Talk:Ballas/@comment-24.22.106.92-20160822075524/@comment-81.204.143.231-20160904012508

As some others have already stated, Prime warframes were the original designs for each particular warframe. The voiceover to each of the videos basicly represents Ballas presenting his latest design to an Orokin council. Now, as for the reasons why Prime's are superior; The primes are made from the best materials the Orokin had on hand, but when the Tenno turned on the Orokin, they didn't have access to these materials anymore. They therefore had to make do with lesser materials, and as such changed the designs to reflect it.

As for the individual frames that we find the 'original' blueprints off: Even though we may have the materials now, we always find the blueprints outside of Orokin territory. This would probably mean that the blueprints we find are either long weathered, or were left after the Tenno uprising and thus contained instructions for the variant that uses lesser materials. (Inaros was found on Mars, and was there for a long time, suggesting it was after the Uprising.) (Mirage's blueprints were made from Lotus' memories, and since Lotus isn't Orokin she might not have full understanding of the workings of Orokin tech.) (Chroma's blueprints were on an orokin derelict ruined by infestation, probably leaving them tainted too.) (Titania's blueprints are recovered from the Silver Grove and an Orokin scientist who somehow used transference to link themselves into the Grove. After laying dormant for so long, they may have a hard time relaying the original plans.)

You'll probably ask why we can make Prime frames then? Well, the blueprints we find for Prime stuff come from the Orokin Relics, which are aged on the outside but apparantly maintain their contents safely till the modern day.