So about Tennocon 2026: I am still processing just all of that.
First of all I want to say I am super excited about the upcoming Soulframe update. Pre-alpha still and its really starting to take shape now. I have been playing it off and on since I got my key a while ago and its a lot of fun but this marks a big update to the story. At first I thought the Ode women who knocks the shit out of the Envoy at the beginning was the Envoy's mother. Since she say "We are family" right before hitting them with the mace. But unless the Tenncon demo is a red herring then mom is definitely dead.
Which can I say, what a fucking badass the Envoy's mother is. Being very postpartum, her stomach still extend, probably suffering from a perineal tear, then donning on armor and beating back the siege on her keep. What a fucking queen!
I had been wandering who the Envoy's father. The Envoy's mother doesn't have the blue arm but their grandfather does. The Envoy clearly has fey blood that doesn't come from their mother. So yeah, I am pretty sure Tempest Bayor is the Envoy's father. He tries to put the mother of his child under the Spellsong and fails, then he eventually kidnaps his own kid on their birthday years later.
As for Warframe:
Tau being HR Giger meets Blade Runner Noir was NOT on my bingo card! But kind of makes some sense historically. Last time we were there it was World War tench warfare, now it 1940s hard boiled detective jazz.
So this brings to some questions:
Why does Albrecht want everyone to go to Tau?
Why would the Hunra go to war with the Tenno when they arrive?
Why does Lotus want us to go to Tau?
What has changed on Tau in the centuries between The Old Peace and current era?
Why does the Indifference want to go to Tau?
Why does Albrecht want everyone to go to Tau?
This I have been puzzling over for a while. Albrecht said the line "Tau is in sight" to Drifter in Hollvania, telling them to come with him. He clearly needs Drifter there for some reason. We know from Loid he went to 1999 to try and out maneuver the Indifference. And while he was in Hollvania he needed "a spark of energy rare in this timeline." The nuclear core melt down that destroyed Hollvania, killed the Hex, and kicked off the Radiation War that leads to the raise of the Orokin, the creation of the Sentients, the Zariman incident, the Tenno, Warframe, etc, etc, pain, suffering, war. So it seems from how disheveled and haggard Albrecht looks that he has been on Tau for a while. Maybe ever since he last spoke with Drifter. Timey wimey bullshit who knows how long. He tells Brysko that he needs Hunra out of the way before the Tenno arrive.
So why would the Hunra go to war with the Tenno when they arrive?
Oh okay so we were all right, it is Adis light that the Indifferent took from the Operator. And what remains for Adis is now Hunra. Yeah, yeah that would do it.
Why does Lotus want us to go to Tau?
Oh god. She made a deal with the Indifference too. Its why the Indifference showed up at the end of The New War. I wonder if this is the plot seed that Roathe planted about the Drifter having to stand against the Lotus and Operator. Because defeating the Indifference might not allow Lotus to watch over the Operator forever.
What has changed on Tau in the centuries between The Old Peace and current era?
We seen that the Bloom no long give the Sentient their individuality but at almost like a drug. And now there is "black rain" that brings the dead back to life, both Warframes and Sentients. But it doesn't say anything about Dax or Grineer bodies. Which honestly could have something to do with them being more organic and having rioted away a long time ago. Or it could have something to do with the how Sentients and Warframes are built. We have no clue what is causing the black rain right now.
Finally why does the Indifference want to go to Tau?
ALBRECHT YOU SON OF A BITCH YOU TOOK THE ITS FINGER WITH YOU! WHY ARE YOU PUTTING IT ON A VESSEL HAND?! WHY IS YOUR ARM TURNING OROKIN BLUE!?!
Someone at the Tennocon relay I was at said: "I wonder if the bloom is the reason Brysko has his sentience." And I have been unwell since. What if the bloom helps Warframes like it did Sentients? What if the bloom brings back the person they were before?! What if it breaks them from their link to the infestation!!! WHAT IF THE BLOOM BREAKS THE DEAL WITH THE INDIFFERENCE!?!?!?!
Just a final side note: There was something so sad about Brysko saying he is the last Warframe. I am certain he means timeline wise. Ballas is dead, I am not sure Albrecht will survive much longer. There is no one else who would build Warframes. (I am sure we will get new Warframes because they still have years more content planned for this game. But it will be Warframes made in the past.) I do think they will be more Warframes that come into existence who were not created by Ballas or Albrecht. After all we do have precedence for that.
As for how that might happen again...
Arthur you better start wrapping it up or there might be some new Warframes on the way.
