Talk:Story and History/@comment-98.249.29.195-20140607165801

I think it's more likely that the Lotus is a Sentient.

Why describe a sentient species as sentient, by calling them the Sentients? That's redundant. Therefore we should assume that they're called sentients because they didn't start that way, or wouldn't normally be classified that way. They must be AI. We can also assume from this that the Orokin created them. Think the Geth from Mass Effect.

Lotus exhibits AI-like characteristics, including her 3d portrait, where she appears a human/computer hybrid, and her robotic-sounding distorted vocal range.

I can say with almost certainty that the Lotus is a Sentient, and she is referred to as The Betrayer by the Corpus  because she ordered the Tenno to betray the Orokin, winning the war for the Sentients and ending the Orokin Empire. Think about it. The Tenno claim to seek balance, and the Orokin controlled the entire Sol system uncontested. It's possible the Sentients sought balance as well, which is why they left after the war was over and haven't been seen yet. But now, the remaining factions are becoming too powerful and reckless, even the Tenno, which is why we may see them returning soon...