Talk:Rhino/Prime/@comment-34114897-20180730040006/@comment-31203354-20181113212744

Excalibur Umbra is heavily hinted to be the very first Warframe created, but not the first Tenno-controlled Warframe. As a result, he didn't have Void-based powers and was less efficient than the later versions. He was also, relatively speaking, more in control of himself compared to the other prototype Warframes, despite the agony Ballas put him through. Later Warframes, like regular Excalibur, who was the first Tenno-controlled Warframe, had far less control over themselves and were mostly reduced to an animalistic, berserker state unless a Tenno bonded with them and helped ease their suffering. On some level, every Warframe has at least a little bit of their original consciousness and personality intact, somewhere deep inside. They are mostly subsumed by the Tenno, however. This is beneficial to them as much as it is to the Tenno, since otherwise, they'd be in constant, unbearable agony. With almost every new release, DE seems to be more and more interested in establishing just how much of the original personality and memories remain in different Warframes.

Also, keep in mind that we, the players, are controlling newly-created Warframes based on the original designs. While each of the original Warframes were created from the Dax warriors of the Orokin Empire, the ones we control are hinted at as being made from some of our Rescue targets, willing volunteers, etc.