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'''Radiolaria''', referred to by some [[Guardian]]s as "'''Vex Milk'''", are microscopic organisms that make up the biological component of [[Vex]] constructs | '''Radiolaria''', referred to by some [[Guardian]]s as "'''Vex Milk'''", are microscopic silica-based organisms that make up the biological component of [[Vex]] constructs. Massive concentrations of radiolaria are often found on planets transformed into machine worlds. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In the state preceding the universe as we know it, the Vex first existed as abstract patterns, which escaped to our universe when the Light and Darkness began warring with one another. These patterns were able to influence the chemistry within the liquid cores of comets, creating the precursors of a physical substrate to house their consciousness. These comets then rained down on lifeless planets, and the first radiolaria evolved from the chemicals within. | |||
Radiolaria were first encountered by humanity after the [[Collapse]] when the [[Exodus Black]] crash-landed on [[Nessus]], when the ship's AI [[Failsafe]] observed them terraforming the planetoid. | |||
==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
Radiolaria are microscopic organisms that are typically suspended in a briny white, luminescent fluid. They are found on planets transformed by the Vex, such as [[Nessus]]. They control the mechanical chassis of the [[Vex]] from a container usually found within their chests. On some Vex units this "brain" is located elsewhere; for example, behind the eye on [[Harpy|Harpies]] or in the abdomen on [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]]. When radiolarian fluid comes into contact with non-Vex matter, it will attempt to turn the host into a Vex unit. Examples include [[Kabr, the Legionless]], who drank from an [[Oracle]] and was transformed into a Vex, and [[Asher Mir]], who lost an arm to radiolarian "infection". | Radiolaria are microscopic organisms that are typically suspended in a briny white, luminescent fluid. They are found on planets transformed by the Vex, such as [[Nessus]]. They control the mechanical chassis of the [[Vex]] from a container usually found within their chests. On some Vex units this "brain" is located elsewhere; for example, behind the eye on [[Harpy|Harpies]] or in the abdomen on [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]]. | ||
When radiolarian fluid comes into contact with non-Vex matter, it will attempt to turn the host into a Vex unit. Examples include [[Kabr, the Legionless]], who drank from an [[Oracle]] and was transformed into a Vex, and [[Asher Mir]], who lost an arm to radiolarian "infection". | |||
[[Category:Vex]] | [[Category:Vex]] | ||