#Operator, are you alright?
The damaged Cephalon's voice rings out from some part of the ship undamaged by whatever just happened.
"I'm fine, Ordis. What happened?" I reply, making my way to the navigator without the use of my suit. I'll have to fix that later, I think to myself.
#Well, Operator, as you made your escape from the Queen's grasp, they launched missiles. I managed to avoid direct blasts, but the shockwaves ~BuGgeRed mY~ knocked some things out of alignment.
The navigator system was broken, that was for sure, as the map was unlit.
"What isn't broken, Ordis?" I asked, knowing that if I asked the opposite, I'd certainly get a list going into intricate detail and likely some terrible puns.
#From initial system scans, the Foundry and Arsenal are working perfectly fine. You should have access to the Void Keys, but unfortunately I cannot bring up the UI so you'll need to ~UsE tHat StUPiD BraIn foR oNcE~ make a guess at what they are for now.
"What about the navigator? How long till I can see the system map again? And communications! Can we send a distress signal? Surely someone at the clan would help, or one of my associated Syndicates!" I cry, making a small gesture to the sigil on my chest, showing allegiance to New Loka.
A few moments of silence. This can't be good.
#I'm sorry, Operator, but communications were ~ShoT to AlL HEll~ ruined in the blast.
A feeling of dread passed through me, deeper than when the Stalker came for me or a Syndicate sent their Spectre's after me.
#Oh, I really am such a useless Cephalon! Do you want me to self-destruct? I'll just start the Countdown for you! 5-4-3...
"No! Ordis, No! It's fine. What about scanners, and engines?" I ask, trying to both stop the self-destruct and distract the AI, knowing that he'd be upset for some time.
#Scanners are partially functioning, as are the engines.
That's promising.
"Are the scanners picking anything up? If there's something out of range, we could use the engines to spin the ship and see it." I suggested, trying to crush the feeling of dread.
#One moment Operator, whilst I scan... Hmm. How odd... There's a single planet in range. Thankfully, I can still register Void energy on the planet.
Only a single planet? That didn't seem good.
"What can you tell me about the planet?"
#Hmm, not much. It looks as though there's very little pollution, oh my New Loka would just love this. It's capable of sustaining life, too. What should we do, Operator?
I turn my gaze to the window of my ship, looking out to see the planet in view.
"Plot a course, Ordis. Don't go too fast, and keep scanning. I want to know if there are any Corpus, Grineer, Infested... any life at all, even the Sentients. I'll head down back, and try to get my chamber working again."
The Cephalon made a noise as if to confirm the plan, so I made my way down. As I passed the Incubator, I could see that my Charger and Kavat had both been put into Storage automatically thanks to the upgrade I got for the thing. Passing by the infected room, I glanced over, checking it was still locked. Thankfully, it was. Didn't want to unleash the Infested on a world that could be untouched. The door to the Transference chamber slid open, revealing the once glowing room. Now though, it was drained of void energy. Thankfully though, a few Void beams saw it charged back up and drawing in ambient energy.
#Operator, it will take ~a VerY lOnG TIme~ a few hours to arrive at our destination. I can supply you with some initial scan data to optimally outfit your Warframe. Would that be favourable?
Glancing at the working arsenal, reminiscing over my first mod equipped. A broken magazine warp, but my first nonetheless. That was well before the Queens, even before the Second Dream where I fought the Stalker and claimed Broken-War. But those were times gone. Now, I search for rarer mods to make myself even more powerful. Primed mods, being the most sought after by all the Tenno. I treasure the few I have. Baro Ki'teer being the best place to get them.
Again, times gone.
"Ordis, can you bring up an image of the planet?" I enquire.
#Of course Operator. If you'd make your way to the Navigator please, I'll open the visor.
It only took me a few steps to return, and catch Ordis lowering the shields covering the glass windows. It's beautiful, I think to myself. Stunned by its beauty, I fall down and rest on the lip next to the codex.
#Operator, what is wrong? Why did you ~HaVE to bE sUch A clUMSY oAf~ fall over?
He asked, seemingly distraught.
"I... I'm fine, Ordis. The planet looks so... green. So natural. Even the forests on Earth were ruined by the Grineer, and they pumped out pollution to no end."
The Cephalon remained silent.
#I see, Operator. Perhaps if we can get communications online we could tell the Lotus! That way, we could save the Tenno!
I kept my thoughts to myself as I returned to the resonance chamber.
About two hours later, and we were in Orbit of the planet. I'd chosen to outfit myself for a stealthier approach. Ivara, the Huntress. Dread, my favoured bow. Although, I brought my favourite pistol with me. The Marelok. I'd never traded or worked with Steel Meridian to acquire the Vaykor Marelok, a more powerful version, but alas it is still a huge powerhouse. I'd even pulled Heliocor out after what seemed what an age. Since I'd been lacking the Helios sentinel, I'd picked this hammer to scan things with. My plans for that time were to pick up the Helios and build it, but that had to be put on delay. So, if there were unknown lifeforms on the planet, I'd melee them to death if needed. After double checking all my mods and gear were properly aligned and equipped, I sat into the transference chamber.
-Ordis, bring us down in those woods. I don't want to be too close to those structures you picked up.
#Of course, Operator. One moment.
With that, Ordis dropped us from orbit down to the surface. Jumping with a spin, I land on the forest floor with a small crunch and see the Orbiter heading back into the atmosphere.
Prepping an arrow, I start walking through the forest, keeping an eye out for any hostiles. Carrier floating by my side, keeping my radar up to date thanks to that Animal Instinct mod I'd put on him. Of course, it wasn't perfect. It couldn't keep track of stealthed hostiles, but would do the trick in a fight.