What's the connection between Dark Sector and Warframe? (Spoilers)

[Rebigela]

I keep finding a lot of mixed information from the wiki, fanbase, and rumors. I understand that the Tenno were the result of exposure to void energy, that the sentients were essentially terraforming beings that were granted enhanced adaption capabilities by the orokin, and I also understand that the technocyte virus is essentially what the infected have (based on gathered information).

but is (or rather was) Hayden Tenno the first Tenno, and the one who lead the Tenno into the "Orokin Era?"

Is it true that what's in the warframes are quasi-sentient beings that contracted the same strain of the Technocyte virus that Hayden Tenno did? The "New Strange" quest indicated that warframes are capable of becoming feral, or having a will of their own, so they must have some form of sentience in them, ergo, biological/human hosts?

Will we ever get to see Hayden Tenno?

[[Meyo]Frakura]

Spiritual Successor.

[Shadowy The Insane Bovinemancer]

There is no connection between the games (canon). DS is a spiritual Prequel because it was originally gonna be warframe

[Rebigela]

Originally posted by Hunhow:

There is no connection between the games (canon). DS is a spiritual Prequel because it was originally gonna be warframe

So, Warframe is an esential reimagining of Dark Sector?

[Dexious Emera]

I thought DE said the Warframe and Dark Sector universe is connected/ the same

[Rebigela]

Originally posted by Dexious:

I thought DE said the Warframe and Dark Sector universe is connected/ the same

I remember hearing that certain parts and things are canonical. If you look on Nemisis in Dark Sector, she has the symbol of the Lotus on her.

[Sceles]

Better not to read too much about this subject before you've completed the Second Dream or you'll spoil the best quest in the game.

Originally posted by Dexious:

I thought DE said the Warframe and Dark Sector universe is connected/ the same

I think this connection has propably been abandoned because there's already a new explanation for the word "tenno" and I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with this Hayden guy.

[Harukage]

Complete the Second Dream quest, Silver Growe too, also read Rhino, Ember and Excal primes codex entries. And all offical info on Stalker. Orokin, Tenno and Lotus have their own lore and have nothing to do with the old Dark Sector game.

[Sithis]

Well, lore-wise, the connection is very simple: there is none. At least, Warframe is not taking place in the same universe as Dark Sector. Yes, there are callbacks to that; yes, one of the first DS cinematic trailers looks very much alike style-wise to Warframe. No, the events of the former have not happened in the backstory of the latter.

Digital Extremes' have had big plans for DS, a lot of ambition and an handful of good ideas - most of which were utterly scrapped on a lot of reasons, time constraints being one of them. Now, being finally independant of publishers, they have brushed the dust away from some of the game's ideas, polished them and implemented them in what can probably be called Digital Extremes' magnum opus, Warframe.

Similarity in some ideas and backstories is caused by the game being based on the same initial ideas and original setting; yet, its history and setting is still not linked to its spiritual roots other than in general, "meta" sense.

[psykosis83]

ok. ive been playing warframe since its closed beta 3 years ago, yes there is a connection. Dark Sector was the orignal "Tenno" where ir origns from, so if u remember that game at all, it started from a weaponized virus that took over its host creating a battle suite. also in warframe look in ur codex for the glaive. it mentions a weapon dating back to the first tenno. warframe now takes place centurys later after this virus or so called as envolved and spread to certain few

[psykosis83]

main charcters name in Dark Sector..Hayden Tenno

[Vulbjorn]

Long story short - physically, none. It's non-canon. Dark Sector, if you'd like, is set in another-same universe. Kinda like Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k.

Long story long - what Sithis explained. Warframe (formely known as Dark Sector) has been in development pretty much from 2000's, it went through many publishers, didn't get any but one - and that one wanted to turn it into a cold war era cover shooter, because they were popular at the time. So DE used some ideas that they could from their original concept and had to build a Cold War story around it, with a bit of Bondiana stirred into the mix (but not shaken). Then, almost ten years later, original concept of Dark Sector was made into what we know today as Warframe.

[Rebigela]

Originally posted by Vulbjorn, the walrus rider.:

Long story short - physically, none. It's non-canon. Dark Sector, if you'd like, is set in another-same universe. Kinda like Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k.

Long story long - what Sithis explained. Warframe (formely known as Dark Sector) has been in development pretty much from 2000's, it went through many publishers, didn't get any but one - and that one wanted to turn it into a cold war era cover shooter, because they were popular at the time. So DE used some ideas that they could from their original concept and had to build a Cold War story around it, with a bit of Bondiana stirred into the mix (but not shaken). Then, almost ten years later, original concept of Dark Sector was made into what we know today as Warframe.

Ah, I see.

Will there be anything in the future to hint the events that lead up before the Orokin Era? There's a lot of speculation, and "The Second Dream" just explained what the Tenno are, not what came before them or even what's within the warframes themselves.

[Vulbjorn]

Originally posted by Rebigela 077:

Ah, I see.

Will there be anything in the future to hint the events that lead up before the Orokin Era? There's a lot of speculation, and "The Second Dream" just explained what the Tenno are, not what came before them or even what's within the warframes themselves.

I'm not a developer, just a volunteer moderator, so for the first question - I don't really know. However, some information that is available hints that - possibly, yes.

For the second one, however - definately yes. In fact, you might get your answere very, very soon.

[pencil syrup]

Originally posted by Rebigela 077:

Originally posted by Dexious:

I thought DE said the Warframe and Dark Sector universe is connected/ the same

I remember hearing that certain parts and things are canonical. If you look on Nemisis in Dark Sector, she has the symbol of the Lotus on her.

Also, Excal's Proto-Armor skin looks exactly like the guy you play as in Dark Sector, also, Nyx's 'Nemisis' skin.

[Shadowy The Insane Bovinemancer]

Originally posted by Reaper:

Originally posted by Rebigela 077:

I remember hearing that certain parts and things are canonical. If you look on Nemisis in Dark Sector, she has the symbol of the Lotus on her.

Also, Excal's Proto-Armor skin looks exactly like the guy you play as in Dark Sector, also, Nyx's 'Nemisis' skin.

it's just easter eggs, a referance to the game