Simulations can somehow leave the confines of the Infinite Forest if left unchecked, and can achieve sentience to operate independently.<ref name="GFV2"/> | The Infinite Forest within Mercury is perhaps the most impressive example of Vex simulation technology, being a massive "reality engine" capable of simulating countless variants of past, present, and future realities. These simulations can be entered by non-Vex through a gateway on the surface of Mercury, and are "real" enough such that intruders can be damaged by attacks from simulated Vex or other entities within the Forest. Simulations can somehow leave the confines of the Infinite Forest if left unchecked, and can achieve sentience to operate independently.<ref name="GFV2"/> | ||
Within the [[Vex Network]], powerful Vex like Quria are able to manifest "Deletion Protocols"; moving walls that, according to [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] as Osiris, are used to disintegrate unneeded simulation date and abandoned terraforming projects of the Vex. She warns that the barriers are capable of destroying all matter they touch<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]]'' - Expunge: Tartarus - | Within the [[Vex Network]], powerful Vex like Quria are able to manifest "Deletion Protocols"; moving walls that, according to [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] as Osiris, are used to disintegrate unneeded simulation date and abandoned terraforming projects of the Vex. She warns that the barriers are capable of destroying all matter they touch<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]]'' - Expunge: Tartarus -[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-c32kxcJQ&list=PLS2hBTtCDufQgZAAvRPamiMCkJ-r_Pef3&ab_channel=DestinyLoreVault| Dialogue].</ref> which suggests Quria's "Temporal Temporal Disintegration Protocols" can completely delete matter from not only space but also time itself. | ||
===Time travel=== | ===Time travel=== | ||
[[File:VexLunaGate2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A Vex Warp Gate]] | [[File:VexLunaGate2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A Vex Warp Gate]] | ||
As a collective intelligence spanning across alternate realities, the Vex are intrinsically tied to the [[Corridors of Time]] that they can traverse through it in a manner similar to time travel; the Precursors and Descendants subtypes having originated from the past and future respectively, and numerous Vex units have titles or functions that allude to an ability to manipulate time. [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] attempted to leverage Vex time-travel technology to pull the entire [[House of Wolves]] through time from the past to the present.<ref> | As a collective intelligence spanning across alternate realities, the Vex are intrinsically tied to the [[Corridors of Time]] that they can traverse through it in a manner similar to time travel; the Precursors and Descendants subtypes having originated from the past and future respectively, and numerous Vex units have titles or functions that allude to an ability to manipulate time. [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] attempted to leverage Vex time-travel technology to pull the entire [[House of Wolves]] through time from the past to the present.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/queens-ransom#variks</ref> However, according to Sister [[Faora]] of the [[Cult of Osiris]], the Vex may not be capable of "time travel" as is commonly understood; if they were, she claims, neither the Guardians nor any other obstacles to the Vex would still exist.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Kairos Function (Warlock)#Kairos Function Boots|Kairos Function Boots]]''</ref> | ||
While hacking into a major Vex terminal, the A.I. [[Failsafe]] was captured by the Vex in the network; by the time the Guardian retrieved her, she explained that a decade had passed inside the network despite only a few minutes passing outside as time works differently between the two. <ref>https://www.destinypedia.com/Hack_the_Planet</ref> On Nessus, the Vex have apparently also engaged in spacetime engineering and "folded" the dimensions of normal spacetime, adding 6 new dimensions to the 4 dimensions of the spacetime continuum and making past and future interchangeable from the present moment on the planetoid.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/exodus-down?highlight=Nessus</ref> Certain Vex Minotaurs on Nessus and in the Infinite Forest are equipped with "Temporal Shielding," which will retroactively eliminate projectiles as if they were never fired at all. | While hacking into a major Vex terminal, the A.I. [[Failsafe]] was captured by the Vex in the network; by the time the Guardian retrieved her, she explained that a decade had passed inside the network despite only a few minutes passing outside as time works differently between the two. <ref>https://www.destinypedia.com/Hack_the_Planet</ref> On Nessus, the Vex have apparently also engaged in spacetime engineering and "folded" the dimensions of normal spacetime, adding 6 new dimensions to the 4 dimensions of the spacetime continuum and making past and future interchangeable from the present moment on the planetoid.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/exodus-down?highlight=Nessus</ref> Certain Vex Minotaurs on Nessus and in the Infinite Forest are equipped with "Temporal Shielding," which will retroactively eliminate projectiles as if they were never fired at all. | ||