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The '''Ishtar Collective''' 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]] ruins. The Collective was a rival of the corporation [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]].<ref name="Destiny">'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard.''</ref><ref name="VEX3">'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[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]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015-2-16)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, Story Mission: [[Ishtar Academy|The Academy]]''</ref> as well as a live Vex specimen that was designated as "Subject 12".

 

Subject 12 was a live specimen of a Vex [[Vex#Biology|operation platform]] that was extensively studied by [[Ishtar Collective#Maya Sundaresh|Maya Sundaresh]], Dr. [[Ishtar Collective#Shim|Shim]], [[Ishtar Collective#Chioma Esi|Chioma Esi]], and [[Ishtar Collective#Duane-McNiadh|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]]: Console, Activision Blizzard, [[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]]: Console, Activision Blizzard, [[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.

===Chioma Esi===

===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]]: Console, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 2|Ghost Fragment: Vex 2]]''</ref><ref name="VEX3"/>

===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]]: Console, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 5|Ghost Fragment: Vex 5]]''</ref>