Talk:Sentient/@comment-179.26.163.204-20150128131836/@comment-167.56.8.31-20150130010912

One thing we can pretty safely presume from Ember's story is that this war was extremely long and probably devastatingly costly in human lives and on civilization as a whole. We know that the Orokin knew they were losing and created the Tenno out of desperation, and that Excalibure was the first. By the time they created Ember they sent a transport full of children into the void in hopes a few would survive sane and mostly undeformed, with usable mutations. The girl that became Ember would then have to be trained in how to use her talents, and in Ninjitsu as she grew to adulthood before being deployed as a usable asset. This would entail about a decade of preparation and investment before she was combat ready, and as we know the war was already well underway before her. This was no short conflict, but a bitter fight that by all accounts probably lasted about 2 decades at least. (In context WWII 1939-1945 lasted only 6 years)