Glancing to each side, he began to slowly walk across the corridor, listening to the sound of an approaching Grineer Lancer.
Drawing the Skana from his back, he prepared to strike the Lancer as it came through the door beside him.
He struck the Lancer's throat with a fluid slice, causing it to grasp at its neck before dying.
Quickly entering the door, the Excalibur make quick work of the next Lancer, stealthily continuing through the facility until he reached a large open room.
Noticing that there were now Troopers and Butchers mixed in the wandering Lancers, the Excalibur readied his Braton, then began to attack in a more aggressive manner than before.
Taking down four Lancers in mere moments with a well placed Slash Dash, the Excalibur slid on his knees to some cover as Lancers and Troopers began firing at him. Occasionally a bullet struck his Void shield, but nothing damaging hit him when compared to the carnage he himself was causing.
Barely a minute since switching tactics, the entire room was cleared. The Excalibur reloaded his Braton, then continued with his Exterminate mission.
When he killed the final Lancer, a voice spoke up in his ear, the voice of the Lotus.
"That was the last of them. Extraction is availible."
Calmly walking to the extraction point, the Excalibur climbed into the awaiting pod of his Liset ship, which then detached from the Grineer ship and flew away.
Amy read her mission report with a smile. She'd completed her mission without a single death, and only took minor damage throughout.
Closing the report, Amy decided to try another character, and switched to trying Ember.
Noticing that Ember was female, like Valkyr and Trinity, Amy was instantly drawn to how Ember looked, her colours vastly different from her icon. It seemed that Kevin had customized her appearance, plus added something called an Immortal Skin to her.
Changing to the Ignis and the Dex Furis, Amy decided to also try the Sylvia & Aegis, since Ember was fire based.
Returning to the Solar Map with her new weapons, Amy searched for a new mission, since Terminus was extremely easy to complete. She found one type of mission called a Dark Sector Defence, located on Earth, which was about seven levels higher than Terminus, plus it was against Infestation, whatever that was... it sounded... scary.
Dropping from the Liset onto a flat platform, the Ember readied her Ignis flamethrower and approached the tunnel that lead to the discovered Cyropod. She scanned the residue left behind by the residing Infestation in the area. This was going to be fun.
Entering a clearing, the Ember located the cyropod in the center of the grass, unearthed by various diggers and drills scattered about.
The moment she approached though, there was the sound of thudding footfalls, screeching and growling. She readied her Ignis as an Infested Charger came into view, quickly followed by dozens more.
With a whoosh, her Ignis ignited and started to burn the mindless abominations before they could reach her slumbering brethren in the pod.
As they screamed and died, more and more flooded into the clearing from all sides, no longer solely Chargers, but here and there were Runners and Leapers as well.
Reloading a fresh fuel tank into her Ignis, the Ember threw a Fireball at each entry point to buy herself a few seconds to finish reloading.
Suddenly there was a new screech rending through the air, certainly not from a Charger or even a Leaper...
it was an Ancient.
With a slow lumbering gait, the Toxic Ancient towered over the shifting mass of Chargers, Leapers and Runners. Ember hurled a Fireblast at it, backing away as far as she could to prepare herself for another attack.
Over the horde, she spotted two more Ancients, one Disruptor, the other another Toxic. This was getting bad.
Suddenly a Leaper jumped at her, knocking her down and pinning her to the ground with its weight. She was immediately swarmed by Chargers and Runners, her Void shield was destroyed in mere seconds under their constant claw attacks.
Drawing Sylvia from inside Aegis, she slashed a path through their shifting bodies, then sprang to her feet, sweeping the flames of the last fuel tank for her Ignis back and forth a few times to control their advance, returning to her defensive position at the pod.
The three Ancients were now within range of her attacks, so with a roar of flames, Ember activated World on Fire, incinerating absolutely all of the Infestation in the clearing, just as a Tenno ship flew overhead, shining a searchlight around the clearing as she waved up to them.
"Tenno, reinforcements are availible, you can leave, or stay and fight. Your choice." The Lotus spoke in her ear, barely audible over the roaring flames from World on Fire.
With a nod, Ember decided to extract, she had no remaining fuel tanks for her Ignis, and she was heavily wounded from being swarmed. She gave another nod, then her Liset flew down from above the support ship, extracting her to safety.
Amy felt her heart hammering in her chest, trying to calm herself after the near fatal swarming she'd taken. Defending the cyropod didn't feel like it was for five waves, but she somehow managed to survive.
Deciding to stop playing Warframe for a while, Amy shut the game down after she had returned to her ship. She closed the laptop screen, and closed her eye for a moment to review her experience so far.
Excalibur, the average joe character, didn't particularily suit her. He was just... average. He had only two damaging abilities, another was a useless stun, and the last was just a high jump. It wasn't very useful for her to just stun, jump, and dash.
Ember on the other hand, was fire based. she threw fireballs, increased any Fire damage she dealt, had a medium sized fire bomb, and a huge wave of fire. She was all about attacking, despite her average stats for Health and Shields.
As for her weapons, the Braton was just a machine gun, nothing particularily special. Lato was weak, but quite accurate. The Skana - though weak - was easy to pick up and learn.
The Ignis, a short ranged flamethrower, was great for the small area of that Dark Sector Defence, decimating the Infested with ease.
During that mission, she'd forgotten about the Dex Furis, so she was yet to try them out.
Finally, Sylvia & Aegis was quite strong, and were quite beautiful in their designs. She liked them quite a bit.
Suddenly Amy realized she was staring out of the window of her Liset ship, the expanse of Earth stretching before her eyes.
Why am I in my ship? Amy thought, standing up from her kneeling pose on the floor. She turned her gaze to the right, and descended the ramp that lead to her Arsenal and her Kubrow Incubator.
Approaching the Kubrow for the first time, Amy gave it a gentle pat on the head.
Barking in a cherry way, the Kubrow panted up at her, seemingly excited by her attentions.
Turning her attention to the Arsenal, she stepped into the machine, and felt an unnoticed weight vanish from her back and legs.
The mental image of her Dex Furis and Ignis came to the forefront of her mind, so she decided that she was finished with the Arsenal for now. She stepped out and returned to the upper area of her Liset.
Examining the view of Earth, Amy blinked a few times as her vision faded to darkness. She scanned the blackness, searching for any light, but she saw nothing...
With a roar, Amy was engulfed by searing flames. She immediately fell to her knees, curling herself into a ball instinctively, her arms wrapping around an object held against her chest.
Fighting to see through the smoke and her tears, Amy saw a flaming car hurtling directly towards her paralyzed form, unable to evade.
"Amy! Amy, it's okay! Calm down!"
A voice reached her ears, sounding concerned and fearful. Amy struggled to move, unable to dodge the car just as it collided with her prone form.