Destiny 2: Everything You Need to Know before Echoes: Act 2
Act 1 of 's first Episode, «Echoes,» reveals that the Vex are more complicated than ever thought possible; they're changing under the leadership of «the Conductor,» Maya Sundaresh. While it's not explicit that Maya is the Conductor, there are a few key pieces of evidence that suggest this truth. Lore Books introduced in Season of Defiance alongside dialogue and imagery introduced in «Act 1: A Familiar Voice are more than enough to conclude that the new leader of these renegade Vex is, in fact, Ishtar scholar Maya Sundaresh.