Lore Question

[ZydrateAnatomy]

I don't know a lot about the lore other than snippets here and there. (Like how the Tenno are basically re-awaked humans? Basically?)

But I was just wondering. I attempted to play this game a few months ago and my experience was mostly just shooting and killing Grineer, all the time.

I come back a few weeks ago (And haven't stopped much since) and find that I can basically work FOR them? For credits? Sweet, juicy credits. 

I'm just wondering why this is a thing lorewise. Are Tenno for hire, now?

[DeathKoala]

We're in it for the Sw33t L00t.

[Maratropa]

In the faction description for Tenno, some have always viewed the Tenno as opportunistic mercenaries.

[ensignvidiot]

Balance:

 

We keep the war between corpus, grineer, and infested going nice and long... so one side doesnt win and kill all of us

[Morec0]

 And there's some kind of theme of "maintaining the balance" going on as well (but that's an afterthought for most players in-game, and lore-wise I'm not a supporter of it). I prefer to look at it as: we need resources, too. After all, we've started to reclaim large chunks of the galaxy for ourselves - we've got Orokin artifact Dig Sites (see Lotus' quotes about Ruk) and more recently we've set up Solar Rail networks - those things don't come cheap.

[Saisim]

Tenno don't seem to be on anyone's side,  So playing one side against teh other to keep the other from gaining power AND gaining credits/resources for doing it, seems like a smart move no?  =P

[HiroProtagonest]

Balance:

 

We keep the war between corpus, grineer, and infested going nice and long... so one side doesnt win and kill all of us

Actually we try to wipe out the infested. Of course, since this a MMO, that doesn't work.

[ZydrateAnatomy]

 And there's some kind of theme of "maintaining the balance" going on as well (but that's an afterthought for most players in-game, and lore-wise I'm not a supporter of it). I prefer to look at it as: we need resources, too. After all, we've started to reclaim large chunks of the galaxy for ourselves - we've got Orokin artifact Dig Sites (see Lotus' quotes about Ruk) and more recently we've set up Solar Rail networks - those things don't come cheap.

A fairly real answer in comparison to the other two (As of typing this). I like this.

I haven't had much of an opportunity to actually roleplay but this is useful intel to have.

[Aramet]

This started with the event "The Gradivus Dilemma." Alad V defied a contract with the Grineer by secretly discovering multiple Tenno in cryosleep and planned to go behind the Grineer's backs and exploit these disabled Tenno as a contribution to his project, the Zanuka Project. After Sargas Ruk heard about this breach of contract, he started leading an army of Grineer after Alad V and the Corpus to stop this. Lotus told us she is choosing no side, and she would leave it up to all individual Tenno to choose who to support: Sargas Ruk to save the fellow Tenno, or Alad V to stop the Grineer from overpowering the Corpus and consequently sacrificing the Tenno that were captured.

 

Now, the forces of Corpus and Grineer occasionally grow powerful enough to invade the ships and bases of each other, as would happen in an actual war. They offer payment to Tenno to support them, trying to sway our decision. We're not really for hire per se, but deciding who should be winning these mini-wars to keep a balance in the system while we gain profit ourselves. We constantly switch sides, though, so we are loyal to no one. Tenno, I'm sure, loathe both Corpus and Grineer equally, but we cannot simply let one take over or be entirely wiped out. Plus, with the resources we get, we can grow stronger and counter against both sides anyway.

 

Basically we're taking matters into our own hands to control the solar system how we see fit.

[ZydrateAnatomy]

Oh, I like that explanation.

Now I feel a bit less dirty for taking the Grineer's money. 

I imagine as I get further in the game I will re-prioritize to the rare materials Corpus offers, but for now credits are my goddamn lifeblood.

[Yaerion]

A Tenno has to feed his/her pussycat.

Edited April 19, 2014 by Yaer