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{{Quote|We have to act as if we're in the real universe, not one simulated by the specimen. Otherwise we might as well give up."<br>"Your sim self is saying the same thing.|Maya Sundaresh and Chioma Esi}} | {{Quote|We have to act as if we're in the real universe, not one simulated by the specimen. Otherwise we might as well give up."<br>"Your sim self is saying the same thing.|Maya Sundaresh and Chioma Esi}} | ||
During the [[Golden Age]], Maya was part of the Ishtar Academy, where she studied various local phenomena such as the Vex and [[Ahamkara]].<ref>'''Cayde's Treasure Island Book''' ''[[Cayde's_Treasure_Island_Book|Cayde's Treasure Island Book]]''</ref> | During the [[Golden Age]], Maya was part of the Ishtar Academy, where she studied various local phenomena such as the Vex and [[Ahamkara]]. During this time, she employed an Exo bodyguard named [[Cayde-6|Cayde]] to protect her during field studies of the Ahamkara.<ref>'''Cayde's Treasure Island Book''' ''[[Cayde's_Treasure_Island_Book|Cayde's Treasure Island Book]]''</ref> | ||
Along with Chioma and her colleagues Dr. [[Shim]] and [[Duane-McNiadh]], Maya was involved in studying a captured Vex platform designated "Subject 12." During their examinations, Chioma discovered that the Vex was running a simulation of their research team that was completely accurate.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref> After much debate about the ethical and philosophical ramifications of this finding, the team concluded that the only way to determine that they themselves were not also simulations was to bring in something the Vex could not simulate, proposing that a [[Warmind]] was suitably complex for this purpose.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref> Using this approach, they were able to rescue 227 undamaged copies of themselves from inside the Vex unit. All copies voted to become explorers in the [[Vex Network|Vex information network]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 4|Ghost Fragment: Vex 4]]''</ref> | |||
===Founding the Future War Cult=== | ===Founding the Future War Cult=== | ||