Talk:Nova/Prime/@comment-83.252.36.96-20141222175023/@comment-191.249.175.48-20141222211106

I believe that the primed versions of the warframes aren't really their corrupted forms, but rather, the frames that the Orokin designed for them. All the Tenno had their original, non-primed warframes. Once they started serving the Orokin, they created these prime versions, could be seen as a "promotion" of sorts, same with their weapons.

The reason why the Tenno craft the "weaker" version of their warframe is because the parts of the primes are all hidden in the Void (duh). After they betrayed the Orokin, the Tenno that had the prime equipment could have simply removed and threw away, as a form of cutting their ties with the Orokin.

This is just my theory, however. Sorry if it seems like I'm saying all of these as if they are canon.