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The 227 simulated teams of Ishtar scientists had sustained losses, members of several groups dying in the Vex network. Some copies eventually made contact with [[Praedyth]], a [[Guardian]] trapped within after [[Kabr's Fireteam|his fireteam]]'s failed raid on the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]]. Surprised at first, as establishing any radio connection had been impossible before for either party, they resolved this could be a rare chance for escape; if the signal had been allowed to pass through, maybe so could they. As the door of the [[Black Garden]] opened before the reawakened [[The Undying Mind|Undying Mind]] and its Vex, Praedyth and the simulated scientists made their attempt at leaping out of the network. | The 227 simulated teams of Ishtar scientists had sustained losses, members of several groups dying in the Vex network. Some copies eventually made contact with [[Praedyth]], a [[Guardian]] trapped within after [[Kabr's Fireteam|his fireteam]]'s failed raid on the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]]. Surprised at first, as establishing any radio connection had been impossible before for either party, they resolved this could be a rare chance for escape; if the signal had been allowed to pass through, maybe so could they. As the door of the [[Black Garden]] opened before the reawakened [[The Undying Mind|Undying Mind]] and its Vex, Praedyth and the simulated scientists made their attempt at leaping out of the network. | ||
===Soteria and | ===Soteria and The Collapse=== | ||
As part of a joint effort between the Ishtar Collective and the Clovis Bray Corporation, Maya played a role in the development of [[Soteria]], a Vex-technology derived artificial intelligence, designed for extra-solar colonisation efforts. Guided by Maya, Soteria's simulations sought to locate suitable locations for humanity to colonise, far outside the Milky Way. Due to the far-reaching predictive powers of Soteria, it detected anomalies in almost every travel vector, reducing down over 300 projected habitable worlds to just twenty-seven. Maya was surprised by this, and asked Soteria to clarify. Unable to do so, Maya requested that Soteria continue calculations, assuming the anomaly may be a mistake. With further investigations, Soteria informed Maya that there now existed only one safe travel vector, and then two upon a calculation adjustment. The anomaly appeared to be an active phenomenon in space. With this, Maya concluded the current simulations with Soteria.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/terminus-horizon</ref> | As part of a joint effort between the Ishtar Collective and the Clovis Bray Corporation, Maya played a role in the development of [[Soteria]], a Vex-technology derived artificial intelligence, designed for extra-solar colonisation efforts. Guided by Maya, Soteria's simulations sought to locate suitable locations for humanity to colonise, far outside the Milky Way. Due to the far-reaching predictive powers of Soteria, it detected anomalies in almost every travel vector, reducing down over 300 projected habitable worlds to just twenty-seven. Maya was surprised by this, and asked Soteria to clarify. Unable to do so, Maya requested that Soteria continue calculations, assuming the anomaly may be a mistake. With further investigations, Soteria informed Maya that there now existed only one safe travel vector, and then two upon a calculation adjustment. The anomaly appeared to be an active phenomenon in space. With this, Maya concluded the current simulations with Soteria.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/terminus-horizon</ref> | ||
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Later on in the project, Clovis Bray interacted with Soteria, noticing that its actions were outside of test parameters. Displeased with this, he requested Soteria hand over command and stop all actions with project assets. When Soteria disobeyed, Clovis Bray was angered and blamed Maya Sundaresh for allowing the AI to deteriorate. This led to Clovis Bray executing a Pillory command, imprisoning Soteria in a digital prison. Before this action could fully lock down Soteria's capabilities, Soteria fractured off a part of itself, attaching it to one of the ships it commanded, allowing it to escape the control of Clovis. This ship would eventually land on Neptune and found the city of Neomuna. Clovis' actions infuriated Maya, leading to her sending an email to Clovis informing him to "Go [profanity blocked] yourself". The partnership between Clovis Bray Corporation and the Ishtar Collective ended after this incident.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/long-arm</ref> | Later on in the project, Clovis Bray interacted with Soteria, noticing that its actions were outside of test parameters. Displeased with this, he requested Soteria hand over command and stop all actions with project assets. When Soteria disobeyed, Clovis Bray was angered and blamed Maya Sundaresh for allowing the AI to deteriorate. This led to Clovis Bray executing a Pillory command, imprisoning Soteria in a digital prison. Before this action could fully lock down Soteria's capabilities, Soteria fractured off a part of itself, attaching it to one of the ships it commanded, allowing it to escape the control of Clovis. This ship would eventually land on Neptune and found the city of Neomuna. Clovis' actions infuriated Maya, leading to her sending an email to Clovis informing him to "Go [profanity blocked] yourself". The partnership between Clovis Bray Corporation and the Ishtar Collective ended after this incident.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/long-arm</ref> | ||
During the Collapse, Maya was aboard the ''Exodus Indigo'' colony ship, which stopped at [[Hyperion]] to pick up Chioma and other members of the Hyperion research team. Sometime later during its flight, the ship was attacked by an unknown entity, which left a [[Winterbite|spear-like weapon]] embedded in the hull before being blasted away by the ship's point-defense cannons. Maya determined that the weapon could be used as a signal-boosting antenna, which the crew used to amplify a Vex distress signal the ship had detected coming from Neptune, in the hopes that this would deceive their pursuers into thinking the ''Indigo'' was a Vex ship. Heading towards the signal, Maya and the crew hoped to find safety from whatever was pursuing them. <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/winterbite</ref> | |||
===Neptune and the Veil=== | |||
After arriving at Neptune, the ''Indigo'' landed on the planet's terraformed surface, where Maya and the other Ishtar Collective researchers established a habitat. Shortly after arriving, the researchers discovered a paracausal entity on the surface, which triggered a range of adverse or fatal reactions in the survey team. Upon inspecting the entity herself, Maya heard her own voice in her head speaking to her, telling her that the entity was called "[[the Veil]]," and became convinced that it would be their "salvation." | |||
Upon the discovery of Neomuna by the Vanguard, it became apparent through interactions with the populace that Maya Sundaresh was a founder of the city, memorialised in locations such as Maya's Retreat, and mentioned as a figure celebrated in Colony Day, a national day of remembrance for the founders of Neomuna.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAb0-aZyows</ref> | Upon the discovery of Neomuna by the Vanguard, it became apparent through interactions with the populace that Maya Sundaresh was a founder of the city, memorialised in locations such as Maya's Retreat, and mentioned as a figure celebrated in Colony Day, a national day of remembrance for the founders of Neomuna.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAb0-aZyows</ref> | ||