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Published by
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

Written by:
Matt Hawkins
Ryan Cady
With Cam Rogers & Ryan Mole
Based on an idea by: Steve Sinclair
Art by: Studio Hive
Lettered by: Troy Peteri

Chapter 1

Blinded during the attack, I can't see my home anymore.
But the burning fires assault my nose.
The silence broken only by the wind passing through wreckage.
I can sense the monsters responsible for the devastation are still here.
Even without seeing it myself, I know --
It's all ruined, isn't it?

Everyone's dead but me...
...and you, Tenno.
Thank you, for saving me.
I just wish you'd gotten here sooner.

Before the Grineer.
Who's in charge of this heap?
Captain Vor of the Grineer would have words with them.
We've heard about what you did to the other villages! Leave, now, and we'll --
It doesn't have to be this way. Resistance isn't necessary.

Let's try once more.
Who is in charge here?
I suppose, now, it would be me.
Word spreads. We know of your reputation.
This planet doesn't need more scavengers.
You're the only scavengers here, Ostron, selling history off to the highest bidder.
What're you --
This planet, and everything on it, belongs to the Queens. The Orokin left something here worth far more than credits, and we're taking it.
Search the houses for their scrap. If you find anything older than me, bring it.
And if you encounter any resistance, well -- do what must be done.

They tore through our homes like a plague.
When they didn't find what they wanted...
they claimed we were resisting.
They began to execute us, one by one, destroying our homes.
Mitsuki!
What could we do against them?
By the time we started fighting back, it was a lost cause.
But then you came...
like an angel.

TENNO SKOOM!
Like an angel of death.
Send backup!

We need the Ghouls!
Pull back.
We'll strike again after their incubation.

M-mother...?
DIE, TENNO!
I really don't know what happened next.
Did you kill all the Grineer?
Did they retreat?
And why did you stop to save me --
When you could have kept fighting?

Why do we keep fighting?
A dozen villages, hundreds dead, and for what?
For the glory of The Queens?
Orders are orders, but we haven't found a single working Orokin artifact.
Except for that Tenno...
Captain?

Except for that Tenno, we've yet to face a single true challenge.
This unit has gone soft from months of raiding villages and glorified nature walks.
That ends tomorrow.
No matter how many of us fall...
We will level that village. We will take that Tenno.
Captain, please...
Tomorrow. Send just the Ghouls. Not us.
This is my failure.
They Smelled the doubt rotting in my heart.
Can't beat Tenno skoom.

I must be rid of it.
You forget yourself, brother.
You are GRINEER!
You are laborer! Soldier! Builder and destroyer! Inheritor of the stars!
The Tenno have lost their way. They are not like us. They are without purpose. They have doubt.
There is no room for doubt!
Not for a Grineer.
If it is commanded of you, for the glory of the Grineer, you will raise a banner against The Void itself.
For the glory of the Queens.

We understand better now, both of us. There can be no room for doubt.
We make our final attack at dawn.
The Ghouls will lead the charge.
No Tenno has ever seen them-- they will take him by surprise.
No matter what happens, that Tenno will not be victorious.
Tomorrow belongs to us.
For the glory of the Queens

I smell the rain before I hear it.
What does the rain sound like to you?
What does it feel like?
Can you feel at all, Tenno?
We all know the legends...
"The greatest warriors in history."
"Bound by honor. Masters of the Warframes."
"The last great relics of the Orokin Era."

Even now, I don't really understand...
What are you?
A clone, like The Grineer? A machine?
Do you have a heart?
Like me?

I don't expect you to answer. Maybe you never speak.
Maybe you can't.
There's so much I want to tell you. To ask you.
Tenno...
But the time for words has passed.
Strike true.
If only I could see what comes next...
...but I can hear the only thing that matters now.

Only one thing matters now.
The rain washes all the doubt away.
Move out.
Break him, but leave him alive if you can.
If not, I'll take the pieces.
This is the end for you, Tenno.
Fighting for this empty village, no one left to defend. All gone, just like your Orokin masters.
Grineer...

ATTACK!
For the glory --
of the Queens.

Advance! ADVANCE!

I hear the bullets. The blades. The death...
Tenno...
...I cannot believe it is yours.
I must believe that every cry of pain is the enemy's.
That every true strike is yours.
That every bullet misses you.
I feel no doubt Captain --
Hold your ground, brother. But let us not confuse doubt with wisdom.
I'm returning to the base camp.
If the Ghouls cannot take him here...

I will have to prepare counter-measures.
The battle grows quieter with every second.
Soon, I know, there will be one final strike --
-- the killing blow, and then --
silence.
I cannot see the outcome, and yet, Tenno...
I know you must be victorious.

The Lotus.
I see you, my Tenno.

"Hold on, Tenno, I'm calling for reinforcements."
"A fellow Tenno needs you. You must go to Earth."
Mag.
Just because we have not heard from Excalibur does not mean he is dead.
He could still be in that village, but wounded or unconcious, or...
captured.

"The Ostrons may have investigators of their own looking into the villages."
"Work with them, if you can."
"Save them, if you can."
"But do not forget why you are here --"
"Find Excalibur. Investigate The Grineer. And, most importantly--"
"Stop Captain Vor. At all costs."
To be continued...

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Published by
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

Written by:
Matt Hawkins
Ryan Cady
With Cam Rogers & Ryan Mole
Based on an idea by: Steve Sinclair
Art by: Studio Hive
Lettered by: Troy Peteri

Chapter 1

Blinded during the attack, I can't see my home anymore.
But the burning fires assault my nose.
The silence broken only by the wind passing through wreckage.
I can sense the monsters responsible for the devastation are still here.
Even without seeing it myself, I know --
It's all ruined, isn't it?

Everyone's dead but me...
...and you, Tenno.
Thank you, for saving me.
I just wish you'd gotten here sooner.

Before the Grineer.
Who's in charge of this heap?
Captain Vor of the Grineer would have words with them.
We've heard about what you did to the other villages! Leave, now, and we'll --
It doesn't have to be this way. Resistance isn't necessary.

Let's try once more.
Who is in charge here?
I suppose, now, it would be me.
Word spreads. We know of your reputation.
This planet doesn't need more scavengers.
You're the only scavengers here, Ostron, selling history off to the highest bidder.
What're you --
This planet, and everything on it, belongs to the Queens. The Orokin left something here worth far more than credits, and we're taking it.
Search the houses for their scrap. If you find anything older than me, bring it.
And if you encounter any resistance, well -- do what must be done.

They tore through our homes like a plague.
When they didn't find what they wanted...
they claimed we were resisting.
They began to execute us, one by one, destroying our homes.
Mitsuki!
What could we do against them?
By the time we started fighting back, it was a lost cause.
But then you came...
like an angel.

TENNO SKOOM!
Like an angel of death.
Send backup!

We need the Ghouls!
Pull back.
We'll strike again after their incubation.

M-mother...?
DIE, TENNO!
I really don't know what happened next.
Did you kill all the Grineer?
Did they retreat?
And why did you stop to save me --
When you could have kept fighting?

Why do we keep fighting?
A dozen villages, hundreds dead, and for what?
For the glory of The Queens?
Orders are orders, but we haven't found a single working Orokin artifact.
Except for that Tenno...
Captain?

Except for that Tenno, we've yet to face a single true challenge.
This unit has gone soft from months of raiding villages and glorified nature walks.
That ends tomorrow.
No matter how many of us fall...
We will level that village. We will take that Tenno.
Captain, please...
Tomorrow. Send just the Ghouls. Not us.
This is my failure.
They Smelled the doubt rotting in my heart.
Can't beat Tenno skoom.

I must be rid of it.
You forget yourself, brother.
You are GRINEER!
You are laborer! Soldier! Builder and destroyer! Inheritor of the stars!
The Tenno have lost their way. They are not like us. They are without purpose. They have doubt.
There is no room for doubt!
Not for a Grineer.
If it is commanded of you, for the glory of the Grineer, you will raise a banner against The Void itself.
For the glory of the Queens.

We understand better now, both of us. There can be no room for doubt.
We make our final attack at dawn.
The Ghouls will lead the charge.
No Tenno has ever seen them-- they will take him by surprise.
No matter what happens, that Tenno will not be victorious.
Tomorrow belongs to us.
For the glory of the Queens

I smell the rain before I hear it.
What does the rain sound like to you?
What does it feel like?
Can you feel at all, Tenno?
We all know the legends...
"The greatest warriors in history."
"Bound by honor. Masters of the Warframes."
"The last great relics of the Orokin Era."

Even now, I don't really understand...
What are you?
A clone, like The Grineer? A machine?
Do you have a heart?
Like me?

I don't expect you to answer. Maybe you never speak.
Maybe you can't.
There's so much I want to tell you. To ask you.
Tenno...
But the time for words has passed.
Strike true.
If only I could see what comes next...
...but I can hear the only thing that matters now.

Only one thing matters now.
The rain washes all the doubt away.
Move out.
Break him, but leave him alive if you can.
If not, I'll take the pieces.
This is the end for you, Tenno.
Fighting for this empty village, no one left to defend. All gone, just like your Orokin masters.
Grineer...

ATTACK!
For the glory --
of the Queens.

Advance! ADVANCE!

I hear the bullets. The blades. The death...
Tenno...
...I cannot believe it is yours.
I must believe that every cry of pain is the enemy's.
That every true strike is yours.
That every bullet misses you.
I feel no doubt Captain --
Hold your ground, brother. But let us not confuse doubt with wisdom.
I'm returning to the base camp.
If the Ghouls cannot take him here...

I will have to prepare counter-measures.
The battle grows quieter with every second.
Soon, I know, there will be one final strike --
-- the killing blow, and then --
silence.
I cannot see the outcome, and yet, Tenno...
I know you must be victorious.

The Lotus.
I see you, my Tenno.

"Hold on, Tenno, I'm calling for reinforcements."
"A fellow Tenno needs you. You must go to Earth."
Mag.
Just because we have not heard from Excalibur does not mean he is dead.
He could still be in that village, but wounded or unconcious, or...
captured.

"The Ostrons may have investigators of their own looking into the villages."
"Work with them, if you can."
"Save them, if you can."
"But do not forget why you are here --"
"Find Excalibur. Investigate The Grineer. And, most importantly--"
"Stop Captain Vor. At all costs."
To be continued...

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