Random Lore: Loki

[Vanadium]

So, I like world building lore and I’m gonna write some for Warframe. Starting with Loki, he’s my fav.

 

“The subjects were gone.

 

Again.

 

                No one ever told him where they came from. No one ever told him what their condition was. They just said “Handle with care and report anything unusual.” Children, that’s all they were. At least, some were. Others were so withered, it was as though you could look right through them. They were like…what did the Greeks call them…shades? Yeah. They were like shades; just reflections of someone else, someone dead, from sometime before. And when they looked at you, it’s like they’re looking right through you, too. And right into you…

 

How did this keep happening?  And why hadn’t he lost his job yet? He thought for sure he would be tried the first time they vanished. But after he submitted his report, they just said “Continue.” These administrators, trying to be like the Orokin, so curt and dead-faced.

 

And so he did. This was the ninth incident since he received them. He knew he was part of a blind, but it didn’t relieve the sting of embarrassment, of failure, of insult. Every time he found them again, they just looked at him as if he was nothing, powerless, a joke. He was starting to wish Administration would fire him.

 

The northeast wing hadn’t been cleared yet. He was nearly jogging through the hyper-efficient, grayscale underbelly, hoping to get this part over with. He knew they wouldn’t be found until they wanted to be. There wasn’t much here, mostly maintenance: generators, endless wiring, and drones not programmed to be pleasant. He stumbled over a vent cleaner that couldn’t comprehend that its routine task was less important than this reoccurring crisis. And then he heard something.

 

Cloth sliding on metal, or superceramic, or whatever this section was optimally constructed from. Right above him. He ordered the magleving disc to open the vent access above them. A wireless “open sesame” popped the hatch as he brought an empty crate under it. It was hardly roomy, he didn’t know why he had bothered to look. It wasn’t as though he could fit. Maybe a child…

 

He had ordered the drone to do a rushed inspection. He remotely jacked into its camera and its eyes became his eyes. Speed increased, he hit something. Maybe a snag? A quick mm-scan revealed no obstruction. He tried to go forward again and again he hit something. And then a tiny, withered child appeared, holding its ribs. Why was it hiding in the vents? But that didn’t matter. It all made sense, now. The surveillance disruptions, the disappearances, the ghosts. It was them; this was their condition. Something tugged on his jacket and he pulled out of the drone. A boy was there and then the whole world seemed to break apart.”

 

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Out of all the Warframe designs, Loki showed to be the most attuned to the Void, if in such a subtle way. Though others could rip apart starships, set armies ablaze, Loki could only disappear. And that was invaluable. Unparalleled Void attunement gives a presence and level of control outside the Warframe, allowing for molecular manipulation and even limited interdimensional travel.

 

Decoy:

The Decoy is not just an optical trick. Control of Void energies allows Loki to copy and displace a fraction of its own mass. It is not dense enough to impede but enough that it reacts believably to being struck by blows, projectiles, etc. The Decoy’s awareness is not controlled artificially, but instead through a quasi-telepathic link through the Void that allows for extremely limited control.

 

Invisibility:

Loki is simultaneously pulled partially into the Void and pulls the Void over itself, creating an effect that does not reflect light nor even obscures vision. For Loki, sound is dampened and everything appears to be viewed through a veil. To everything else, there is simply nothing there. In this state, Loki possess no reflecting surface, no heat signature or even a stable density. This middle ground is necessary as it allows Loki to continue to interact with the physical world, while also not being cast and lost in the Void. There is enough of Loki’s physical presence that it can be harmed, so operators should take care.

 

Switch Teleport:

Loki creates a funnel in the Void, forcibly displacing another body of similar size. What physical science remains in the wake of the Void’s abnormality dictates that the displaced matter should be returned, and so Loki and the target simply switch places to an observer. In the case of ‘switching’ with Loki’s own Decoy, which possesses little mass, Loki simply slips into the Void and, using the Decoy as an anchor (since their mass is entangled through the Void), returns to the physical world where the Decoy was. The mass replaced is displaced again, as with any other target.

 

Radial Disarm:

Not innate to Lok’si development, Radial Disarm was implemented as a contingency to allow escape or to create a tactical advantage. A simultaneous EMP and radial cyber attack is emitted on command, followed by a wave of nanites that attach themselves predetermined objects identified as threats by Loki’s onboard shackled AI. These nanites coat objects (generally firearms) in a layer of inert material that prevents combustion or other chemical processes.

 

 

Yeah, I’ll probably make more of these.

Edited September 23, 2014 by Go4tfi5h

[Xxaveragecat300xX]

this is really cool ! which one will you do next ?

[Vanadium]

this is really cool ! which one will you do next ?

 

Nyx, probably. I don't think I'll include a lore story, since with NyxP coming out she'll probably get one soon.