Talk:New Loka/@comment-216.58.17.40-20141201075807/@comment-219.90.235.113-20141207142108

Well yes, that's the thing, I very roughly recall that a part of an event a while ago gave us the option to extract from a mission early or spend more time in the mission redirecting a ship away from a colony of innocents which in doing so, would protect it from danger. There wasn't an additional reward to be had that I can remember, it was just a decision you were given. That and the ability to actually ignore the Lotus and fight the Grustrag Three when she orders otherwise suggests that Tenno aren't actually bound to her/it as I originally believed quite some time ago. It's also unclear as to what extent the Lotus has us leashed if you will.

I don't know, it's honestly just speculation on my part. The "lore" if you will, is ambigious as much as it is implicit and an overwhelming amount of context being generated is from the perspective of enemies that absolutely despise us. (How do the Corpus even know we betrayed the Orokin?) I can only hope that if, when and by the time the Sentients are introduced, there are more clear answers provided. For instance, WHY did the slaughter of the Orokin Masters at the Terminus occur? Is the Lotus' silence during Stalker encounters a coincidence or intended? What exactly are the Ancient Infested? Why did the Lotus see fit to lay us to sleep until we were needed *allegedly* after the slaughter at the Terminus? If the Stalker is this terribly amazing, ominous figure that instigates the vision of death by simply being near you, seemingly arbitrarily locating you, slipping in and out of heavily guarded military facilities, ships and the Orokin Void effortlessly, dispursing as quickly as he arrived, leaving everyone, (except the Tenno) none the wiser, including the Lotus, why is he not murdering/destroying her/it?

I'm probably severely overthinking it but in any case, it's interesting to consider.