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The '''Virgo Prohibition''' is a [[Vex]] programming collective situated on [[Mars]]. Prohibition units can be identified by their dark, metallic-blue frames.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Virgo Prohibition|Virgo Prohibition]]''</ref>

The Virgo Prohibition were tasked on Mars with protecting a entrance to the [[Black Garden]] in the [[Valley of the Kings]]. They would engage in conflict with the [[Cabal]], when the humanoid species arrived on Mars after the [[Collapse]].

When [[the Guardian]] arrived at the [[Exclusion Zone]] on Mars to search for the Black Garden, the Virgo Prohibition were waring with the different Cabal Legions for supremacy. The Guardian would successfully secure the Cabal’s research into the Vex [[Spire]]. They would later summon [[Transfer Gate]]s to return to the Black Garden, however the Guardian would arrive, destroying their portals and the Axis Mind, [[Prohibitive Mind]]. Later the Guardian would make their way to the portal to enter the Black Garden, despite the Prohibition’s attempts to defend the portal, they failed, the Guardian would enter the Garden and destroy the [[Black Heart]].

During the [[Red War]], the Vex would inform [[Ghost]] that the Virgo Prohibition were, in fact, incorrectly programmed for their task on Mars - indicating that the Prohibition has not been losing against the Cabal as part of a deeper strategic play.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Deep Conversation]]''</ref> The gate to the Black Garden along with [[Bastion (map)|Bastion]] fell to the Red Legion and the Prohibition were ultimately utterly forced to abandon Mars.

This aggressive and relentless Vex Collective is in constant conflict with the Cabal, repeatedly testing the Cabal's Exclusion Zone without regard to their own losses. In spite of the Vex onslaught, the Cabal have managed to expand their Exclusion Zone and control several Vex structures. The Virgo Prohibition's tactics seem to be failing in the short run but due to the nature of the Vex, it is possible that the Virgo Prohibition is simply drawing out the Cabal's strength (as evidenced at Bastion<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#Bastion|Bastion]]''</ref>) and that their losses could be a distraction from a deeper strategic ploy, as it seems unlikely that such an intellect as the Vex could be dragged into a losing war of attrition.<ref name="virgo">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Virgo Prohibition|Virgo Prohibition]]''</ref> Recent events have borne this out as the Prohibition began appearing in greater number in [[Meridian Bay]] to protect the Black Garden.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[A Rising Tide]]''</ref>

The ultimate goals of this programming remain a mystery but Ikora Rey proposes Vex units can best be described as algorithms, and that the Virgo Prohibition may be the wrong algorithm for the environment, leading to the idea that continued losses will drive the greater Vex network to adapt and improve.<ref name="virgo">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Virgo Prohibition|Virgo Prohibition]]''</ref>  

*[[Praetorian]]s are a part of this Collective, which is unusual because Praetorians are encountered exclusively on [[Venus]] and defending the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]]. It could be because of the timeless nature of both the Vault and the Black Garden that is the result of this.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>