Soo... yea... I just felt an urge to write something Warframe related and came up with this. I take it that Warframe takes place around year 10.000.
It felt odd to be back in my MAG warframe. She was my first, and my most beloved early on before I knew the truth. Now she is… like an old relic. Waiting to be picked up and used again. I feel pity for her, what she could do, is being done better by the others. Her round helmet just collecting dust and other space particles.
"Operator? Are you alright? Ordis tried to keep the war- FlEsH sUitS – warframes in top condition." It sounds softly over the speakers of my Liset. Ordis, my broken cephalon, always tried to do the best he could for me.
"No Ordis, I am just reliving some memories." I say calmly watching as I watch the black abyss that is my MAG warframe. Smiling every now and then thinking of how many enemies I made collapse upon themselves. I always feel a certain form of peace when I go back into my MAG, like it feels I belong in it.
I was shaken away from my thoughts by Lotus, our mother as she called it. We all love her, she is the reason we are here and still have a purpose. Her sweet voice sounded over the speaker. "Tenno, I have a new mission for you. Check navigation for more details. Hurry, this is important."
I didn't hesitate for a second and immediately left my Arsenal. Running past my Kubrow and Foundry with countless items waiting to be collected. Letting the ramp lower and allowing me into the cockpit of my ship. Kneeling before my Navigation center and awaiting instructions.
"An unknown vessel has made its presence known by broadcasting primitive signals. The signals date far back to what can be concluded as radio. Find this vessel and investigate it while I try to contact them." As soon as she finishes her sentence I see a small spot near Pluto become highlighted. And start to zoom in. it looks like a ship that was torn in half and still burning from the ripped side.
"Ordis, navigate to the coordinates of this vessel. I'll prepare my archwing to try and get inside." I command and leave the cockpit going back to my arsenal. There was no reply, only the humming of my Liset's engines and the feeling of being shot through space by the solar rails.
Cortana had nearly given up on trying to contact the UNSC. They were far from known space and only drifted further away due to being slingshotted by the gravitational pull of planets. She had failed him. 4 years past and he is going to be there forever if it takes much longer. She could feel the rampancy take over sighed softly looking once again at the cryotube before her. She tried once again. "Mayday, Mayday, This is Forward Unto Dawn frigate of the UNSC. We are stranded and cannot move at free will! Requesting extraction, Mayday Mayday" Cortana knew it was futile to try again and groaned softly. Until she heard a soft beep resonating through the ship.
"We hear you Forward Unto Dawn. How much crew is on the ship? I have sent a Tenno to come pick up any survivors. Beware, you are not alone." It sounded like a smooth woman's voice and Cortana's hopes sparked up. She immediately responded to the voice.
"There are only two left. One of which is me the smart A.I. Cortana of the UNSC. Thank god someone heard us. When will your crew be arriving?" Cortana eagerly awaited for a response. But something that surprised her thoroughly. A male voice, resonating with metal.
"Hmm, I see you have stranded Cortana. Maybe, I can help you. The Corpus are very generous people always wanting to come and save *Ugh* lives." It sounded wrong. Like this man had no good intentions.
"Negative, we are already being helped by another. We appreciate the help but I hope we don't need it." Cortana quickly replied starting to thaw the cryotube.
"Oh, it wasn't an offer you can refuse Cortana." It sounded evilly as the connection cut. The woman's voice sounding again.
"That was Alad V, beware Cortana, this man is dangerous and should be handled with care. Do not let him advance towards your location. My Tenno is on the way any ship that is not a Liset, Gun it down."
This stressed Cortana, she looked at the cryotube again and waited. "I need you." She says softly as she starts prepping the few guns that were still working.
Waking from Cryosleep never was a pleasant feeling, but John knew better as to wait. Quickly reacting and trying to look out of the glass from his tube. His armored hands pushing the glass.
"Whoa there, easy, let me activate your HUD. Ejection is above you." The soothing voice of Cortana made him calm down and recollect his actions. Seeing his HUD appear and a single Magnum pistol float by his glass. "I'll turn on the artificial gravity, hang on." And with couple of thuds he saw rubble and metal parts fall down to the ground. Grabbing the handle for ejection and pulling hard on it to release himself.
"Where are we?" He asks grabbing the fallen Magnum and looking at the pad containing Cortana.
"Unknown space, but we are being boarded. Help is on the way."
"UNSC?" He quickly asks removing Cortana from the data pad and injecting her back in his helmet systems. Sending a chill down his spine.
"Negative, another faction that contacted us. We are being boarded by something called the Corpus. Get ready, they don't seem too friendly."
John makes a quick check on his magnum and left with a sprint to the control room of the ship. Checking what systems are online and which aren't. "How long have I been out for?" John absentmindedly asks leaving the control room to go towards the elevator.
"Uh, 4 years, 20 days and 3 hours. We kept drifting further away because we had no fuel left. We bumped into this system just now." Cortana makes more background checks as she tries to read the star charts.
"Where are we being boarded?" John asks trying pry open the elevator shaft.
"Wait don't do that!" but Cortana's warning was too late as the vacuum of space sucks Spartan-117 into the elevator shaft. "We lost a lot of air pressure. Try to go up a level."
John doubles his effort and climbs up the elevator shaft. Grabbing on to whatever he could and opening the doors to the second level. Jumping through and latching on to the wall and laying himself on the ground. averting his gaze upwards just to see a man in completely green and a pearly white mask charge at him with what looks like an electric baton. The man strikes down at John, who quickly intercepts it and grabs the man tightly, throwing him in the elevator shaft and closing the doors.
"What was that?" He asks breathing heavily and looking around to see if there are more.
"If I had to guess, that was a Corpus. Strange, he didn't even try to talk with us." Cortana tries to remember what he looked like and stores it in one of her data banks.
John's thought process was interrupted by a series of shouts of what could only be described as commands. Seeing another one of the pearly white masks with a slither of light blue where the eyes should be. But this one was blue colored and holding what looked like a rifle. Quickly hiding behind a wall and only glancing around the corner to observe the now named Corpus. It just stood there looking around. "Cortana, how long till backup."
"I'll try to contact her again. G-give me a minute." Cortana stutters as she tries to find contact with the woman again. But to no avail.
"We can't allow them to get any information about the UNSC. Cortana, set the explosives on the ship to detonate once we are gone. I'm going to the armory to prevent them getting anything." John says waiting for the Corpus to look away. Sneaking up on him and strangling him without as much of a sound. Dropping him to the ground and breaking into a sprint towards the armory.
"Tenno, your mission is to locate and escort the VIPs back to extraction point. Careful, we don't know anything about these people and might attack you on sight. The Corpus have infiltrated this ship and are raiding it for supplies. We cannot allow them to bring any of it to their base." Lotus' soft voice always calms me. The only response I could give is a simple nod as my archwing guides me inside the frigate. It looks unlike any I have seen yet. Who knows what kind of secrets this frigate holds.
Judging by the Corpus cruisers attached to the sides, I guess they are already inside pretty deep. The VIP better know how to defend themselves. As I approach one of the burned openings in the metal my archwing detaches and I float gently in the hole. Grabbing on to the walls and opening an air lock door. Closing it behind me and feeling the artificial gravity. I stretch the fingers of my Nyx warframe and break into a sprint down the narrow corridors. Since this is an unknown frigate, I have no map. I will have to wait for the Lotus to send me that. Until then, take down as many Corpus and rely on luck.
My Boar prime, my baby, I take it only on the most serious of missions. Together with my Brakk handgun and the Nikana prime. They just felt right in my hands. Seeing the first Corpus crewman in the distance I use my mind control and let him wander off to attack his comrades so I can sneak past. Gracefully I run by him whilst the others are busy shooting him down. Piece of cake.
"Cortana, I need you to give us your coordinates and a map of the frigate. Only then we will be able to escort you." It sounds over my helmet. I just listen in on the conversation whilst sneaking my way past most Corpus.
"Y-Yes of course, we are heading to the armory. I'll send the coordinates to you." I see a map appear and a waypoint. I start making my way to it and hack through any Corpus that stand in my way, but being silent about it.
"Cortana, my Tenno is now on the way to your location. Tell me, how come be that your Frigate suddenly appears on our solar map."
"We have been unmoving for over 4 years and the gravitational pull of planets and the outbursts of fuel tanks made us drift far away. But we are happy we are back in Human space."
"Cortana, we will have to discuss many things once you are at base."
The conversation went on for quite some time and I keep slashing through the Corpus to not raise alarm. I tune out the conversation, I'll listen to it another time. But my ship Cephalon suddenly starts talking. "Operator! This frigate is old, like, really old. Dating back 75 centuries. To a corporation that was before the Orokin Era." This confuses me. How can a 7500 year old ship still have live subjects? No cryosleep, not even the special Tenno pods, are built against so much time. Now I am really curios as to who we will encounter seeing the armory getting closer and closer. Tue dead bodies littering the ground give a creepy vibe. If the frigate is old, the weapons on it must be too. So it should be no match for what the Corpus have now. But there still are bodies, this person was either really powerful or could play really smart.
My thought process is stopped by something aiming a gun at me. It looks like a green iron armor pack with golden visor. At least a foot and a half larger than me and saying nothing. I just stare back and listen to the conversation of Lotus and the so called Cortana again.
"This, is your Tenno?" it sounds from Cortana. The green giant lowering its rifle
"Yes it is, follow it out of the ship to extraction." I give my Brakk to the giant. He looks at it quizzically but nods slowly. Grabbing some kind of remote and packing guns on his back. The Corpus start firing, having raised alarm that there is a Tenno on board with the only survivors. I run whilst firing my Boar Prime in front of us, decimating the Corpus. The green giant just fires behind us and keeps them at bay. I dash through the corridors swiftly and see that the giant can keep up. My Liset waiting for me at the opening and another escort ship arriving for the green man.
"Excellent work Tenno, we will take over from here. Your part is done." I hear as the magnetic strips of my Liset take me in and let me take off. Watching the rear camera of my Liset back at the frigate as the escort ship leaves. And then as the giant frigate explodes to become nothing more than scrap metal.
To any of you who read this, I am sorry that i might not update this. I just had to write something and maybe i'll continue it, but i have no idea where to go.
Sincerely, the voice you hear inside your head while you are reading this.
