Can you explain further please?

Honestly I'm not sure I could. I used deductive reasoning and a little leap of faith to come to my conclusion ... Sherlock would be proud of me. Though I suppose I could give an example. [quote]The Nine are deep-orbit warminds who weathered the Collapse in hardened stealth platforms.[/quote] This is possible, and thus would constitute "one member". [quote]The Nine are ancient leviathan intelligences from the seas of Europa or the hydrocarbon pits of Titan.[/quote] There is precious little info on what was found during the golden age. So again this is possible. [quote]The Nine arrived in a mysterious transmission from the direction of the Corona-Borealis supercluster.[/quote] Basically these would be "alien" warminds. Most likely knew or heard of the traveler coming to our system. [quote]The Nine are the firstborn Awoken and their minds now race down the field lines of the Jupiter-Io flux tube.[/quote] It is currently unknown how long an Awoken can live. And since they live in golden age ships they could have access to tech no one else does. It is IMPLIED they are an evolution of base humans. Although evolved in what ways we don't know. Lots of variables. [quote]The Nine are Ghosts who pierced the Deep Black without a ship and meditated on the hissing silence of the heliopause.[/quote] It is known that many ghosts went out on their own to find "their" guardian. So this is possible. [quote]The Nine are the aspects of the Darkness, broken by the Traveler's rebuke, working to destroy us from within.[/quote] This one is ... Tricky. It borders on a conspiracy but could be true. On the other hand we only know so much about the traveler. And if certain aspects of the original plot are still in play the traveler could be either corrupted OR the source of the darkness and/or Vex.