The rest of the Vex's evolutionary history is a matter of speculation, but Clovis Bray I hypothesized some likely intermediate steps during his studies of the Vex structures around 2082 Volantis. This was the origin of the Vex as they would later come to be known, and from this point forward they were driven to once more totally dominate the reality they found themselves in, though operating on 'outdated' rules that did not account for the paracausal powers of the Darkness or the Light. In the initial hot state of the universe the abstract patterns existed as quantum fluctuations, before eventually creating a more stable substrate for themselves in the briny seas of the first worlds to form in the universe, the radiolaria. When the Light and Darkness began to war with one another, initiating the beginning of the universe, the patterns from the flower game escaped into it. This was pleasing to the Darkness but was irritating to the Light, which desired that the game produce endless novel patterns instead. All of these games would end with a single, self-sustaining pattern emerging and dominating the entire simulation. The Vex originated in the ' flower game' conducted between the Light and Darkness in the primordial ' garden' that existed prior to the creation of the universe. They learned those rules, because they were those rules.Īnd in time the gardener became vexed.' - The Darkness ' They learned the rules that governed which patterns would flourish in the game, and which would dwindle. History Origins Ī Vex machine world seen in the cinematic The Vex travel to the Floating Gardens to recycle their mechanical bodies when they are no longer functional. Headshots on humanoid Vex do not do much damage and instead send them into a berserk state however, shooting the exposed mind cores in their abdomen will cause them to explode. Despite their often animalistic appearance, the Vex appear to be mass-produced units, constructed of an unknown metal alloy resembling hammered brass. Vex come in a diverse array of shapes and sizes, but the majority share features such as triangular or conical 'heads,' single glowing photoreceptors, jointed limbs, and in several cases arrays of flexible tentacles. Each mobile Vex armature contains a mind core filled with a milky suspension of radiolaria, microscopic organisms which embody the true guiding intelligence of the Vex. The Vex have been described as a 'hyperintelligent time-spanning thought-mesh', a collective intelligence composed of countless component minds distributed across time and space. Incomprehensible intelligence.' - Grimoire description. Some Vex locations, such as the Black Garden or the Vault of Glass, are artificial realms existing outside of normal space and time. The Vex have been present in the Solar System for billions of years, and their sophisticated and watchfully guarded structures can be found on multiple planets, including Venus, Mars and Io. Their technology is among the most advanced ever encountered by humanity, enabling incredible feats of material and spacetime engineering and even time travel.

Enigmatic and inscrutable, they work ceaselessly to convert planets and other celestial bodies into vast machines, and are hostile toward any life-form that gets in their way. The Vex are a cyber-organic species that are ancient as the Universe itself. Inside is the same as outside, and the two must be made to correspond.' - Clovis Bray I. There is no difference between reality and simulation to them. ' When the world does not match their eternal pattern, they alter the world to suit it. Indefinite (possibly thousands of years or eons) Sparse frame, tails, and long claw-like fingersīiological Mind/Power Core (critical point) Large, fan-like head with a beak-like protrusion Weave their way into the fabric of reality

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