Okay, so here was what we knew about the forces guarding the Repository gate: they were primarily composed of Terra Corpus, with a force of Proxies from all over the system as backup, not to mention one very large fleet. There were at least five Orb Mothers guarding the gate, and, since this was a gate, we'd also have to deal with at least one lynx, which appeared to have been fused with Orokin technology. For once, the Corpus were sparing no expense.

Now, the plan of attack was simple: my forces would distract/demolish the fleet overhead, whilst the Tenno, alongside Melissa and myself, would infiltrate the base, destroy the Lynx, and then set the torsion device to overdrive, so that it would no longer cause us trouble.

At least, that was the plan.

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"So, we all clear on the mission?" Asked Eudico.

I nodded, as did Melissa, Cyreesia, and Etran. All three wanted to assist in this fight, Melissa especially, so that she could help me along with my journey. Apparently, Etran and Cyreesia were in charge of getting the four of us to the void gate.

"Good. Let's rock."

Briefing over, we made our way to the lift. As we began to ascend, though, I found a communication being sent my way. Apparently, it was...Rory?

"Hi dad!"

"Hello. Why are you calling?"

"...I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"You know I am inside the Extinction, right?"

"Yes, bur your mind is elsewhere."

"...Fair enough."

"Yes, it is. So, whatcha doing?"

"Trying to launch a major offensive against the Corpus."

"Oh...can I help?"

"What?"

"Can I help you hurt the big greedy people who worship money?"

"Wh-No! You're too young to fight!"

"But I don't have to fight! There are other ways I can help!"

We'd reached the end of the lift by now, and Etran and Cyreesia were wondering why I hadn't exited the room. Melissa seemed to understand why, though, and was busy explaining my reasons to them.

"How?" I asked, finally stepping out onto the Orb.

"Look right out in front of you."

Before I could answer, a giant object slammed into the ground in front of me, causing my companions to scatter. Approaching it with caution, I used a portable version of my Spore scanner on it and found that it was...a locker? And it was full of guns, medical supplies, and ammo?

"...Did you send that?"

"Yes. The Grineer do not put enough encryption into their computers. Plus drop pods are awesome!"

"...So you want to drop us supplies as needed for the upcoming battle?"

"Yep!"

"...I can live with that. By the way, where did you get the idea for this?"

"Synais was playing some game about ghosts and used something like that in a multiplayer match."

Hmph. CoD: Ghosts, then. "And how much of the match did he let you watch?"

"About 5.623 seconds. Then he asked Kathikon to take me back to my room...spoilsport."

Good, then. Synais knew which likes not to cross.

"Good of him. Now then, if you want to help, then get ready."

"OKAY!"

As the transmission ended, I smirked. Rory was adorable.

With that, I began pilfering the drop pod for supplies, as did my companions.

"Let me guess," intoned my ROB. "Rory asked to help?"

"He did. Has Cassidy done anything similar?"

"Yeah, a few times...why are you looking at me like that?"

"What do you mean?"

"You have a ridiculous expression on your face, like you've thought of something absurd."

"Oh. Guess I'm still kinda surprised that we, well, actually get along."

"..really?"

"Yeah. I thought there'd be more fighting between us."

"...Me too. But enough on our camaraderie - we have a battle to win."

"Right!"

With that, we called in our k-drives and followed our Tenno companions, who'd already headed toward a nearby hill. Once we reached the hilltop, Etran sent out a signal to call in our ride.

Moments later, a large starship broke through the storm, before circling around for pickup. Now this was a good sized ship - bigger than a Bolkor or Condor dropship. I couldn't make out any weapons onboard it, but I doubted it was unarmed. An aperture soon appeared on its side, and we swiftly used the opening to board the flier.

"Greetings," intoned Ordis. "This is a Sigma Series Railjack. PLEASE DO NOT DAMAGE IT, NEW ONES, OR I WILL SKIN YOU-be very displeased."

Understood, Ordis.

Etran and Cyreesia gave us the quick tour, marking out guns, life pods, and repair systems. Once we were familiarized, they gave the word, and we left the Orb. A few minutes after that, we broke out of Venus' atmosphere, and finally got our first good look at the enemy fleet.

My first thought: wow, that's pretty big. And this was small by Corpus fleet standards.

My second thought: still not big enough.

My third thought: you are gonna get wrecked.

"How long until your forces show up?" asked Cyreesia.

"They should be here in...3,2,1"

At that moment, one of the Corpus Obelisk class starships promptly crumbled like tissue paper as an Omega slammed into it. Moments later, more Omegas followed as the fighting began in earnest. I also caught sight of a few organic ships entering the battle - thankfully ones I recognized as belonging to Melissa. The last thing we needed was a Technocyte Outbreak.

As the fighting began to escalate, more Railjacks emerged from hiding, using several nearby structures for defense. Apparently, these were remnants of the Orokin's Orbital Defense Grid, and while I could damage those platforms, they were durable enough to take a significant amount of firepower before being destroyed. Also, I did not want to reactivate them by accident on the off chance they could damage my stuff. But enough about that: anyway, the Tenno used the platforms to shield their approach until they were close enough to engage the enemy - and when that happened, some simply fired at will, whilst others unleashed boarders. The surprise offensive quickly destroyed any organization amongst the Corpus, and the fighting soon devolved into the Corpus trying to inflict damage on our forces whilst taking massive losses.

Of course, all we did was cut through their fighters and shoot down a Stanchion class starship. Once we were close enough, we charged back toward the surface of Venus - time to gate crash.

"Um, dad? We have a problem."

"What?"

"There's something really big headed our way. According to what I'm hearing, it's a...Sentient."

….Well, it looked like Zen'Hurros had shown up. "Alright, keep me posted."

"ON IT!"

Smiling, I turned my attention back to my comrades. "Looks like the Sentients want in on the party. Look out for Stalker and his acolytes - we cannot let them secure access to the reservoir!"

"Um, you aren't our leader," remarked Etran, "but we'll keep that in mind."

"Eh...um...okay."

Yeah, I probably should have thought out what I said before I blabbed. Still, we had a fight to win.

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As we arrived at the gate, we found the Corpus already engaged with biological monstrosities - ones I had created. Examination of the various creatures I had encountered in my travels had netted me new genetic material to build with. Horned and hard-headed herbivores were busy plowing through the Corpus ranks, whilst carnivore assisted my bots in tearing apart the stragglers.

Humorously, a bear sized carnivore native to the Orb vallis had found its way here and was trying to dismember one of the dead crewman to eat. After having one of my bots blow up a coildrive that was about to run the beast over, netting a surprised look from the carnivore), I unceremoniously tranqued it and sent it to safety. And just so nobody asks, it got out of the battlefield fine...possibly with the leg of a crewman in its mouth.

After dropping in from the air, killing the nearby Corpus, and rescuing the Stover, we quickly entered the facility's ventilation network, whilst they were distracted dealing with the rest of my forces and two other cells that had infiltrated the area. As we quietly infiltrated the base, I could make out the forms of Hyaenas and Raknoids going up against some of creatures, and against the odds, actually getting a few kills.

Soon, we reached the gate. Unfortunately for us, our foe was already prepared for our arrival. Before we could even locate the Lynx, a huge number of turrets came online and began firing at us. Soon after, the Lynx revealed itself from hiding, surrounded by ospreys that were shielding it. Hastily, we darted into cover, whilst trying to take out the ospreys. Given that the walker was replacing them as fast as we could damage them, it was an uphill battle.

How were we supposed to kill it?

"I have the answer to that!" shouted a familiar female voice.

"Cassidy?" inquired Melissa. "What are you doing?!"

"Sending you help. Mr. Screechy, attack!"

Before Melissa could tell me what her daughter was talking about, a portal appeared behind the lynx, followed by what I could best describe as a grey demonic entity. The winged beast bowled into the giant robot and began wailing on it, though the shields made damaging it a problem. The Ospreys providing said shields promptly opened fire, which only resulted in the monster roaring at them, which reduced them to pieces.

With the ospreys no longer providing protection to the walker, it was soon beheaded, with its remains being dragged back into the portal by the demon. A moment later, the light vanished, the void key just barely falling away into the snow. Then, for no apparent reason, a trio of Verminks showed up.

After drugging the verminks and sending them to safety, I marched toward Etran, who had already retrieved the key. Melissa, meanwhile, seemed to be having a chat with her daughter, while Cyreesia seemed to be trying to determine if more of the demons were coming anytime soon.

"What the hell was that?" I asked my ROb. "A dragon."

"Scorch Beast. Best way to describe it is as a bat doing a dragon impression. They're native to the Fallout Universe, where they live under Appalachia. And yes, I rehearsed that."

"Okay, then how come I've never seen one in any of the games?"

"They first showed up fifty years before Fallout 1. Maybe they went extinct?"

"Maybe," I conceded, before turning my attention to Etran. "Ready to torch this place?"

He nodded, but before he could get close enough, a huge projectile slammed into the ground next to him, sending his Warframe flying, and causing the key to slip out of his grasp. Melissa hastily caught the key whilst I acted as a makeshift cushion for the Tenno. Turning toward the source of the blast, I found myself staring at a Razorback.

Oh come on! I did not have time for this!

"Don't worry, dad! I have you covered!"

Mere seconds later, a drop pod landed some distance in front of me, pancaking the Razorback. The four of us stared on in shock for a moment, before breaking down in laughter.

SUCK IT, ANYO!

Still laughing, Melissa tosses me the key, which I prepared to insert into the Torsion Device.

"Stop right there, False Tenno."

I froze, as a blade suddenly found itself resting on my shoulder. Turning my head, I found Stalker right behind me, War in his hands. Nearby, the rest of his acolytes had my companions surrounded and at gun/blade point.

"Hand over the key, or your companions shall suffer."

That voice was not the Stalker's. It was Zen'Hurros.

And now, here, I could actually see what he looked like.

It was...interesting, to say the least. He resembled a cross between an angel, a squid, a demon, and a MUTO. He had eight different limbs, as well as a second set of rib-like limbs that formed a set of 'wings' upon his back. Most peculiar of all, though, was the large...temple, of sorts, resting on his back. Connected to it were a huge set of...chains, which tightened with every movement he made. Given his pained roaring every so often, these chains were obvious not something the giant liked to have on him.

That being said, I couldn't help but smirk. "How?"

The Sentient looked taken aback by that statement. I refused to let him get in a word, though. "These drakes of war are merely surrogates for the Tenno, and whilst one of us is here in her true body, I doubt you can even make her ticklish." Then, before the Stalker could react, I shoved the key into the torsion device and activated it, whilst using my hacking powers to set the device into overdrive.

The activation released a pulse of void energy, sending me hurtling backwards. The Stalker and his acolytes, being Sentients associated, were affected far more adversely, however, as the Stalker could only curl up in pain, whilst his acolytes collapsed, allowing my companions to overpower them before leaping toward the portal.

"No!" Shouted the Sentient, enraged to be defeated so easily. "You will not escape! You will pay for the suffering your kind wrought on me!"

I just chuckled at that. "Maybe next time."

Inwardly, though, I wondered what he was talking about. Given what I now knew about the Progenitors, I wouldn't be surprised if he had really been victim to something heinous.

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As soon as I emerged from the gate, I received an all clear from my forces - they had pulled out as soon as the Lynx had gone offfline, and were now returning to my underground bases on Venus. Fun fact: only parts of the planet had been terraformedinto cold parts - when the machines went offline, there had been nothing keeping the planet from returning to being a heat blasted wasteland. Only the places where the terraformers had been reactivated were cold - the rest were still heat-blasted wastelands. And those didn't make for good bases.

But that's getting off topic. Back in the void, we quickly cut through the corrupted and Corpus in the tower. Soon, we were upon what I presumed to be the gateway to the Repository. Guarding it was a door protected by an Orokin Cipher. Fortunately, there were glyphs in the area to assist us in breaking the encryption.

When the door finally opened, we walked in and found...nothing. As in, literally nothing! Behind the door Ah was an empty room, lacking most of the floor, with only a balcony standing before a huge drop and an enormous, ornate wall.

I wanted to scream at this misfortune, but my son decided to interrupt.

"Dad, the room isn't empty."

"...It's not?"

"The wall in front of you is some kind of doorway. It can only be opened remotely, and I don't know how to open it. Fide, Kathi, And Synais are working on it, though."

"Did you promise them something?"

"...I might have played the cute card?"

"...Thisnis a situation where using that is reasonable, so okay." My attention promptly turned to my Cell. "We need to go - the wall is a remotely locked doorway, and-"

Melissa promptly grabbed me by the head and pointed me at the doorway. There, much to my surprise, was a glowing light...which looked a lot like one of the symbols in the Vitruvian.

A moment later, another portal appeared in front of us, and we had returned to Wtran's Railjack.

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