Hidden Messages/Transcript

This page contains transmissions done throughout the questline.

Introduction

• Ordis: "Operator, what in the stars could this possibly mean?"  (download, history)

Three parts, three acts, three riddles for thee —
to revive the one wielding fantasy
Ancient gods so cruel, once ruled from on high
Can you name their peak where the land meets the sky?

•  (download, history)

• Ordis: "I found this inscribed on that Orokin Artifact you just crafted. You should check your inbox for more information."  (download, history)

Inbox Message

A hidden message

Operator,

Unfortunately the nature of the Orikin Artifact you just crafted is a mystery to me. I simply cannot fathom its use. All I can tell you was that it was inscribed with the following nonsense:

Three parts, three acts, three riddles for thee – to revive the one wielding fantasy Ancient gods so cruel, once ruled from on high Can you name their peak where the land meets the sky?

Nothing in my database that sheds light on its meaning. You'd think the Orokin would have something better to do than scribble nursery rhymes on things. Oh well, I suppose not everything you craft can be of use.

Ordis, Ship's Cephalon

• Ordis: "Operator, did you enjoy that poem? Ordis is composing one as well, it begins: --A scumbag Corpus from Venus...--"  (download, history)

Solve the riddle from Inbox message (Olympus, Mars)

• Lotus: "There's a strange energy in the area. A Void imprint, an old one*. I'm getting faint visuals — memories. Continue the mission while I investigate."  (download, history)

• Lotus: "The Void imprint... it's old. I see... Worm ships coming out of punch! A Warframe fighting Sentients... shields are* failing... Sorry, Tenno, I'm not sure what that was."  (download, history)

• Lotus: "I see the Sentients crashing down on her, dying in overwhelming numbers. Now she's out of energy, I'm telling her to go but she's laughing, tearing their heads off as they swarm. I recovered something from the memory... a blueprint."  (download, history)

*'an old one' is not actually said by the Lotus, only is shown in subtitles. Same for 'are'.

Craft the Mirage Neuroptics

• Lotus: "Tenno, this is an important discovery — a Warframe design that was thought lost. Have Ordis construct that blueprint, it could give us a clue to where the next memory is hidden."  (download, history)

Claiming the Neuroptics

• Ordis: "Operator, exciting news. Ordis found another inscription on Mirage's helmet. Allow me to recite it:"  (download, history)

To build the one you think witty,
seek the nymph who sang oh so pretty.
She lured him in with her song and grin,
his wife must've thought it a pity.

•  (download, history)

• Ordis: "For closer inspection, I've placed the inscription in your inbox."  (download, history)

Inbox Message

A hidden message: Another riddle?

Operator,

To think, Ordis thought that mess of words was nothing but the scrawling of some long dead hack. You saw more. Now you have the Neuroptics for a whole new class of Warframe. Very impressive Operator.

Exciting news. Ordis found more writing on the inside of Mirage's Neuroptics:

To build the one you think witty, seek the nymph who sang oh so pretty. She lured him in with her song and grin, his wife must've thought it a pity.

I have no idea what that means, though if I had to describe its literary merit I might use another word that rhymes with 'witty'.

Ordis, Ship's Cephalon

Solve the riddle from Inbox message (Calypso, Saturn)

• Lotus: "I sensing another Void imprint. It's dark. I see the glow of restraints around the Waframe. I'm trying to surge the revive system but I can't, I'm too far away. A great, faceted eye watches her."  (download, history)

• Lotus: "I tell her I won't lose her. That I have another ship on its way. She is smiling because she knows I am lying... Tenno, the second blueprint has been recovered."  (download, history)

Craft the Mirage Systems

• Lotus: "Construct the Warframe's component so we can decipher the next clue. Though I must admit, Tenno, I'm not sure I want to know what happens next."  (download, history)

Claiming the Systems

• Ordis: "Operator, another Mirage inscription:"  (download, history)

One more act before your prize is caught.
An ancient sea creature, take a whirl or not?
Look for the monster that swallowed sailors of yore.
Make a mistake and you're sunk. Nothing more.

•  (download, history)

• Ordis: "Ordis has placed all the information in your inbox."  (download, history)

Inbox Message

A hidden message: So close

Operator,

It is as if the person writing these messages wanted Mirage to be found. Within the newly crafted Mirage Systems, Ordis found this:

One more act before your prize is caught. An ancient sea creature, take a whirl or not? Look for the monster that swallowed sailors of yore. Make a mistake and you're sunk. Nothing more.

That's the worst one yet! Though, Ordis must admit, they are clearly referencing something. Operator, you appear to be good at this sort of thing, can you find the final blueprint?

Ordis, Ship's Cephalon

Solve the riddle from Inbox message (Charybdis, Sedna)

• Lotus: "I see the eyes open and the heat blinds me. I hear her comforting me, telling me not to despair as the Warframe disintegrates and I lose her, forever."  (download, history)

• Lotus: "Tenno, the last piece of her... of Mirage... has been recovered."  (download, history)

Craft the Mirage Chassis

• Lotus: "Tenno, that was the last of the imprints. Forge this Warframe in honor of these memories."  (download, history)

Ending

• Ordis:

Three acts complete, the end draws near,
soon Mirage will cause enemy fear.
Memory lost, to be reborn,
This new warrior rises, duty sworn.

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• Ordis: "That was the final inscription. Ordis is almost sad there won't be more. --Almost.--"  (download, history)

Inbox Message

A hidden message: Complete!

Operator,

You have done it! Mirage's Chassis is complete. You have all three parts, the only thing you have left is to acquire the Warframe blueprint.

Predictably I found something else inscribed on the Chassis:

Three acts complete, the end draws near, soon Mirage will cause fear. Memory lost, to be reborn, a new warrior rises, duty sworn.

My theory, whoever wrote these wielded Mirage so deftly that nobody dared criticize her poetry.

Ordis, Ship's Cephalon