Talk:Tenno/@comment-6326483-20130609075650/@comment-65.49.2.188-20130612154344

I've wondered the same actually, and I think its both. A good example is the Braton, which if I understand correctly, is a Tenno manufactured rifle, but seems to resemble corpus technology and aesthetics, suggesting components of both. Also, the Latron and Lato both have Prime versions based on Orokin technology, so its possible that the base models are purely Tenno ingenuity, or possibly The Lotus', since she/they seem to run intel for the Tenno.

Warframes themselves seem to be completely Orokin technology, I got the impression that Primes would have been frames completely built with Orokin components while the rest were jury rigged using substituted parts over time. As to Grineer and Corpus Warframes, one of the planets mentions Corpus 'Frame R&D and the Grineer, as mentioned before, already have partially integrated Orokin Warframe technology into their armor, as have the Infested. Phorid may have consumed a Nyx frame, which would make sense considering it uses her powers and drops her blueprints, similar to Kril. However, I always imagined that the Tenno would simply steal enemy Warframe research and modify it to their own specifications, which would lead to player controlled Grineer and Corpus based Warframes, and possibly and Infested Biotech frame.

However, most of this is just me speculating and will probably be at least partially wrong, especially on my daydreams of enemy inspired Warframes.