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Supercilious_Bucket

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  1. By the way, I know that Liches and Sisters have the Progenitor Warframes' helmet somewhere on them. Well, because Warframes, according to Lore, were made with Infestation, the Infested Quarry could have the progenitor's helmet as their own head. Also an alternative Convert could turn the Quarry into a companion, similar to the Helminth Charger- or heck it could even turn into an item that'll improve the Charger!
  2. As most of us know, there are three major oppressive factions dominating the Origin System pre-New War. They are the gruesome Grineer, the capitalist Corpus, and the infectious... Infested. As less, but still most of us know, after we complete The War Within and get a Railjack, we can start making our own boss enemies. The Grineer have fearsome Kuva Liches, who return from the dead seek to hunt you down for revenge. The Corpus recruit Sisters of Parvos, who seek to become Parvos' sibling and possibly inherit the entire faction. Meanwhile, the Infested... do nothing. That's what I'm here to fix. Of course, I'm not going to entirely re-invent the Lich/Sister system; what we have now works, and so I'll be building off of that. Story The infested are enraged; after centuries upon centuries of waiting for the perfect time to strike and assimilate the entire Origin System, they are still no closer now than when they were first contained by the Orokin so long ago- until one cycle on Deimos, the ancient Infested Wyrm Fass regenerates and... doesn't kill Vome? Fass speaks to his sister, suggesting a truce while they cook up a devious scheme. The Tenno receive a transmission from none other than Father Entrati, who sends his regards and invokes the Tenno to investigate the Cambion Drift to find out why Fass and Vome aren't at each other's throats anymore. Upon arriving, the Tenno are greeted by an ambush of unusual size. Father Entrati tells the tenno that some of these strains are not native to Deimos, and that he needs to talk. In the Necralisk, the Tenno and Father discuss what just happened, and Father theorizes that Fass and Vome are working together to create a new strain of immortal Infestation- one which could bring about the end of the Origin System. The Tenno agree to begin hunting down this new strain, but they must first reignite the Wyrm's hatred for each other. (Now I haven't exactly thought out the rest of the quest, but it would basically just return the Deimos Fass/Vome cycle and unlock the ability to create and then Hunt Infested Quarry.) Gameplay Upon entering an infestation-faction mission of level 20 or higher, players have the opportunity to encounter an Infested Pathogenitor. Lowering its health enough will bring the opportunity to mercy kill the Pathogenitor, much like Larvlings or Candidates. Doing so will cause the Pathogenitor to rapidly grow and transform into an unkillable Infested Quarry before being transported out of the level. After completing the mission, players can see the form their Quarry has taken, be it a 6-legged Juggernaut, Uncountable-limbed-Ancient, or so on and so forth. From then on, the system works largely like a Lich or Sister; the Quarry will infest planets and nodes throughout the Star Chart as long as there's an Infested version of the Tile Set. Players can enter the nodes to find their Quarry's Requiem mod weaknesses by mercy-killing Pathogen Carriers. Completing Quarry-infested nodes will allow the Quarry to "consume" gathered resources and rewards- except credits and a lesser chance of stealing blueprints, as the Infestation have little need for money and pure data. Occasionally, the Infested Quarry will appear to defend its carriers, at which point players can attempt to maim the Quarry with the Parazon, leveling up the Quarry on a failure or moving to the Big Game Hunt on a success. In the Big Game Hunt, players' Quarries have expended the last of their energy to infest Orokin Derelicts and bloat into massive Strain Epicenters which are similar to the Jodas Golem. Using the Railjack's powerful weapons to create openings in an Epicenter's carapace and using Archwings to sever the flesh inside, the squad of Tenno can rip apart an Epicenter's carapace shield and infiltrate it, locating the Quarry and allowing the respective player to choose between Vanquishing and Converting it. These work the same as Kuva Liches: either killing the Quarry and receiving its trophy (weapon) or taming the Quarry, allowing it to aid the player during missions and opening it to trade. Choosing either will reclaim all of the stolen items that Quarry has consumed. Conclusion I know the Lich/Sister system is not exactly a fan-favorite, but seeing as the Grineer and Corpus have their own systems, it only seems wrong that the Infestation, a staple faction of Warframe, is left out when it even received its own open world after the Grineer and Corpus did. Of course, nothing here is set in stone, and I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts on what kind of weapons these Quarries could have, endings to the quest, or even fixes to the concept!
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