In the Tenno future, every single person around wears a full body "space suit" that has life support and prevents common things from getting them sick. (aside from thoes weirdo's in cetus)
Like the body eater horror virus that's fucking ever place. And you want her to take the frame that's made up of said stuff and whose job is to spread it around, and do what.. go hug people?
I mean there are faster ways to wipe out the planet. But i can't think of any.
I don't know if this question has been thrown out there but will we see a Nidus frame show up any time. Its been a while since I've checked this thread.
I CANNOT HOLD IT ANYMORE!!! OMAKE - Dealing with Infestation
POV : Taylor
"Alright" Sachrin said as he checked his weapons for the mission, "Who here is new with dealing with the Infested? Now don't be shy because this is one of the few enemies that all sides can AND will target first."
"Um..." I muttered unsettle at the casual remark "Are the infested THAT bad?"
Sachrin looked at me his intimidating Warframe, a 'Nidus' from what I have found in the codex, seemingly towering over me, he looked me in the face and simply said "Kid... I have faced the Infested from when they were first rediscovered... Hell I was the one who found out they had been rediscovered by the Grineer and let me tell you this." Sachrin paused almost as in thought before sighing "They appear as if something took the other factions... and twisted them into nightmarish Parodies, I remember killing infested Courpus when their helms were knocked off... the Infeseted… They are monsters in the truest fashion. Their victims are still very much alive and in horrid agony. So I simply have three rules for you to remember kid"
I tilted my head to show that I was paying attention
"Rule Number One," he stated "Always go for the kill, The living victim of the infested cannot be saved, kill them and they will no longer go after others to infect" he paused as if a weight was put on his back then shook his head and continued "Rule Number Two, Use fire and bladed weapons, Infested are incredibly weak to fire and bladed weapons for whatever reason cut through them better than the other two factions, I think its because the infested compromised the armor" Sachrin stopped to make sure I was paying attention when I nodded he himself seemed to be a little better and finished off with "Rule Number Three, Kill the big ones FIRST, the bigger infested are far more dangerous, while the chargers (Infested Grineer) and runners (Infested Courpus) are more numerous the Big ones provide supportive boosts to the smaller ones, weather it is they regenerate faster to our abilities are less effective, and if you see some REALLY big ones or what appears to be infested machines kill them first as they can be utterly devastating in combat."
I waited to see if he would say anything else, he simply turned to his weapon and stocked it onto his back and prepared started hacking the terminal.
I CANNOT HOLD IT ANYMORE!!! OMAKE - Dealing with Infestation
POV : Taylor
"Alright" Sachrin said as he checked his weapons for the mission, "Who here is new with dealing with the Infested? Now don't be shy because this is one of the few enemies that all sides can AND will target first."
"Um..." I muttered unsettle at the casual remark "Are the infested THAT bad?"
Sachrin looked at me his intimidating Warframe, a 'Nidus' from what I have found in the codex, seemingly towering over me, he looked me in the face and simply said "Kid... I have faced the Infested from when they were first rediscovered... Hell I was the one who found out they had been rediscovered by the Grineer and let me tell you this." Sachrin paused almost as in thought before sighing "They appear as if something took the other factions... and twisted them into nightmarish Parodies, I remember killing infested Courpus when their helms were knocked off... the Infeseted… They are monsters in the truest fashion. Their victims are still very much alive and in horrid agony. So I simply have three rules for you to remember kid"
I tilted my head to show that I was paying attention
"Rule Number One," he stated "Always go for the kill, The living victim of the infested cannot be saved, kill them and they will no longer go after others to infect" he paused as if a weight was put on his back then shook his head and continued "Rule Number Two, Use fire and bladed weapons, Infested are incredibly weak to fire and bladed weapons for whatever reason cut through them better than the other two factions, I think its because the infested compromised the armor" Sachrin stopped to make sure I was paying attention when I nodded he himself seemed to be a little better and finished off with "Rule Number Three, Kill the big ones FIRST, the bigger infested are far more dangerous, while the chargers (Infested Grineer) and runners (Infested Courpus) are more numerous the Big ones provide supportive boosts to the smaller ones, weather it is they regenerate faster to our abilities are less effective, and if you see some REALLY big ones or what appears to be infested machines kill them first as they can be utterly devastating in combat."
I waited to see if he would say anything else, he simply turned to his weapon and stocked it onto his back and prepared started hacking the terminal.
In-game? Aside from having way too many Energy Leech Eximi (because most of the Infested don't have other Eximus types) and having heavy units with annoying auras, not really. Lorewise? Yep. The Infestation is your standard zombie plague, except it mutates its victims, is very infectious and can even take over robots and spaceships.
I've always found the Sortie Assassination mission with Lephantis to be a genuine boss fight, but that's mostly due to challenge requirements and higher health pools.
I've always found the Sortie Assassination mission with Lephantis to be a genuine boss fight, but that's mostly due to challenge requirements and higher health pools.
Metal Fungus Man!!! Best Warframe giving the operational knowledge needed, although screw the infested healers. Those things grapple trick have killed me so many times on single weapon exp grinding by pulling me into the horde.
Metal Fungus Man!!! Best Warframe giving the operational knowledge needed, although screw the infested healers. Those things grapple trick have killed me so many times on single weapon exp grinding by pulling me into the horde.
Remember when they first came out, and their gas clouds were way harder to see and did way more damage? And the event had them leveling way up, so they'd be constantly one-shotting everyone and ruining EVERYTHING FOREVER?
Curse the mini-Hitlers back to the design document they spawned from.
So, yeah. I've been poking and prodding at this for a while now and I'm sorry. I thought I was ready to post the next chapter a week or so ago, but wanted to let it percolate in the back of my mind and more importantly, give my beta-reader a chance to go over it. As I was waiting for that, Coil's POV became more firm to my muse and it wasn't until this AM that I finally felt happy with his part in this story. This was meant to be posted at the end of the next chapter, but once I finished it; this interlude seemed like it would fit better before the next chapter. I also have an Armsmaster and Carlos POV, but those might still work to post with the next chapter since the events in those occur post meeting. Syndicates 5.0's current word count ( for those who might be curious ) is 9,600 and Syndicates 6.0 is currently sitting at 3,400 words. This interlude is un-beta'ed, but has been run through Grammarly. So, it might be somewhat readable?
>Interlude: Coil gonna be Coil
Thomas found himself looking forward to his "performance review" with his recalcitrant Thinker. When she texted him and informed him that she had somehow lost the video, he was concerned that she was once again attempting to run away; so he used a throwaway timeline and ordered a team to retrieve her.
After storming the Undersiders' base and eliminating a single hostile — Regent — the team found his pet in her bathroom, unconscious and resting her head on the toilet seat. Her situation caused his mercs to laugh and crack jokes about women who can't handle their liquor.
Satisfied that his pet didn't betray him, Coil ended that timeline. After all, Regent was a useful and easily controlled asset, and it would be a shame to be without his services in the coming months.
His pet arrived in the office of his underground base wearing sunglasses and wincing at the bright lights in the room. He immediately activated his power, splitting the timelines.
In the first timeline, Coil pressed the intercom button on his desk. "Mr. Pitter, please come to my office."
He felt a touch of disappointment over his pet's failure to react. He'd have expected Tattletale to figure out where the conversation was headed thanks to his power; the lack of any escape attempt was out of character for her. He didn't even need to order his guards to restrain her until after she noticed Mr. Pitter preparing a hypodermic needle.
His source in the CIA provided him with the best interrogation drugs, and Coil only wanted the best for his pet.
Meanwhile, in the second timeline, Coil reached over to the side of his desk, opened the mini-fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. After placing the bottle in front of his pet, he opened a drawer and handed her a bottle of prescription pain pills. "You look dreadful, Lisa. Take two of those. They'll make you feel better."
After she stared blankly at the offered pills for over ten seconds without reaching for them, he added, "Go on."
Coil patiently encouraged his pet to take the provided narcotics. After all, things in the first timeline were starting to get interesting.
His pet grabbed the water but skipped the pill bottle. "Already took some…" she muttered softly just as Mr. Pitter's cocktail began to take effect in the first timeline.
In the first time timeline, Coil said, "Sarah, please be a dear and explain why you failed to get the footage."
In the second timeline Coil asked, "Lisa, what happened to the video file?"
And in both timelines, his pet replied, "Laptop crashed."
In his first timeline, Coil glanced to his guards.
"Take her next door," he said as he stood up and led the way to the adjoining room, which contained a surgical operating table with heavy-duty leather restraints.
"No!" Realising what was about to happen to her, his pet began to struggle.
In the second timeline, Coil sat back in his obscenely expensive ergonomic executive chair and pretended to ponder his pet's reply.
Coil gleefully watched as his pet struggled while being secured to the table. She provided him with more satisfaction when she began to beg and plead to be released.
"It was Tenno! I had it, but she took it!" his pet screamed in fear.
Coil sighed in disappointment. Thanks to her annoying power, his pet was usually much more vocal by this stage. Her migraine was holding her back and keeping her from tapping into her power.
"Lisa, Lisa, Lisa." Disappointed, Coil slowly shook his head. "Why do you feel the need to lie to me?"
"Not, the file was deleted when my laptop crashed," his pet ground out, obviously pained. "Tried to get it back, but— Migraine. Hurts." Lisa paled and clutched her head.
Coil sighed. "That's disappointing, but you must have watched it. What can you tell me about Tenno?"
In the first timeline, the interrogation drugs combined with his pet's thinker headache induced a lassitude that prevented him from thoroughly enjoying the experience. In previous sessions, his pet's reactions as her power fed her data was intoxicating to his senses. The satisfaction he derived from the sheer horror when her power told her what he was going to do to her was an experience he savored. This time, however, the pain from her thinker headache combined with the interrogation drugs reduced her to a very pliable and almost catatonic state. In simpler terms, torturing his pet bored him, and that irritated him more than anything else.
In the second timeline, his pet's account of Tenno's interview matched the first, except for a few small details.
In the first timeline, his pet admitted that Tenno had visited the Undersiders' secret base and deleted all the dossier files except for his own. The fact that she was trying to rebel against him wasn't a surprise, and it was behavior he expected and looked for with her. He'd have been more concerned if she wasn't because that would mean his pet was being sneakier than he expected. The second revelation was that Taylor Hebert was the name his pet had matched to Tenno. She also let it slip that Tenno had somehow counter-hacked his backdoor and traced an encrypted and supposedly trace-proof connection back to the Undersiders' lair.
After putting his pet out of his misery with a single bullet between her unfocused and dull eyes in the first timeline, he dismissed the timeline and returned his full attention to the remaining one. "Lisa, I can see that you're in a lot of pain and I apologize for insisting on this meeting, but it is clear to me that Tenno is a danger to my plans."
Just to fuck with her more, he walked over to the opposite side of his desk and, with great pomp, helped his confused pet to her feet. "Why don't you return to the base or even the humble apartment you think I don't know about" — he didn't even try to suppress a pleased grin when she flinched at his casual admission that he knew about her 'secret' bolt hole — "and sleep for the rest of the day."
After handing his stunned and stumbling pet off to a team with instructions to take her to the apartment, Thomas returned to his desk and logged into his workstation.
Splitting the timelines again, he initiated a script to test on all his PRT backdoors in the first, while playing a relaxing game of Minesweeper in the second In the first timeline he discovered that aside from the backdoor that gave him access to the PRT's interview rooms, all of his remaining backdoors and doomsday viruses remained untouched and undetected. In the second timeline, he found not being able to cheat and losing a round on easy to be exceptionally annoying and vowed revenge on Tenno.
With his pet temporarily incapacitated, Thomas pondered his next move. He needed to learn more about the new cape. What were her goals and more importantly, was she going to be a problem for his plans? Taking a peek at his fellow Nilbog veteran's schedule revealed that Tenno was planning to come into PRT HQ for a second meeting tomorrow at 0900 hours. Thomas was delighted to find the PRT's intel briefing helpfully attached to Emily's schedule.
While he trusted his pet to give him her full report when under duress, it was nice to learn that the PRT also thought Tenno was Taylor Hebert. Kidnapped by an unknown cape group while at summer camp a year and a half ago. Father, Danny Hebert.
"Ah, yesss…" Thomas failed to keep the pleased hiss from his voice as he made the connection.
He had a few levers he could use to bring her under his control. As the CEO of Fortress Construction, clearing the boat graveyard was a project Thomas could use to ensure Ms. Hebert's cooperation. Her profile stated she had a disturbingly mercenary mindset — disturbing for the PRT, but for Coil, who considered such an outlook a potential asset. She could be a powerful force multiplier for his mercenaries, and her tech could help boost the Undersiders' combat effectiveness.
The next morning, at precisely 0700 hours, Coil arrived to his base. The timeline where he got stuck in traffic due to an accident on his second route, he removed. Once in his office, he briefly debated donning his Coil costume but he hated how his skin-tight costume made him look and wearing a mask while trying to get work done was annoying. His civilian, business casual clothing was much more comfortable to wear while working. After taking care of personnel matters, putting the word out on the mercenary Darknet sites that he was looking to hire and completing some paperwork, Coil split the timelines.
In the first, he continued adding a few 'necessary' delays and cost overruns to the boat graveyard project. In the second, Coil used his backdoor access to invisibly join the meeting between Tenno and the PRT. He would've preferred to have Tattletale take the risk, but she was still sleeping off her Thinker headache, and he wanted to get a personal feel for the young Tenno.
"Hmmm, interesting..." Coil muttered when he spotted the Chief Director listening in on the meeting. Ten minutes into the session and he was smiling like a fool over his future Tinker hire. The girl was positively mercenary in her mindset and pushing every single one of Emily's buttons. The PRT was well on the way to alienating the young Tinker, and he wasn't about to let her slip through his hands. She wouldn't be cheap, but he had plenty of ways to ensure her compliance — it would be a shame if something were to happen to her sole surviving parent.
With that thought, Coil shaved half a million off the graveyard cleanup budget, mostly in safety equipment in the first timeline. He was feeling rather pleased with himself when the red-light on his video conference camera lit up, and he might not have noticed it if not for his screen going blank. Annoyed by the screensaver activating and cutting off his view of the room, his annoyance turned to alarm when he noticed the red light indicating his video conference camera was active. He leaned forward and tapped a few keys, hoping that running a diagnostics programme would fix whatever problem his computer seemed to be having.
A 3D arctic white parallelogram with an oscillating ring in the center sprang into existence on his screen. {"Security override activated! Ship's Cephalon Ordis has detected an unauthorized third party participating in this meeting."}
A window opened and displayed the PRT conference room for Coil once again and, more alarmingly, the participant's reactions when his naked face appeared on the room's video conference screen.
"Thomas? What the hell?!" Emily yelled as she lifted her bulk out of her chair and glared at the screen.
Coil quickly ended the timeline.
After his heart calmed, his hands stopped shaking and he confirmed his camera was not active in his safe timeline, Coil decided to re-evaluate his plans for acquiring Tenno's services. She and whatever it was that counter-hacked into his systems was a threat to him and must be removed.
After saving and closing the altered boat graveyard project plan, he reached for the intercom on his desk.
"Captain Kinsley, we have a mission to plan for you and your men."
"On the way sir!" Coil's officer immediately replied.
With his captain on the way, Coil entered the private living quarters attached to his office and grudgingly put on his hated costume. After pulling the mask over his face, Coil studied his appearance in the full-length mirror and grimaced over what he saw. The costume itself was perfect, and it cost him enough, but white was not his friend. He looked like a fucking skeleton, and he vowed to have some strategically placed armor panels added for additional protection.
Yes, the girl and whatever it was that made a mockery of his security would pay for their possible future transgressions.
~**~
Edit: Thanks go out to @Desdendelle for running this through the wringer and making it more legible.
Oh Coil, you moron... alternative timelines at your disposal, yet you're always fated to stick your crank into the meat grinder and making question of pressing the 'on' button yourself.
Splitting the timelines again, in the first, he initiated a system's test on all his PRT back-doors while in the second, he played a relaxing game of minesweeper in easy mode. In the first, he discovered that with the except for the missing backdoor that gave him access to the PRT's interview rooms, all of his remaining back-doors and doomsday viruses remained untouched and undetected. In the second timeline, he found not being able to cheat and losing a round on easy mode to be exceptionally annoying and vowed revenge on Tenno.
