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|focalworld(s)= [[Earth]] | |focalworld(s)= [[Earth]] | ||
|goals= Revive the [[Traveler]] <br> Reclaim the [[Solar System]] <br> Rebuild civilization | |goals= Revive the [[Traveler]] <br> Reclaim the [[Solar System]] <br> Rebuild civilization | ||
|war= [[Cabal]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Vex]] | |war= [[Cabal]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Vex]] <br> [[The Witness]] | ||
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{{Quote|All cognition is embodied. The architecture of our minds is highly co-evolved with our physical form... Given the limits of simulation, we need to find synthetic immortality in the real world. The grail of homo simulacra is an artificial body with an immortal human mind.|[[Clovis Bray I]] <ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—WHY EXOMINDS FAIL|NOTE—WHY EXOMINDS FAIL, Page 20]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|All cognition is embodied. The architecture of our minds is highly co-evolved with our physical form... Given the limits of simulation, we need to find synthetic immortality in the real world. The grail of homo simulacra is an artificial body with an immortal human mind.|[[Clovis Bray I]] <ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—WHY EXOMINDS FAIL|NOTE—WHY EXOMINDS FAIL, Page 20]]''</ref>}} | ||
''' | '''Exominds''' <ref name="Ghost Scan: Core Terminus, Mars">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-core-terminus-mars|Ghost Scan: Core Terminus, Mars]''</ref> (or simply '''Exos''' as they are more commonly known) are self-aware humanoid machines built by [[humanity]] in the [[Golden Age]]. <ref name="Exo">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Exo|Exo]]''</ref> Unlike mass-produced robotic [[frame]]s, Exos are human minds uploaded in artificial bodies; with the notable exceptions of [[Felwinter]] and [[Rasputin]], each and every Exo used to be a human being. Mind uploading technology was developed by the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]] during the Golden Age; many Exos come from the mysterious [[Deep Stone Crypt]] on [[Europa]]. Exo names typically include the number of memory-wiping "reboots" of their brain, e.g. [[Cayde-6]] or [[Saint-14]]. While not being biologically "alive", Exos retain many human qualities and habits; just like any living being, they have [[Light]] of their own. They can die and be revived by a [[Ghost]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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During the development of the Exo creation process, Clovis Bray founded the Europan colony of [[Eventide]] to house clients awaiting uploading, and the resulting Exos. | During the development of the Exo creation process, Clovis Bray founded the Europan colony of [[Eventide]] to house clients awaiting uploading, and the resulting Exos. | ||
===The Collapse=== | |||
During the Collapse, a number of Exos were present on the colony ship ''Exodus Indigo'', which carried a group of surviving [[Ishtar Collective]] researchers to Neptune in an attempt to evade the Black Fleet. After arriving on the terraformed surface of the gas giant, the colonists discovered a paracausal entity known as the Veil, which had previously been hidden away on the planet by the Hive God Savathûn. The Veil emitted electromagnetic signals that produced psychological disturbances in the Exos present, causing them to hallucinate and in some cases enter a state of "billboarding" similar to that reported by Clovis Bray I during the initial development of the Exos. Most, if not all, of the Exos present on the mission eventually succumbed to the Veil's influence, entering a state of brain death. | |||
Later on, [[Maya Sundaresh]] would use some of these brain-dead Exos in an experiment involving a prototype Veil interface, in which the Veil's psychic emanations were channeled through an assembly of catatonic Exos and funneled into a central recipient, along with a mental imprint provided by Maya herself. The central Exo subject in this case was Lakshmi-2, who Maya had known prior to coming to Neptune. Lakshmi regained consciousness following this experiment, but her mind appeared to have become a total or partial copy of Maya's, sharing some of her memories and speaking in Maya's voice.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woNYh2TPILA</ref> | |||
At some point, Lakshmi left Neptune and returned to Earth, where she lived through the Dark Age before eventually being recruited by the Future War Cult and moving to the Last City. None of the other Exos brought to Neptune by the ''Exodus Indigo'' are known to have survived after exposure to the Veil, with the people of [[Neomuna]] centuries later believing the Exos to have gone "extinct." | |||
===Post-Collapse=== | ===Post-Collapse=== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*During their presentation at the 2013 Game Developers Conference, Joseph Staten and Christopher Barrett revealed the Exos as a playable race and described them as | *During their presentation at the 2013 Game Developers Conference, Joseph Staten and Christopher Barrett revealed the Exos as a playable race and described them as "sinister, powerful, and tireless war machines";<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfqFiyIhrb4 '''YouTube''': ''"Destiny" - News GDC Panel'']</ref> Exos were further described as "emotionless" in a preview.<ref>[http://gamelynch.com/previews/destiny-preview/ '''Gamelynch''': ''Destiny Preview'']</ref> These statements are no longer accurate as of the game's release;<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> in fact, some Lore material released around ''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' implies that showing little emotion is uncommon for Exos.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Liar#THE_IRON_LORD|The Liar]]''</ref><ref name="RemembranceWeblore">'''Bungie, (3/10/2020), [[Weblore]]:''' ''[https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48809 Remembrance]''</ref> | ||
*Exos are able to eat and drink despite being machines - and not having stomachs.<ref name="Last Call">[http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/28/15095770/destiny-2-first-teaser-trailer-video-bungie-cayde-6 '''Polygon''' - ''Watch the first teaser for Destiny 2'']</ref> | *Exos are able to eat and drink despite being machines - and not having stomachs.<ref name="Last Call">[http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/28/15095770/destiny-2-first-teaser-trailer-video-bungie-cayde-6 '''Polygon''' - ''Watch the first teaser for Destiny 2'']</ref> | ||
*Some options for Exo player customization lack visible eyes. | *Some options for Exo player customization lack visible eyes. | ||
*Exo Guardians usually remember their names upon rebirth, while Humans and Awoken do not.<ref name="The Sixth Coyote"/> | *Exo Guardians usually remember their names upon rebirth, while Humans and Awoken do not.<ref name="The Sixth Coyote"/> Lore from Beyond Light reveals that this is because an Exo's name and number are stored by their body's hardware separately from their mind, preventing them from being lost the same way that the rest of their pre-resurrection memories are. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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**''[[Forsaken]]'' | **''[[Forsaken]]'' | ||
**''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]'' | **''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' | **''[[Beyond Light]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Witch Queen]]'' | |||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||