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For the Swarm! (Zerg - Multicross SI)

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Generic_Generica said:
I mean it's clearly bullshit I'm just trying to figure out how bullshit it is in comparison.
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Well, they are able to heal (regenerate really) given enough energy/resources (those red orbs), plus their internal energy supply for abilities. They also seem to grow in power with use, but that could just be the Operator getting more comfortable with piloting that particular Warframe. Then there's the bullshit that Mods are. They are also able to take somewhat independent action, if memory serves right, that or the Operator can pilot them in a rudimentary way even outside the pod given they are close enough (as in in the same room). That's all I can remember off the top of my head.
 
Generic_Generica said:
The technocyte virus is really fucking weird. On the one hand a good bit of the Infested we see in-game are horrific amalgams of pre-existing units.

Like the charger, and crawler and Ancients. So that makes you think it's similar to the Zerg Hyperevolutionary virus in that it infests pre-existing shit in order to create horrible monstrosities.

But then we have shit like the Juggernauts and the Boilers and Broodmothers. And infested Moas and Ospreys. And Jordas, don't forget about Jordas. So not only is this virus somehow capable of influencing and interfacing with fucking robots and AI, it's able to create new horrible creations from scratch or... Something.

Not to mention Warframes are also made out of infested flesh, it's very clearly stated multiple times plus we've got Nidus. Except they don't look anywhere near as infested. Except for Nidus, because Nidus is the infested Warframe. Warframe composition is weird too, we still don't know how the hell they're built. Or grown or whatever.

So like, I have no fucking clue lmao.
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Warframes are stable technocyte that acts as a channel for the users power, there was a single player game where the main character got infected with an early version of the technocyte nano virus (it's something between nanotech and an organic virus IIRC, it built metallic armour on him and made him a weapon), the guy was only stable because he didn't feel pain, though there was another dude that had a stable transformation and he could feel pain, almost everybody else went insane and started mutating wildly.

And yes that game has been stated to be the prologue/precursor to Warframe, the main characters name is engraved on some of the older frames themselves.
 
shade argost said:
Warframes are stable technocyte that acts as a channel for the users power, there was a single player game where the main character got infected with an early version of the technocyte nano virus (it's something between nanotech and an organic virus IIRC, it built metallic armour on him and made him a weapon), the guy was only stable because he didn't feel pain, though there was another dude that had a stable transformation and he could feel pain, almost everybody else went insane and started mutating wildly.

And yes that game has been stated to be the prologue/precursor to Warframe, the main characters name is engraved on some of the older frames themselves.
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What is this game? I need to know for legitimate research purposes. Which is to say, I find Warframe's lore much too far up it's own ass for me to work with reliably, so a game that is, officially, a prequel to Warframe likely has more usable information, lore-wise, than Warframe proper. I mean, Zanuka is enough for me to make a sizable fic outline from, and Endo makes for some interesting possibilities regarding the Prime gear, but actual storyline stuff is very recent as a thing that you see in game.

Same issue with Destiny, too. I mean, they make you grab DLC more frequently than WoW or Everquest to keep playing with the majority of the playerbase, then lock out a demographic of players by having the lore so far up it's own ass that you literally have to go to a web site, log in, and then decipher vague as hell excerpts of off screen events and outright poems to get any clue about what the hell is going on in the game.

So Destiny is basically just a pretentious multiplayer focused ripoff of Borderlands, for most people's practical experience, locking out those who give a damn about lore and roleplay, two things that made WoW such a juggernaut in gaming, and expect to have a massive playerbase willing to pay out the ass for Everquest grade DLC spam. Same skinnerbox of shoot-and-loot, same infusion of RPG elements into a primary shooter.
 
Morphic Tide said:
What is this game? I need to know for legitimate research purposes. Which is to say, I find Warframe's lore much too far up it's own ass for me to work with reliably, so a game that is, officially, a prequel to Warframe likely has more usable information, lore-wise, than Warframe proper. I mean, Zanuka is enough for me to make a sizable fic outline from, and Endo makes for some interesting possibilities regarding the Prime gear, but actual storyline stuff is very recent as a thing that you see in game.
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Don't remember the name of it and I don't think you would get as much help from it as you think, it's very far back in the settings timeline.
 
It's called Dark Sector, and it's actually not canon to Warframe. It's the spiritual predecessor, though - DE have stated that Warframe is the game they wanted Dark Sector to be, and if you watch the Dark Sector trailer and compare that to Warframe footage, it's not hard to see how that happened.
 
More like- they noticed everyone wanted to know more about Hayden, as the hype rose, and used the cash they earned on Warframe, to get some more cash.
Then they did THAT game.

Not like everyone wanted technoninja and plot it tall golden towers in dimensional pockets...
 
Congratulations, Generica, you have addicted me to Starcrafts.

Also, I think this is probably the most dangerous universe possible for the Overmind, Tenno are built for killing singular, high value targets with an enormous amount of Void Bullshit while cutting down mook hordes.

I'd suggest trying to bribe them with weaponry and shiny things, Tenno like shiny things.

And for the love of all that's holy don't fight the Infestation, it'll end up like the New Devourer at the worst.
 
ArchAIngel said:
I think this is probably the most dangerous universe possible for the Overmind
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Sounds like a challenge. :p

At least the Tenno (probably) won't shoot first. There should be ample time to negotiate. As for technocyte, it's just a nanoassembler. You should be able to evolve some sort of immunity or adaptation to it, since Zerg evolution is BS. Alternatively, you might be able to just assume control of the hivemind. I doubt their psionics are much compared to yours.

The Grineer were studying it in the mission 'Once Awake' which implies that they woke it up. Personally, I think that the Orokin used it to build their ships/stations/armor, the Grineer misunderstood it as a direct weapon, and they thought to themselves "Why does this thing have safeties on it? Deleted!"
 
Arafell said:
Sounds like a challenge. :p

At least the Tenno (probably) won't shoot first. There should be ample time to negotiate. As for technocyte, it's just a nanoassembler. You should be able to evolve some sort of immunity or adaptation to it, since Zerg evolution is BS. Alternatively, you might be able to just assume control of the hivemind. I doubt their psionics are much compared to yours.

The Grineer were studying it in the mission 'Once Awake' which implies that they woke it up. Personally, I think that the Orokin used it to build their ships/stations/armor, the Grineer misunderstood it as a direct weapon, and they thought to themselves "Why does this thing have safeties on it? Deleted!"
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That makes a horrible amount of sense given the particular style of idiot ball the Grineer seem to carry around.
 
Arafell said:
The Grineer were studying it in the mission 'Once Awake' which implies that they woke it up. Personally, I think that the Orokin used it to build their ships/stations/armor, the Grineer misunderstood it as a direct weapon, and they thought to themselves "Why does this thing have safeties on it? Deleted!"
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Except that we know the Infestation was a weapon that the Orokin tried to use against the Sentients. Both from the lore, and the Derelict, which is an ancient Orokin vessel messed up by the Infestation.
(Though the Infestion we see released is a lot more virulent than what's on the derelict.)
 
ltmauve said:
Except that we know the Infestation was a weapon that the Orokin tried to use against the Sentients. Both from the lore, and the Derelict, which is an ancient Orokin vessel messed up by the Infestation.
(Though the Infestion we see released is a lot more virulent than what's on the derelict.)
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True. I doubt the Orokin programmed it to rampage like it does in modern Warframe. They had a mastery of the technocyte, enough to use it to assemble the WF part of the Tenno. They may have started using it in a scientific/industrial fashion, but the feeling I got from their war against the Sentients was that they were reaching for every weapon they possibly could.
 
"What's that, a cathedral in space... wha...? With skulls and stars and blood and bits and...it's warhammer...WARHAMMER!!!.............
BLOOD FOR THE BLOODGOD!"
 
Anonnermus said:
Nah, for the most part the zergforms aren't berserkers, for the same reason most Tyranid bio forms aren't berserkers - it takes a mental component they simply do t have.
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Eh, just pump them full of adrenaline and you got a pretty good berserker. Isn't that one of the upgrades for zerglings? Adrenaline glands, increased attack speed.
 
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