Archwing

The Archwing is a set of mechanical wings (presumably of Orokin design) used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space, offering a potent mix of firepower and mobility to engage spaceborne enemies. Unlike Warframe's traditional land-bound gameplay, Archwing missions take place in space offering complete freedom of movement in three-dimensions.

Mechanics
Players can acquire their first Archwing, the Odonata, by completing The Archwing quest. Only when a player has built an Archwing can they participate in dedicated Archwing missions, of which there are two variants: Free Space, which puts players in open space with lots of room to explore and maneuver, and Trench Run, where players speed down through tight corridors towards a given mission objective.

Control of the Archwing is mostly similar to normal ground-based controls, though modified for three-dimensional movement. keys control the direction of movement in conjunction with the mouse. , meanwhile, causes the player to ascend (relative to the the direction in which the camera is pointing), and causes them to descend.

Archwings have their own set of exclusive weapons and abilities, which replace the player's selected Warframe weapons and abilities. The Archwing also has its own exclusive mods; only Auras and Warframe mods that affect Health, Shield, Energy and Armor retain their function in Archwing missions, with all other mods being disabled.

Mods
The Archwings and their weapons possess their own set of mods, useable only with the equipment in question. These mods can be obtained from enemies found in Archwing levels.

Bugs

 * Using melee or speeding close to some large debris may result in one getting impaled and stuck in the mesh, take caution to avoid this.

Trivia

 * The Archwing was alluded to in Mag Prime's Codex: Warframe Archive - Debrief Excerpt entry, where she used an Archwing to save the excerpt writer from death.
 * The preview also shows a black Fomorian ship in the background, confirmed to be the Balor-class Fomorian mentioned in Operation Cryotic Front.
 * The Archwing was first unveiled in Devstream 35 on August 8, 2014 at Gamescom 2014, and made its debut in Update 15.