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{{quote|The Vex have no hope. No imagination, no drive, no fear. All they have is the Pattern. Everything must fit. If it can be made to fit, good. If it can't, it gets cut away.|[[Praedyth]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Paradox]]''</ref>
{{quote|The Vex have no hope. No imagination, no drive, no fear. All they have is the Pattern. Everything must fit. If it can be made to fit, good. If it can't, it gets cut away.|[[Praedyth]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Paradox]]''</ref>


The ultimate goal of the Vex is to remake all of reality in their image, but the exact details of that goal are ambiguous. [[Praedyth]] described the Vex as being motivated by a "Pattern," which drives the Vex to either reshape or destroy everything in their path. [[Osiris]] referred to the Vex's objective as "Convergence," an outcome where all life in the universe has been converted to a simplified, digital form. [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] believed that the Vex sought to dominate ''"every possible end state of the universe."''<ref name = "An Emperor For All Outcomes"/> According to [[Maya Sundaresh]], a universe ruled by the Vex would be one in which every star is collapsed into a black hole and every new universe created as a result similarly conquered, and their combined processing power used to simulate and conquer every possible past, and these simulated pasts used to host and invade additional simulations in infinite recursion.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA|NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA]]''</ref> As part of this ideal future, the Vex seek to bring about a state where neither the [[Light]] nor the [[Darkness]] exist any longer. The [[Vault of Glass]] on Venus serves as a testing ground for the Vex to manipulate reality through ontological means.  
The ultimate goal of the Vex is to remake all of reality in their image, but the exact details of that goal are ambiguous. [[Praedyth]] described the Vex as being motivated by a "Pattern," which drives the Vex to either reshape or destroy everything in their path. [[Osiris]] referred to the Vex's objective as "Convergence," an outcome where all life in the universe has been converted to a simplified, digital form. [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] believed that the Vex sought to dominate ''"every possible end state of the universe."''<ref name = "An Emperor For All Outcomes"/> According to [[Maya Sundaresh]], a universe ruled by the Vex would be one in which every star is collapsed into a black hole and every new universe created as a result similarly conquered, and their combined processing power used to simulate and conquer every possible past, and these simulated pasts used to host and invade additional simulations in infinite recursion.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA|NOTE—ELISABETH'S PLEA]]''</ref> As seen in the [[Infinite Forest]], to ensure their ideal future, the Vex seek to bring about a state where neither the [[Light]] nor the [[Darkness]] exist any longer. The [[Vault of Glass]] on Venus serves as a testing ground for the Vex to manipulate reality through ontological means.  


In his studies of the Vex, [[Clovis Bray I]] noted that the Vex were so utterly adapted to survival and adaptation that any destructive input would automatically be used as a means to enable a self-correcting or reparatory response; an analogy he used was that, if a Vex unit were exposed to a fire, then the energy of that fire would be utilized in putting it out. This approach to existence permeates every aspect of the Vex, so much so that even their thoughts and language are intrinsically virulent when other minds and software are exposed to them.<ref name = "Mysterious Logbook Page 38"/>
In his studies of the Vex, [[Clovis Bray I]] noted that the Vex were so utterly adapted to survival and adaptation that any destructive input would automatically be used as a means to enable a self-correcting or reparatory response; an analogy he used was that, if a Vex unit were exposed to a fire, then the energy of that fire would be utilized in putting it out. This approach to existence permeates every aspect of the Vex, so much so that even their thoughts and language are intrinsically virulent when other minds and software are exposed to them.<ref name = "Mysterious Logbook Page 38"/>