Talk:Story and History/@comment-69.178.4.97-20140120060829

"Cold and gold emperors" is how the Stalker describes them in his codex. My personal conjecture on this is the Orokin were definitely computers; self-aware AI or a digital consciousness that was once organic (Ghost in the Shell style). Sentients knew they could never truly "kill" the Orokin, through any physical OR digital means(hacking Orokin infastructure somehow). That said, the Orokin obviously needed subjects to perform tasks- others like the Stalker. Kill the important ones, and the Orokin would crumble. Sentients develop the Lotus program; a powerful AI that taps into a Tenno's warframe, or perhaps the technocyte within the Tenno, effectively hacking the individual using the warframe. The final battle ends with the Orokin seemingly victorious. The altered Tenno return as heroes, and Lotus activates a massacre of any high level operative that actually could be killed. The Stalker codex, again, is very specific that blood was spilled. The phrasing alone suggests it to be literal, rather than metaphorical. Remaining Orokin loyalists escort the Orokin into the void and become Infested. Lotus puts the Tenno to sleep, because Sentients want nothing to do with the crazy space ninja technology that almost destroyed them. Jump a few millenia into the future and Lotus no longer recognizes any faction as an ally, creator, or what have you. So she awakens the Tenno, to continue her good work that ended The Old War. Of course their memory is wiped so none will follow a path similar to that of The Stalker. I dont believe Lotus will reveal themselves to be evil. I think they are likely an original insider group of Orokin supporters who aided Sentients with the knowledge they would need to reprogram the Tenno, and still hold a presence within the human community. Hence why their seal is etched in so many frames, and they serve the balance, never allowing one side to become too powerful. With the constant Invasion missions they hold now, Lotus outright tells you the choice of who to fight against is a choice for you, and you alone.