Announcement Part 1
Due to circumstances, I have decided to end Beyond the Void for a few reasons. First of all, I underestimated how much I was going to write. Looking back at my old chapters, I realized I should have merged some of them to save time. Secondly, my interest in Warframe started to decline. While I still play the game, grinding for items has taken its toll on me. If I do come back, it will be when the New War campaign is released.
While I could have said "Done" and leave the story as is, I thought just compensation is in order. Therefore, here's a general outline of how the rest of the story would have continued.
Stopping Tartarus
The Arbiter is spit out of the Forerunner portal and finds himself outside. He notices the whines of Phantoms and sees them pass over him. In the distance, the Phantom carrying Tartarus and Miranda Keyes lands at the Library and drops them off.
Determined to stop Tartarus, the Arbiter goes to find survivors and encounters several Jiralhanae-led forces. Rtas finds him when he is piloting a hover tank and greets him. Rtas leads him to the survivors and he rallies them to his cause.
Meanwhile, in a crippled and damaged Scarab, Rylan and Carson abandon their transport as it slumps forward into the ground. Carson looks around for another transport while Rylan scouts ahead. Hiding in a shrub, the Revenant tails two Jiralhanae soldiers, who leads him to a prison camp. He spots Sergeant Johnson and rushes back to Carson to tell the Chroma.
As the duo make their way to the prison camp, Carson deploys his Specter canisters and explains the plan. Carson and the Specters would distract the guards while Rylan freed the prisoners and led them to safety.
The plan nearly works when Sergeant Johnson decides to take matters into his own hands. Dual wielding plasma rifles, he single-handedly takes down the prison guards' leader and hijacks a nearby Scarab by himself.
The Arbiter's forces arrive at the camp, stunned to find a human piloting the Scarab by himself. Rtas orders the survivors to fire on the Tenno, but his order is overridden by the Arbiter, who explains they are their allies. Cautious, the Tenno tentatively agree with the outcast Sangheili and grab a pair of Banshees to assist Sergeant Johnson.
The Plantagenet arrives in time to aid the allied forces by firing their Hornet missiles at the guards outside the Library. With the guards gone, Johnson blasts through the massive door with a single plasma shot.
Making their way inside the Library, they arrive to find that Tartarus has already activated the Halo. Arbiter and Johnson take on Tartarus's guards, while the four Tenno are pitted against Tartarus. Jack freezes Tartarus's legs with an ice beam while Carson engulfs the chieftain in flames with his Spectral Scream. As the fight continues, Tartarus's reinforcements pour into the chamber, forcing Jack and the others to deal with them. Roscoe baits the chieftain by insulting him and Tartarus charges him like a crazed bull. Roscoe uses his Rhino Stomp to stop the chieftain and prys the gravity hammer from Tartarus's meaty hands.
With a shout, Roscoe ends the chieftain with a brutal overhead swing and Tartarus's head is crushed from the impact. Demoralized by their leader's death, the Covenant forces run away in terror.
Miranda rips the Index Key from its pedestal, causing the Halo to abruptly stop its firing procedure. However, her actions trigger the failsafe, which activates all seven Halos for remote activation. At its climax, Guilty Spark tells the group of the Ark's location.
After this chapter, I was going to focus on the Battle of Sector Six, which would have featured the Silver Team. The rest of the story follows the Halo 3 campaign, ending with a classified meeting between the Tenno and the UEG President and UNSC High Command. In light of aiding the UNSC, the Tenno are offered positions within the UNSC military.
Pallax and Roscoe are personally offered a position as an ONI officer by Admiral Serin Osman. In exchange, they must hand over crucial information regarding the Tenno and the Warframe. She blackmails the bodyguard by stating that ONI would deem the Tenno as part of the Covenant, stripping them of any protection from the former bodyguard counters her threat by stating he had Ordis hack ONI's database via Lambert's datapad and has retrieved evidence on the Spartan programs and other illegal operations.
Serin thinks he's bluffing, stating she would have known immediately. Roscoe casually tells Ordis to 'cut the veil'. It's at this moment she is alerted that the database has been hacked for nearly a month.
Pallax offers the former Spartan a quid pro quo: He is willingly to keep ONI's illegal affairs a secret. In exchange, he will tell Serin certain information on the Tenno and how they operate. Grudgingly, she accepts his offer and Roscoe becomes an ONI officer.
Carson is recruited by the crippled Spartan Musa Ghanem to become a combat instructor for a new generation of Spartan supersoldiers, Spartan-IVs. Having heard high praises from Noble Team, Ghanem explains the Spartan program's origins to Carson. Enraged at ONI's heinous actions, the Chroma nearly calls an anonymous tip line before Musa shoots the phone out of his hand.
Musa calms the Chroma by explaining that he does intend to follow his predecessors' footsteps. Like Carson, he agrees that ONI should be held in contempt for doing such criminal acts. However, he also knows that Spartans are the only ones capable of protecting the UNSC. He gives a general outline of the Spartan IV program and its procedure. In addition, he asks that Carson specifically teach about the Tenno's enemies. When Carson asks why, Musa explains it will be told at the end of the meeting.
Mollified by Musa's explanation, Carson accepts the offer, with the addendum that he gets to keep and use prototype weapons.
Jack is offered by the UNSC Air Force to become a test pilot for its newest fighter plane: the F-41 Broadsword. Curious about the fighter, he accepts the offer.
Rylan is the only one to refuse his UNSC commission. Despite encouragement from Lord Hood, his desires to pursue a higher education (university) is a higher priority for him. In the end, he becomes a reserve commissioned officer and given a stipend for his college education. He enrolls in the Australian National University pursuing a double major in Engineering Science and Mechanical and Material Systems.
The group reconvenes and Lord Hood explains the Icarus Expedition. After examining planetary data that Pallax gave to UNSC HIGHCOM, they decided to launch an ambitious program to send humans to colonize the Warframe Universe. It was decided that a joint expedition composed of Insurrectionists and UNSC would be the best method.
At first, the Tenno oppose this plan, fearing it would lead to lawlessness in their galaxy. Secondly, they pointed out that they were not responsible for holding their human counterparts responsible. As such, the Tenno wanted guarantees from both sides not to attack or alienate one another.
Silver Team is recommended to become Spartan IVs and join the first class. However, due to their experiences with the Tenno, they are assigned to the Special Warfare group after graduation, where they are trained in using the Mjolnir Mark VII suit.
The Monolith
On May 24th, 2557, the Tenno gathered together to celebrate Rylan's graduation from ANU. Roscoe is assigned to the UNSC flagship, UNSC Infinity as ONI's chief liaison officer. He is known within ONI as Triton, as he is the first person/alien to have worked in all three departments (Section 1, 2 and 3). He is seen in black and grey colors. He also sports custom made shoulder pads that bear ONI's insignia.
Carson continues to work as a combat instructor for the Spartan IVs. In his class, he teaches the Spartans about the Tenno enemies and pits the cadets against holographic versions of the Tenno's enemies.
Jack becomes a wing leader of a Broadsword squadron known as Zulu Squadron.
During the party, the conversation transitions from Rylan's studies to a mysterious event occurring throughout the galaxy. Over the years, there had been sightings of newly built UNSC ships appearing over planets. The ships were devoid of any crew members, but it was equipped with a Forerunner slipspace engine and the latest UNSC weapons.
Roscoe says the last sighting was over Harvest and consisted of 5 Paris-class heavy frigates. He fears that the current trend will spawn more ships to come. Pallax slaps him in the back, saying he should focus on the festivities as he will be leaving tomorrow aboard the Infinity.
On July 24, 2557, Noble Team was sent to investigate a fleet of UNSC ships that had appeared over Reach. The fleet corresponds with the number of ships destroyed during the battle. However, the inclusion of a Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser gets their attention. Inside, they are surprised to find a crew member in a cryopod.
The lone crewman tells Noble Team about the Everest and its CO, Vice Admiral Preston Cole. As ONI had guessed, he and his loyalists had indeed survived the Battle of Psi Serpentis. The last crewmember hands Carter a note containing coordinates to his hideout. He also mentions that there is another Tenno there.
Carter relays the information to Admiral Osman, who immediately sends her personal team, Kilo-Five, to investigate the hideout. Unknown to Osman, Ordis intercepts the message and alerts Pallax about the mission. Pallax calls the remaining Tenno to gather at the Plantagenet and prepare for their mission. On the way, he briefs them about the coordinates and mention of another Tenno. When asked about who it might be, Pallax reveals to the team about Theo. Seeing as it is the only possible way, the team eventually arrives at the hideout.
To their surprise, the hideout turns out to be a planetoid-sized metal sphere floating in space. As the sensor readings come in, Jack remarks the planetoid is the size of Saturn. Ordis notices a stealth ship near an opening and directs the Railjack toward it.
Dismayed to find that ONI has beaten them, the team follows Kilo-Five's trail. Eventually, they find themselves in a long corridor. Laying on the floor are dead armored soldiers with a red sash around their arms. A shocked Pallax recognizes the armor as SPI armor. As he examines each corpse, he explains that SPI armor was used by the Spartan IIIs and was similar to the Tenno PDAS. He is bewildered at how they got the armor, since its construction was closely monitored by ONI.
At the end of the corridor is a Warframe that is slouching over. Pallax recognizes the Warframe as Theo because of its strange arm-like scissor blade. Behind them is a female Spartan that is firmly embedded into the wall. Her Mjolnir suit is covered in scratches and deep gashes. The helmet is cracked, but not broken.
Rylan quickly injects biofoam into the suit injector sites to staunch the bleeding. The Spartan stirs and tries to punch him, but he ducks. With Carson restraining her free arm, Rylan injects adrenaline, hoping to resuscitate the Spartan.
With a hoarse gasp, the Spartan wakes up and tries to move. Recognizing the figure at the far end of the corridor, she warns them that 'he's too powerful'. Rylan asks her where the rest of her teammates are and she gestures to the door behind the Warframe. The Warframe wakes up and leaps toward Pallax.
Pallax notices that the suit has 'matured' over time. It no longer has its rough edges and instead becomes sleek. Its prominent feature, the bright blue core, is surrounded by a silver rim. A pair of curved yellow bands are displayed on his chest. Its 'eyes' are a pair of yellow elongated and egg-shaped.
Stepping forward, Pallax asks if Theo was there. Instead, Pallax is greeted by a deep laugh from the Warframe. Immediately, the Warframe is surrounded by the Tenno, who are pointing their rifles at it.
The Warframe remarks that it has been a long time since he last saw Pallax. Pallax demands that it allows Theo to regain control. Unfortunately, the Warframe refuses, saying that he will not relinquish control to Theo
The Warframe leaps away from the team and challenges the Tenno to fight him. If they win, he will allow them to enter the Sanctuary, where they will find the remaining Kilo-Five members. They accept the challenge and the Warframe duplicates himself into three clones. The first clone is covered in red and gold markings and is armed with heavy gauntlets, while the second clone is covered in purple and silver markings. (These three enemies are referred to as Red Clone, Blue Clone and Original)
The fight begins with the clone Warframes charging at their opponents. The Tenno dodge the clones' attack and shoots back at them. However, they are deflected by the armblade. Red Clone manages to pin Carson to the wall and punches him several times in the ribs. Carson doubles over in pain, clutching his ribs. Suddenly, Red Clone grabs him by the legs and lifts him overhead.
A puddle of dark murky water grows at Red Clone's feet and he drags the Chroma underwater. Once the Chroma's head disappears underwater, it closes immediately.
Jack is disarmed by Blue Clone and he is choked by the arm-like scissor blade. Flailing helplessly, Blue Clone opens an alternate dimension and flies toward it. The portal closes behind them.
The two remaining Tenno are left fighting the original, who opens his own portal by stomping his feet, which cracks the ground and pulls them underneath. The Spartan watches the ground reforms itself and is left alone in the hall.
Carson finds himself being dragged underwater and unable to escape. However, he is surprised to find that he can breathe underwater. He immediately realizes that this is an alternate dimension. With a crash, he finds himself on the underwater floor. He slowly stands up, unaccustomed to the heavy weight of being underwater.
However, his opponent shows no sign of struggling as he quickly runs toward Carson. Carson unleashes his Spectral Scream, temporarily blinding Red Clone. He tries to punch Red Clone, but his opponent simply catches it and kicks Carson in the chest. Carson rolls over and stands up, but his opponent slams his gauntlet fists into his shoulders, pushing him down into the floor.
With his legs stuck, Carson activates his ultimate, sending his sentry to attack Red Clone. It has no effect on him and the sentry is tossed aside like a helpless bird. With a final slam, Carson's fate is sealed as his entire body is driven to the ground like a nail, leaving his head exposed.
Carson pleads with the Warframe to stop its rampage, but it ignores him as it charges his fists with energy. The clone slams his fists into the ground, causing a red circle to appear around the trapped Chroma. The floor shakes and rumbles as the clone channels the underwater magma to erupt under the chroma. With a powerful explosion, the Chroma is engulfed in a pillar of magma and is shot to the surface, where he crashes into the ground, his armor scorched and peeling off.
Like Carson, Jack is also transported to an alternate dimension. This dimension resembles an asteroid field in space. After tossing Jack into an asteroid, the Frost activates his Snowglobe to protect himself. He tries to shoot down the Blue Clone with Freeze, but it avoids him by hiding behind asteroids and takes potshots at the Tenno with his armblade. Blue Clone dives toward Jack and drags the Tenno across the asteroid's surface before crashing into another one.
Unable to fight back, Jack resigns to his fate as Blue Clone fires a lance of energy at him. He too leaves the dimension and is embedded into a wall.
Rylan and Pallax are transported to a valley filled with withering grass. In the distance, they can see a city burning and silhouettes of giant humanoid figures fighting each other. While the figures have varying features, such as horns and mustaches; all of them have a blue core in their chest.
Rylan wonders aloud why they have been brought in the midst of a civil war, but his question goes unanswered as the Original appears before the duo.
Pallax asks where they have been transported, but the Original gives a cryptic answer, saying it is "the beginning and ending of civilization". With that, he summons an energy whip and whirls it overhead. With a crack, he straightens the whip, transforming it into a blade, and lunges his scissor armblade at Rylan, but Pallax intercepts it and parries the blade away. Both the Excalibur and the mystery Warframe fight each other, parrying and attacking each other at a ferocious speed. Meanwhile, Rylan uses his Macabre Dance to fire his laser at the Original from behind.
Sensing the beam, the Original grabs one of Pallax's wrist with his scissor armblade and pulls Pallax toward him. He pushes Pallax in front of him and uses him as a human shield. Pallax takes the full brunt of the beam, screaming in pain. His chest is burnt and he falls down.
Horrified by his mistake, Rylan tries to run away, but the Original teleports in front of him. As he walks toward the rookie Tenno, the Original mocks Rylan for his foolish mistake. Rylan refuses and insults the Original to "give its best shot".
Amused by Rylan's poor insult, the Original proposes a duel: each of them would use their ultimate simultaneously. Whoever survives wins the challenge.
Rylan agrees and prepares to charge his energy. Across from Rylan, the Original gathers energy into his hands, which glow brightly.
Simultaneously, they fire their beams at each other, resulting in a clash of energy. The beams are pushed back and forward as they try to get the upper hand. Finally, the Original overpowers Rylan, sending the Revenant flying in the air.
The Original prepares to skewer Rylan, but the blue orb on his chest starts blinking red. Dumbfounded, the Original collapses to the ground, clutching his orb. He remarks it has been a long time since he fought and he surrenders to Rylan. The trio are transported back to the corridor and the Original blacks out from exhaustion.
Rylan activates a Medium Health Restore pack to revive Pallax and the Excalibur slowly gets up. Prodding the unconscious Warframe, Pallax is unable to wake him up. Both Rylan and Pallax open the door, which reveals a massive room filled with UNSC ships. At the bottom of the floor, the duo can see ships being constructed by drones and other Forerunner machinery; while at the top, newly built ships are being activated remotely from a nearby tower. Upon entering the tower's ground floor, the duo are held at gunpoint by Insurrectionists and escorted to the top.
There, they are greeted by five people: a Forerunner, Theo's father and his friend, Vice Admiral Cole and the priestess.
Part 2 will be coming soon. For now, here is the Warframe Profile
Name: Unknown
Created from the deceased Amadeus Holtern, the unknown entity is capable of manipulating Specium Energy, the Gateway's primary power source.
Passive: True Sentience - Unlike Excalibur Umbra, who became sentient due to his memory of killing of his Dax son Isiah, this Warframe is capable of sentient speech and thoughts.
Native equipment (Weapons attached to body):
Drafork - A scissor-like arm blade on Theo's right wrist. Length is 24 inches.
Solbrace - A golden bracelet with pulsating red veins around Theo's left wrist. The red veins inscribed in the bracelet is made of ruby.
Ability 1: Valtester - Allows Theo to fire energy bolts from Drafork in rapid sucession. Capable of stunning people, which lasts 1 minute
Ability 2: Lava Punch - His right fist covered in melting lava, Theo dashes forward and sends a devasting right hook punch to the enemy.
Ability 3: Shadow Mist - Summoning darkness to cloak himself, Theo is cloaked and undetectable. Its unique trait allows him to travel in people's shadows and mirrors.
Ability 4: Takeover - Theo relinquishes control and allows "It" to come out. Unique trait is that the abilities change, allowing "It" to manifest its true powers
"It" powers
Passive: Type Change - "It" can transform between three modes: Strength, Speed, and Normal. Strength changes his skin to red and gold, Speed to blue and silver, Normal to its multicolor state of red blue and gold, which is its default state
Strength Mode - "It" is armed with heavy gauntlets and can manipulate fire and earth
Ability 1: Dark Water - Transports the enemy and himself to an underwater arena. Enemy movement is slowed, while "It" remains normal
Ability 2: Twin Lava Fists - Coats the gauntlet with lava and unleashes a flurry of punches. Deals fire damage over time
Ability 3: Shoulder Tomb - "It" leaps into the air and lands on the enemy's shoulders, causing the enemy to sink into the floor. Can be used twice. Enemy's leg become stuck after first use. Second use, the enemy's entire body sinks to the floor, except for their head.
Ultimate: Darramb's Rage - "It" gathers Specium energy into his gauntlets and plunges them into the ground. A pillar of underwater magma erupts underneath the target, inflicting severe fire and impact damage
Speed Mode - "It" is armed with a longer version of the Drafork and can manipulate wind and water. Length is 40 inches
Ability 1: Asteroid Field - Transports the enemy and himself to an asteroid field in space. Enemy reaction speed is slowed, while "It" remains normal
Ability 2: Valtester Enhanced - A stronger version of Valtester, this version has enough strength to blow apart asteroids.
Ability 3: Mach Rush - "It" dives toward the enemy at Mach speed and drags the enemy across the asteroid's surface before tossing them away.
Ultimate: Hudra's Scream - "It" gathers Specium energy to his Drafork and unleashes a lance of energy at the target. Inflicts severe piercing damage
Normal Mode - "It"'s default mode before activating Type Change. Can manipulate light and darkness
Ability 1: Dead Plains of Ryloth Island - Transports the enemy and himself to field outside the ancient city of Ryloth. An alternate dimension formed from "It"'s memory, this was where he died.
Ability 2: Duplicate - Can create up to two clones of himself.
Ability 3: Whipblade - Summons a whip made out of Specium energy from his left hand. Can transform into a short sword.
Ultimate: Specium Ray - Puts his arm in a plus (+) sign, his right arm vertical and left arm horizontal. Unleashes a Specium beam from his right vertical hand.