Release Date: June 11, 2020
Echoing rebirth to blossom anew, the combat gadgeteer Protea devises her stratagems through borrowed time. Flourish and seed the perimeter with lacerating shrapnel, or reinforce shield defenses to weather the onslaught. Assault and skirmish with plasmic blasts, rapidly incinerating foes under laser focus. Endure through attrition by dispensing vital supplies, whilst drawing strength from her past to secure the future. Protea returned in Update 28: The Deadlock Protocol.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 25,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 1 |
 3 |
Time: 72 hrs |
Rush:  50
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| Market Price: 325
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Blueprint Price: N/A | ||||
| Chassis
| |||||
15,000 |
 20,000 |
 2,750 |
 550 |
 12 |
Time: 12 hrs |
| Rush: 25
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| Neuroptics
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15,000 |
 11,500 |
 5,150 |
 1,250 |
 5 |
Time: 12 hrs |
| Rush: 25
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| Systems
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15,000 |
 13,400 |
 1,000 |
 3,500 |
 10 |
Time: 12 hrs |
| Rush: 25
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Acquisition
Protea's main blueprint is rewarded upon completion of The Deadlock Protocol quest. Component blueprints can be acquired from within the Granum Void, a special location only accessible from the Corpus Ship tileset. Neuroptic blueprints come from Rotation C of the basic Granum Void, Chassis blueprints from Rotation C of Extended Granum Void, and the System blueprints from Rotation C of the Nightmare Granum Void.
| Item | Source | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Granum Void / C | 11.11% | ~ 9 C Rotations | 58 ± 19 C Rotations |
| Systems Blueprint |
Nightmare Granum Void / C | 11.11% | ~ 9 C Rotations | 58 ± 19 C Rotations |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Extended Granum Void / C | 11.11% | ~ 9 C Rotations | 58 ± 19 C Rotations |
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Lore
Protea was assigned to be the bodyguard of Parvos Granum, the Founder of the Corpus, as part of a deal he made with the Orokin. A Corpus Board of Director attempted to assassinate Granum by sabotaging his transport's Void drive, but was saved by Protea's time manipulation abilities, trapping him in a temporal prison within the Void.
As of recent, the Corpus power structure has been declining, with the Board of Directors continuously reaching a voting impasse. Nef Anyo invokes The Deadlock Protocol, a contingency initiative to instate a successor to the Founder. Seeking to prove that he himself is the genetic heir of Parvos Granum, Nef Anyo seeks to locate the Founder by tracing Protea, using Solaris workers a sacrifice for Void-temporal jumps to reach the Granum Void.
In an effort to thwart Nef Anyo's plans, the Tenno aids Solaris United and gets to the Granum Void before Nef Anyo's henchmen do. There, they discover a well-alive Parvos Granum, and Protea who has become but a Specter of herself. The Warframe Specter, reinvigorated by her kin, turns hostile and attacks the Tenno and Nef Anyo's fleet with an army of Errant Specters; Parvos Granum reveals that he had been using Nef Anyo in order to summon the Tenno to his domain.
Angered by Parvos Granum's deception and the threat of the Protea Specter, Nef Anyo calls truce with Solaris United and delivers the Tenno the blueprint to the 
Xoris, a glaive fashioned with Parvos Granum's Specter Particle Theory. The Tenno are able to reach the Granum Void once more and use the Xoris to save the trapped Solaris workers and defeat the Protea Specter.
Trivia
- Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also known as sugarbushes, which is named after Proteus, the Greek warden of sea beasts who could shape-shift at will.
- In this sense, Protea could probably mean versatile or ever-changing, reflecting her versatility.
- Prior to Devstream 137, she had a placeholder name called Odalisk.
- Odalisk probably comes from an Ottoman Turkish word odalık, which can be transliterated into odalisk, which is historically a chambermaid who served in the household of the Ottoman sultan.
- Protea's appearance seems to be inspired by historical odalık outfits.
- Protea is the fifth Warframe to receive a custom dodge animation, alongside
Limbo, Hildryn, Wisp, and Titania Prime. Her dodge animation is also unique since Protea performs a handless cartwheel rather than a dash. - Protea is also one of the Warframes whose model would change upon using abilities, with the gadgets on her utility belt temporarily removed when deployed.
- All of Protea's gadgets are affected by her Appearance colors. Shrapnel grenades, shield satellites, artillery turret, and supply cache each have unique models with compacted and deployed versions, as well as customized animations.
- Shrapnel and shield grenades from Grenade Fan are stored away in Protea's thighs, behind the side pouches of the utility belt.
- Grenades appear frequently throughout Protea's idle animations in various forms, from being rolled along Protea's arms and shoulders, to being juggled hackysack-style, or hit hockey-style when speargun primary weapons are equipped.
- Blaze Artillery turret and Dispensary supply cache deploying animations cause them to unfold from compact state in a transformation sequence.
- The supply cache was originally holstered on Protea's spine when not in use. Later in development, it was moved to the back of the utility belt to make room for Syandanas.
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- Protea and Vauban were often referred to by the developers as close relatives, likely as a nod to their technology-themed abilities.
- Protea is the first Warframe with a built-in universal Aura polarity.
