Fleshing out the ships of Warframe!

[Trailgamer5]

And no, I do not mean the Orbiter and Landing Craft. Those are fine as they are.

 

I'm talking about the Grineer and Corpus ships! Those massive capital ships that we slaughter hundreds and thousands of troops in!

For example: "Galleon class Ship"? What kind of Ship? A Galleon is already a type of ship in itself, so you see my point of how shallow the ships in Warframe are. Ships are designated by their Class and Type. A real life example would be the Yamato class Battleship. Furthermore, what armaments do they have? How thick is their armor? What kind of powerplant do they use?

 

My goal with this thread is to give the ships that we do missions in more depth. As a history buff, I can't help but have this need of proper classification of vehicles, ships included. I'll begin by working on the ships already in game, and from there, create new ships for different purposes in the Lore.

 

Grineer

Lancer class Galleon, Grineer

 

Developed from captured Orokin Warships, the Lancer class is the main workhorse of the Grineer fleets. Being vastly more cheaper, clunky and hazardous to work in than the Orokin Warships they were based on, They have a reputation of being seen as Cannon Fodder. This stems from a multitude of factors, the first being the very unstable, but cheap and basic, fission reactor near the rear of the ship, in the "Box" behind the "Fins". Frequent bouts of overheating, radiation leakages, and tendency of exploding for no good reason plagued the early models. Though this has been ironed out by doubling the Coolant in place, as well as tighter security and quality control effectively stopped accidents from taking place, older colonists still believe otherwise.

The second reason being the Tenno's awakening. Ever since the Lotus has awakened the first Tenno, thousands of these Galleons has been left dead and adrift, empty. Multitudes of missions has been held on these ships, most of them resulting in the massacre of the thousands of Grineer crewing the ship. And with each passing month, the Tenno find new and more gruesome ways of stripping ships of it's crew.

 

However, despite it's flaws, the Lancer class does have it's merits. Despite it's price, the Lancer is still very well armored, especially on the Bow and Dorsal surface deck, to the vain of many ill equipped Corpus transports who were attacked by flotillas of these Galleons. Furthermore, it's impressive armament of several quick-firing medium sized cannons make short work of enemy vessels in a hail of broadsides. Accompanied by a small array of Torpedo tubes closer to the rear, either to launch Boarding Torpedoes or Regular Warheads.

That, and the iconic and common sight of it has turned it into a propaganda machine. Never is there a Grineer poster without a Galleon in the background. And the iconic silhouette is enough to make colonies flee in desperation.

 

Type: Galleon

Armament: 40× 155 cm Mark Tok-Chee Smoothbore Quick Loading Cannons. 20 on each side, loaded automatically with mechanical systems.

                   20×  200 cm Torpedo Tubes. 10 on each side, loaded automatically with mechanical systems

Armor: Primary Belt (Greenish plating on the top and fins of the ship): 25 m of Solid Alloy

            Secondary Belt (Dark Gray areas not covered by Primary Belt, also present underneath Primary Belt): 15 m of Ferrite

Powerplant: Mark Shux-Nhune Mod. K Fission Reactor.

 

Formorian class Battleship

 

An original Grineer design that was commissioned by Councillor Vay Hek, the Formorian class is a wrecking ball of pure destruction. Massive in size and covered in Impenetrable armor, it has become an essential piece in Grineer domination. Whenever negotiating with other factions, Councillor Vay Hek will not hesitate to mention the Formorians as a bargaining chip, threatening destruction. Possessing a single supercharged magnetic particle focusing beam array on either side, it is capable of decimating fleets with ease, and with it's armor, shrug off any form of retaliation, either from Corpus lasers, high caliber artillery, or torpedoes. While everyone recognizes a Formorian in it's stationary form, when it is vertical, the massive battleship has to pitch to a horizontal plane in order to move.

In order to power this massive hulk, it has an array of multiple power cores internally mounted, each with a hyper compressed fusion core barely contained inside. Highly volatile and the most expensive and difficult to manufacture piece of the entire ship itself, the cores have the unenviable position of being under constant Tenno theft and sabotage. In fact, non of the Corpus super-proxies, Grineer gene labs, and Infested breeding hives has seen an equal amount of accidents.

Surprisingly, not all cores are destroyed when captured by the Tenno. Some of them have been commissioned by neutral colonies, and some have even been heavily modified before an installment in Relays. Even Steel Meridian purchases some to build a Formorian of their own.

 

Armament: 2× Mark Uk-Forr Magnetic Beams, 1 on each side

                   ??×4 10 cm Mark Nhune-Uk CIWS

                   60× 200 cm Torpedo Tubes, 30 on either dorsal or ventral mounts

Powerplant: 6× Mark Shux-Chee Mod. C Fusion Reactor

 

Balor Formorian subclass

A further improved design sporting a sleek black paint with an ominous red energy, It has an even thicker armor, and it's main armament is replaced with a hypercharged magnetic multi-coil acceleration beam on either side. Vay Hek's prized possessions, he couldn't stop but show these off like new toys whenever they are completed, and throws them at the Tenno Relays. Frequently to it's own demise. It's weakness is glaring, and unbelievably obvious. In order to power it's new weaponry, the power core has been modified to an external Fusion-Fission loop reactor that is mounted in a void inside the hull. A powerful shield prevents anyone from entering, however, the shield generators are mounted on the outside. This weakness was quickly exploited by the Tenno using their new Archwings. And even though it has it's own shield, it was easily disabled, leaving the core vulnerable.

During Operation Eyes of Blight, many of these Balor Formorians charged headfirst at the Tenno Relays, and though they succeeded in destroying some of the Relays, it was at great cost to the Grineer war machine. Now, wrecks of these once prideful metal beasts orbit planets. A testament of Tenno tenacity. Many planets are now blanketed with sever radiation because of this, and has proven a threat to Corpus health. Clean up has been slow, but costly, and many of the Corpus board, and under, swore to get revenge on the Grineer one day.

 

Armament: 2× Mark Tok-Chee Magnetic Beams, 1 on each side

                  12× Mark Uk-Forr Minor Magnetic Beam CIWS, 3 surrounding a single shield generator

                  ??×4 10 cm Mark Nhune-Uk CIWS

                  60× 200 cm Torpedo Tubes, 30 on either dorsal or ventral mounts

                  

Neither class of Formorian is present in any significant numbers to this day, yet Vay Hek whips the Grineer hard to build more to fuel his vile plans, to the disapproval of the Queens.

 

 

Corpus
 

The Manufacturers

Amij Akan Shipbuilders

 

From it's humble beginnings, Amij Ajan Shipbuilders has always taken very ambitious projects. Their first ever build was the Eximus class transport. A record breaker for it's time of introduction, it's many innovative features turned it into a favorite among many companies of the Corpus. It's founder, Haya Bus A, was a man not to be trifled with. He took big risks, made many odd designs, but always seemed to be the one to set the trends. He surged above the competition, and only a handful managed to keep the pace. That was before the Grineer came. Now, the current CEO of Amij Akan shipbuilders is Haya's great, great, great granddaughter, Haya Teh. And she's inherited every bit of engineering genius of her predecessor. Unfortunately, not as much smarts in the marketing department, and that made her company easy prey for Anyo Corp to grab. A quick snatch and grab. She was convinced by Nef Anyo himself to sell Amij Akan Shipbuilders to Anyo Corp as a subsidiary, a decision she regrets and has hoped for a chance to become independent again.

 

Let's interview her right now! The person that will be asking the questions today, a Tenno that does not wished to be named!

Tenno: "So, Mrs Haya. Let's start with something simple, shall we? What is your family's most prized creation?"

Haya: "Why, of course it has to be the Stanchion class cruiser! My father wouldn't stop bragging about it to me, even before he retired! And rightfully so! I mean, twin forward facing laser coils that rapidly fire hundreds of destructive pulses at a single target within a minute! And each pulse has the power of a High Explosive shell from a Galleon too! U-Unfortunately, it is not accurate by any stretch of the imagination, just like the firearm it was based on, the Supra. I'm working of that at the moment for a future subclass of the Stachion." *wink*

Tenno: "I see. Now, how do you feel about Anyo Corp?"

Haya: "Nef Anyo's company?" (At this point she took a good 5 minutes laughing) "An utter joke! Wasting millions of trillions of credits upon fancy new robotics and proxies only for a random Tenno to come by and blow it up effortlessly! Ha! His fooling around has costed my company to nearly go bankrupt several times now, and I can't design any new ship prototypes because I'm pulling my hair out just to save this sinking boat! I'm the only reason Nef Anyo is still in business, between his gambling and toying around with Bursas and Razorbacks. He owes me a lot of money at this point, and I'm not very pleased with him. Once his Bursa business gets rolling I'm leaving."

Tenno: "Interesting... What about Frohd Bek, and your competitor, Ihsibus Tim Heavy Industries?"

Haya: "Worthy competition. ITHI's latest flagship, the Obelisk, has put me on edge recently. I'm just waiting for the chance to show those brats my own design! Then maybe I can get revenge for them raiding my shipyard that other time! As for Frohd Bek, I feel like he's an okay guy. I've even invested quite a lot into the Ambulas Reborn project... A shame it failed." *Glares at the unnamed Tenno*

Tenno: "M-moving on! Have you ever, or have you considered meeting a famous Grineer?"

Haya: "Well..." *Blushes* "I-I did once consider meeting Tyl Regor... he and I share one common thing. A hatred for Nef Anyo. And I'm willing to throw every differences between us aside just to have a bite at that conman's rear!" (She paused for about 3 minutes here to think, her face getting redder every minute) "A-and his voice is very charming... I-It's not that I like him o-or anything! I-I mean, who would like a Grineer? Hehe... B-but I think he's such a gentleman..."

 

 

Ihsibus Tim Heavy Industries

 

The history of Ihsibus Tim Heavy Industries, usually shortened to ITHI, is an odd one. Founded by Ne Sier as a small robotics firm, it was the company that developed the Moa proxies and produced them in limited stock at it's early days. However, due to a sudden surge of orders and the development of more storage and deployment devices such as Moa Cabinets and Floor Pads launched the small company into one of the top companies in the market, and their Moa production is still going strong. Ne Sier used that money to branch into many other markets, such as Weapons, Ships, and even small scale containers. Frohd Bek has seen what an asset ITHI can be, and has acquired the company in exchange to mentor Ne Sier's grandsons, Ned Nihs Sier and Reppu Sier. The older brother, Ned Nihs, is a wise corporate man, eyes always on the markets and makes big gambles to propel the company forward. Reppu, on the other hand, cares only for enjoyment in life and can be seen frequenting clubs and brothels.

 

We've prepared an interview with the brothers, unfortunately, Reppu isn't available. For this interview, we have Perrin Sequence member, Throp Grumm.

Grumm: "Unfortunate that your brother can't join us tonight."

Ned Nihs: "Don't fret, it's to be expected of him. Please, accept my apology."

Grumm: N"o no, it's alright. Let's begin, shall we? What's the latest thing in development right now?"

Ned Nihs: "A new form of Moa deployment method. It's supposed to be an automatic Moa pod launcher that can be strapped onto a rapid fire cannon. The problem with that is that the Moas rarely survive the impact and end up flopping on the floor. However, the latest prototype has been successfully tested... On a certain competitor's shipyard. *Smug laugh* The results were spectacular. Crewmen everywhere were swarmed with Moas crawling out of every corner. I think with this we might beat the Grineer at their own game!"

Grumm: "Interesting... And terrifying. What about the Ospreys? Surely as a trademark ITHI product that it would also be a topic to be focused on."

Ned Nihs: "The Ospreys are of course a very, very flexible platform. We've adapted it to much more than just combat duties unlike our Moas. Serving as automated stewards, sentries, pets, janitors, Automated Teller Machines, punching bags, pest control, target dummies, mobile projectors, music players, and many, many more. The Ospreys are a favorite among Corpus individuals, youth or not. Our latest civilian model, the IBird XVI, has many new features like a completely 3 dimensional System Positioning System, longer battery life, much brighter screen, an even higher speed camera, easy to swap to a combat model capability, and a cuddling app pre-installed. It's a hit among Corpus children across the system. Unfortunately it has been reported to have a tendency of exploding batteries, so we've recalled all models for inspection and repair."

Grumm: "I've even bought one myself. What about your other firms? Spacecraft and ships?"

Ned Nihs: "Ah yes... Our smallest firm. Once a deficit to the company is now one of our primary profit makers. And it's all thanks to Frohd Bek. He sent us many aspiring engineers, shipbuilders, specialists, and market analysis experts to help us with it. Since then, it's become second place only to that accursed amateur girl. Such a dumb move to join with a conman. *Shrugs* Though I guess it's not my problem. As for the designs themselves, I have no part, nor any idea, what goes on there. I only work for sales and marketing, just like Frohd without any engineering prowess. I have to commend his skill too. he was the one who improved the Moa into the Ambulas. And he's much better at marketing at me too. I only hope that I can be like him one day. Another idea of his was the Condor Dropships. Our best product in the shipbuilding business. Good speed, carrying capacity, and self-defense, it's a huge success, and a boost to my grofits. *grunts* If only my brother was the same."

Grumm: "Finally, a question about the Grineer. Have you ever wanted to meet, or have met, a famous Grineer?"

Ned Nihs: "No. Never a good company no matter the amount of intelligence you put in them. They're an utter plague and must be exterminated. I have the Tenno to thank for that, and I'd pay them too, if they didn't kill so much of my assets in the process. Though I guess they can be a great asset themselves too. Remember, with every dozen or so Moas they kill, is another customer calling my office for replacements and repairs. Another group of Tenno show up and destroy those Moas, and the cycle repeats. A very easy few million credits earned and I never had to move a finger."

 

The Ships

Stanchion Class Heavy Cruiser

Developed by Amij Akan Shipbuilders nearly 4 decades ago, this hardy, block-shaped, cruiser was designed as a heavy duty defensive screen for transports and the Corpus's main attacking force. They were designed from the get go to utterly shred and tear apart everything in the front of it, with a pair of over sized Supras, supercharged with wind-up coils and plasma-pressurizing impellers, which gave it a terrifying fire rate, even compared to the hand held versions. Many Grineer raids have been repelled and even destroyed by a single Stanchion class, earning it a reputation as a trusty defender and giving its captains a dashing appeal to the ladies. Though only the Corpus corporations can afford them, and they are only entrusted to captains who have proven themselves once. This reputation has not stopped Grineer from attacking the Stanchion class directly though, using an advantageous ratio of 5 to 1, the Lancer class can easily overwhelm the Stanchion, and a Single Formorian could easily wipe out a whole flotilla of Stanchions without taking any damage.

 

Another, more unconventional, use of the Stanchion is a High-Security transport. Being a Warship in nature, it's security systems are top of the line, with the only successful breaches being Grineer boarding torpedoes and the usual Tenno shenanigans. And being a Corpus ship warrants its inclusion of more cargo holds then necessary. Though cargo of this nature usually comes in low amounts, Captains would usually smother the sensitive goods with regular, run-of-the-mill, goods to maximize Grofit, with the additional bonus that the sensitive cargo would be a pain in the neck to find unless one were to directly hack into the ship's cargo log.

 

Armament: 2× 80 cm Zis XVII Super-Heavy Auto-cannons, locked forward facing.

Armor: All-round: 5 m of Ferrite

           Citadel: 10 m of Alloy

            Shield Strength: Super-Heavy Class

Powerplant: 20× LaGG-XXV Heavy class Nuclear Powergenerators

 

Edited March 13, 2018 by Trailgamer5
Added the entry for Ihsibus Tim Heavy Industries

[(XBOX)calvina]

6 minutes ago, _Draken_ said:

I'm not sure if spending time on this isn't better used elsewhere

To be fair, all we ever see from each faction are 2 different classes of ship in our years of playing, you'd think there would be more.

We can't even invade a Fomorian though. :(

Edited November 30, 2017 by (XB1)calvina

[wolf96781]

@(Xbox One)calvina

Definitely a Fomorian tileset

 

And i think we should add more tiles to the old tile sets to bring some new life into them, nothing wrong with some more love and polish in old places right?

Not all new content has to be brand new ideas, it can be refreshing to have some old things brought back into the spotlight

[Vicsvinny]

Finally someone else who has an interest in this kind of topic :D

I think that there should be more Grineer warships. Different classifications, models etc etc. Sure we have the Galleon and Fomorians, but what about Destroyers? Cruisers? Dreadnoughts? heck even escort frigates.

We have at least 4 different classes of ship for the Corpus. 2 of which seem to fit a more transport-like role, while the other 2 look like warships.

One of them is a long ship, that seems to have containers running along the sides. They can only be seen as holograms on the Corpus tilesets.

The second is a slender ship sporting 4 containers or possibly even habitat pods. Those two I believe are not designed for strict combat

The third is an 'Obelisk-Class' as the Wiki describes it. I see this as maybe a Cruiser, and fills a similar role as the Galleon, though not as Cannon fodder

And the fourth is the ' Stanchion-class' and this to me looks like a dedicated battleship with two prongs on the front, what looks like reinforced hull plating, and a somewhat protected bridge section.

Then again, maybe in the Warframe universe, space-combat isn't that much of a focus, but rather planetary engagements are. That might be why the Galleon is mass-produced and we don't really see any other classes, but on the planet, we see so many different variants of soldiers, vehicles and 'aircraft.'

[Cyriann]

il y a une heure, Trailgamer5 a dit :

And no, I do not mean the Orbiter and Landing Craft. Those are fine as they are.

 

I'm talking about the Grineer and Corpus ships! Those massive capital ships that me slaughter hundreds and thousands of troops in!

For example: "Galleon class Ship"? What kind of Ship? A Galleon is already a type of ship in itself, so you see my point of how shallow the ships in Warframe are. Ships are designated by their Class and Type. A real life example would be the Yamato class Battleship. Furthermore, what armaments do they have? How thick is their armor? What kind of powerplant do they use?

 

My goal with this thread is to give the ships that we do missions in more depth. As a history buff, I can't help but have this need of proper classification of vehicles, ships included. I'll begin by working on the ships already in game, and from there, create new ships for different purposes in the Lore.

 

Lancer class Galleon, Grineer.

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Developed from captured Orokin Warships, the Lancer class is the main workhorse of the Grineer fleets. Being vastly more cheaper, clunky and hazardous to work in than the Orokin Warships they were based on, They have a reputation of being seen as Cannon Fodder. This stems from a multitude of factors, the first being the very unstable, but cheap and basic, fission reactor near the rear of the ship, in the "Box" behind the "Fins". Frequent bouts of overheating, radiation leakages, and tendency of exploding for no good reason plagued the early models. Though this has been ironed out by doubling the Coolant in place, as well as tighter security and quality control effectively stopped accidents from taking place, older colonists still believe otherwise.

The second reason being the Tenno's awakening. Ever since the Lotus has awakened the first Tenno, thousands of these Galleons has been left dead and adrift, empty. Multitudes of missions has been held on these ships, most of them resulting in the massacre of the thousands of Grineer crewing the ship. And with each passing month, the Tenno find new and more gruesome ways of stripping ships of it's crew.

 

However, despite it's flaws, the Lancer class does have it's merits. Despite it's price, the Lancer is still very well armored, especially on the Bow and Dorsal surface deck, to the vain of many ill equipped Corpus transports who were attacked by flotillas of these Galleons. Furthermore, it's impressive armament of several quick-firing medium sized cannons make short work of enemy vessels in a hail of broadsides. Accompanied by a small array of Torpedo tubes closer to the rear, either to launch Boarding Torpedoes or Regular Warheads.

That, and the iconic and common sight of it has turned it into a propaganda machine. Never is there a Grineer poster without a Galleon in the background. And the iconic silhouette is enough to make colonies flee in desperation.

 

Type: Galleon

Armament: 40× 50 cm Mark Tok-Chee Smoothbore Quick Loading Cannons. 20 on each side, loaded automatically with mechanical systems.

                   20×  150 cm Torpedo Tubes. 10 on each side, loaded automatically with mechanical systems

Armor: Primary Belt (Greenish plating on the top and fins of the ship): 25 m of Solid Alloy

            Secondary Belt (Dark Gray areas not covered by Primary Belt, also present underneath Primary Belt): 15 m of Ferrite

Powerplant: Mark Shux-Nhune Mod. K Fission Reactor.

You know there are some other ships, for instance the huge Hammerhead of the Corpus said to be the direct competitor to the Grineer Fomorian, though not having the same firepower. 

But it is true that other than that we do not know much about the lore behind the different ships. 

[Trailgamer5]

36 minutes ago, Vicsvinny said:

Finally someone else who has an interest in this kind of topic :D

I think that there should be more Grineer warships. Different classifications, models etc etc. Sure we have the Galleon and Fomorians, but what about Destroyers? Cruisers? Dreadnoughts? heck even escort frigates.

We have at least 4 different classes of ship for the Corpus. 2 of which seem to fit a more transport-like role, while the other 2 look like warships.

One of them is a long ship, that seems to have containers running along the sides. They can only be seen as holograms on the Corpus tilesets.

The second is a slender ship sporting 4 containers or possibly even habitat pods. Those two I believe are not designed for strict combat

The third is an 'Obelisk-Class' as the Wiki describes it. I see this as maybe a Cruiser, and fills a similar role as the Galleon, though not as Cannon fodder

And the fourth is the ' Stanchion-class' and this to me looks like a dedicated battleship with two prongs on the front, what looks like reinforced hull plating, and a somewhat protected bridge section.

Then again, maybe in the Warframe universe, space-combat isn't that much of a focus, but rather planetary engagements are. That might be why the Galleon is mass-produced and we don't really see any other classes, but on the planet, we see so many different variants of soldiers, vehicles and 'aircraft.'

9 minutes ago, Cyriann said:

You know there are some other ships, for instance the huge Hammerhead of the Corpus said to be the direct competitor to the Grineer Fomorian, though not having the same firepower. 

But it is true that other than that we do not know much about the lore behind the different ships. 

 

It is good to see that there are like minded people who agree with me.

[Trailgamer5]

Added the Formorians. For Corpus ships, I'd like to mention 2 companies. Amij Akan Shipbuilders and Ihsibus Tim Heavy Industries. I'll work on their entries first before beginning on the ships themselves.

[Trailgamer5]

Added the first Corpus shipbuilding company.

[Vicsvinny]

1 hour ago, Trailgamer5 said:

Added the first Corpus shipbuilding company.

Interesting idea, doing an interview. I like how you portrayed Nef Anyo as the scumbag he is. Seriously, why isn't this canon? 

[Trailgamer5]

Added the second shipbuilding company.

[Vicsvinny]

On 11/30/2017 at 1:58 AM, Trailgamer5 said:

The Ospreys are of course a very, very flexible platform. We've adapted it to much more than just combat duties unlike our Moas. Serving as automated stewards, sentries, pets, janitors, Automated Teller Machines, punching bags, pest control, target dummies, mobile projectors, music players, and many, many more.

Why isn't this a thing DE? I want a little Osprey following me playing epic battle music when those alarms are set off.

Also Kavats are messy. Even one as well-trained as my Phantom. Ordis is getting tired of it. How much does it cost to have an Osprey janitor? (That's a legit question)

Keep it up. I'm Enjoying reading these.

[Lucex]

5 minutes ago, Vicsvinny said:

Why isn't this a thing DE? I want a little Osprey following me playing epic battle music when those alarms are set off.

Also Kavats are messy. Even one as well-trained as my Phantom. Ordis is getting tired of it. How much does it cost to have an Osprey janitor? (That's a legit question)

Keep it up. I'm Enjoying reading these.

Better Idea: We finally get Ordis Prime, looking like an orokin infused Osprey that is following you and annoying you with bad puns.

F***, I would probably even buy it with real money XDDD

[(PSN)Tomplexthis]

On 11/30/2017 at 4:12 AM, (Xbox One)calvina said:

To be fair, all we ever see from each faction are 2 different classes of ship in our years of playing, you'd think there would be more.

We can't even invade a Fomorian though. :(

the big ol ship we see fighting Ambulas, and the fomorian

[Trailgamer5]

On a side note: who do you ship Haya Teh with?

[Trailgamer5]

Sorry for not posting in so long, I got caught up in many things (mostly War Thunder and Real Life)

anyway, I've added the Stanchion class.

[Vicsvinny]

What I'm getting from the Stanchion is essentially Warframe's equivalent of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. An extremely powerful ship that is built primarily for anti-ship warfare. 

The Stanchion is designed for Heavy combat. Equipped with powerful offensive capabilities, and only the most trusted and best captains are allowed to command one.

The more I think about it, the more I want to see how much these vessels actually cost. How far back will the Corpus Phat Credit Account be after purchasing one of these behemoths? (One ISD II cost around 145,670,000 credits, and there were around 30,000 of them floating around the Star Wars Galaxy)

Really liking the fleshing out of a otherwise looked over part of Warframes lore, this is all sounding like it should be canon to me.