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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 5

What what have you done?
The Medica --we thought--
UUuuh...
Hey hey. Pump the brakes, sweets. We're not sure what that thing did to you.
Nuh... neither am I.
I am cured of the Ghoul poison. And my blindness...
...The Medica had seen it as one more thing to be corrected...
In terms it understood.
Information.

AAaaAAAAggGhhhh!
Orokin technological connections forced into my human brain...
...the mind of a dead ship merging with my own...
...like picturing something I couldn't imagine in colors I'd never seen...
like forcing a universe into a matchbox.
I felt it replacing my sight at the cost of my mind.

I came seeking the Arogya Medica
Stand firm, Grineer!
My key to commanding the Warframes.
I came seeking control...
And found instead...
Omnipotence.

The ship... wants me to see... as it sees...
It's too much! My mind... my mind isn't built to...!
AHHHH!
I see what the ship sees. I know what the ship knows.
Mitsuki... if that's true...
BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA
RoooooAAARRGGH
SKREEEET
We could use your help getting out of this one.

Paradise for one such as myself.
GLAAAK
ROOORGH
CHITTA CHITTA CHITTA
But the door will not hold these Corrupted for long.
They will break through, and all this will be lost.
I must leave this place...
Neutralize all threats...
Before returning to claim this prize of prizes.
For the Queens. For the Grineer.
Gate sentries! What is your status?
No change.
And the path ahead?
Tenno skoom in Medica Chamber. Trapped.
Good.

Give us something, Kiddo. Show us a way out.
Too much... like my mind... is inverted.
AAaaa-AAAAGH!
Mitsuki!
"Mitsuki...
"Girl.
"You gotta make this happen.
BUDDABUDDABUDDA
SREEEK
BOAM BOAM
AAAOOOOGH
"You have to."
I see it. I see them all.
Infested, Grineer, the Corrupted... the Orokin defenses failing to keep them at bay.
Now mining variables. Two-hundred complex simulations. Conclusion --
No escape.

Push them back! Away from the treasure room!
Towards the Medica!
Today, we slay a Tenno.
Weakness. Doubt. All has been burned from me in this crucible.
These abominations will not keep me from my prize.
Open fire!

Vor found something terrible. Little Duck.. we can't let him have it. We have to stop him.
Look, sweets, my old man had a saying:
"Wishes don't mean dirt if you're dead."
You're in shock, we're outnumbered and Lotus is gone.
It's time to cut our losses and leg it.
And where exactly will we 'leg it'?
If Vor succeeds here...
There won't be anywhere we can go that the Grineer don't control.
Anywhere?
Anywhere.
My dad was brain-shelved for jacking a shipment of drain plungers.
I'm just saying: the man was no genius.

Everything I want. Everything I've fought for.
Cut it open. Clear the way.
Power and glory to my soldiers and my Queens.
All that stands between myself and that honor is this door...
and the last of my enemies.
Tenno! Surrender.
WHUNG
tink tink tink
BWOOM
WHOOOOSH
Everything I want.
This ship belongs to the Grineer.

Everything I had.
Vor took from me.
Surprise.

And now he's trapped us.
I should have destroyed you.
Along with your village.
My friends are hurt. Exhausted.
Agh!
They carried me so far. They protected me for so long.
Now it's my turn.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Wha--
No more!
No more.
Whoa.
RAAOoOooRRRGGHHH!
Run.

That was for my mother! My father!
Fun thing about revenge, love. For just a second...
...it feels like leaving something behind.
But, turns out, what you think you laid to rest just comes back stronger.
As something else.
kra-BOOOM
The ship is preparing more corrupted. Hurry!

We're clear. Channels are open.
You're alive! Mag, make sure the Gate is stable.
No time for data mining. You'd need days to bypass the first ward. Let it go.
My brave Tenno. I can save him, Lotus. I can see into the Ascaris.
No time.
"You have to leave this ship and pull the key from Earthside."
Captain...
"Before your enemies can follow."
Stand... firm....

The way is safe. Move now.
I could have paid off a hundred rigs...
Here.
You'd need days. It's what I could scrape in only a few seconds. I hope it helps.
She's all growed up.
Get Excalibur to safety!
Pulling the Void Key!
Farewell, ship.
Blind again.

I think not.
One last test of valor.
Girl.
"Your friends are dead, or soon will be. I have won.
"But I am Grineer. I am made of something better-- made for something better."
I will grant you a merciful end.
If you've any last words...
Say them nooOORRRHHKK!

Ghhhk-- No-- Ahhhk--
No more talking, Vor.
My Tenno.
What was it Little Duck said about revenge?
That which you lay to rest...
...only comes back stronger?
We'll see about that.

The repayments on this...
...are gonna kill me.
Tenno.
From here our paths will diverge.
But know that wherever we may go, whatever wars we may fight...
we fight together.

My sight died once I lost my connection to the ship. But the universe feels brighter to me now.
I would reward your valor with rest, Tenno.
But across the system, chaos is spreading.
The war is far from over.
New friends...
Data haul converted repairs and this month's interest, at least. That's not nothing.
Onward and upward.

Even a new place to call my own.
From memories of a past yet to be, you are known to us. You have had, do, and shall have a long association...
with her.
I'm... with who?
By the Unum--
"Precisely."
After everything we've been through, everything we've fought for...
I can't help but feel a little hope.
The End.

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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 5

What what have you done?
The Medica --we thought--
UUuuh...
Hey hey. Pump the brakes, sweets. We're not sure what that thing did to you.
Nuh... neither am I.
I am cured of the Ghoul poison. And my blindness...
...The Medica had seen it as one more thing to be corrected...
In terms it understood.
Information.

AAaaAAAAggGhhhh!
Orokin technological connections forced into my human brain...
...the mind of a dead ship merging with my own...
...like picturing something I couldn't imagine in colors I'd never seen...
like forcing a universe into a matchbox.
I felt it replacing my sight at the cost of my mind.

I came seeking the Arogya Medica
Stand firm, Grineer!
My key to commanding the Warframes.
I came seeking control...
And found instead...
Omnipotence.

The ship... wants me to see... as it sees...
It's too much! My mind... my mind isn't built to...!
AHHHH!
I see what the ship sees. I know what the ship knows.
Mitsuki... if that's true...
BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA
RoooooAAARRGGH
SKREEEET
We could use your help getting out of this one.

Paradise for one such as myself.
GLAAAK
ROOORGH
CHITTA CHITTA CHITTA
But the door will not hold these Corrupted for long.
They will break through, and all this will be lost.
I must leave this place...
Neutralize all threats...
Before returning to claim this prize of prizes.
For the Queens. For the Grineer.
Gate sentries! What is your status?
No change.
And the path ahead?
Tenno skoom in Medica Chamber. Trapped.
Good.

Give us something, Kiddo. Show us a way out.
Too much... like my mind... is inverted.
AAaaa-AAAAGH!
Mitsuki!
"Mitsuki...
"Girl.
"You gotta make this happen.
BUDDABUDDABUDDA
SREEEK
BOAM BOAM
AAAOOOOGH
"You have to."
I see it. I see them all.
Infested, Grineer, the Corrupted... the Orokin defenses failing to keep them at bay.
Now mining variables. Two-hundred complex simulations. Conclusion --
No escape.

Push them back! Away from the treasure room!
Towards the Medica!
Today, we slay a Tenno.
Weakness. Doubt. All has been burned from me in this crucible.
These abominations will not keep me from my prize.
Open fire!

Vor found something terrible. Little Duck.. we can't let him have it. We have to stop him.
Look, sweets, my old man had a saying:
"Wishes don't mean dirt if you're dead."
You're in shock, we're outnumbered and Lotus is gone.
It's time to cut our losses and leg it.
And where exactly will we 'leg it'?
If Vor succeeds here...
There won't be anywhere we can go that the Grineer don't control.
Anywhere?
Anywhere.
My dad was brain-shelved for jacking a shipment of drain plungers.
I'm just saying: the man was no genius.

Everything I want. Everything I've fought for.
Cut it open. Clear the way.
Power and glory to my soldiers and my Queens.
All that stands between myself and that honor is this door...
and the last of my enemies.
Tenno! Surrender.
WHUNG
tink tink tink
BWOOM
WHOOOOSH
Everything I want.
This ship belongs to the Grineer.

Everything I had.
Vor took from me.
Surprise.

And now he's trapped us.
I should have destroyed you.
Along with your village.
My friends are hurt. Exhausted.
Agh!
They carried me so far. They protected me for so long.
Now it's my turn.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Wha--
No more!
No more.
Whoa.
RAAOoOooRRRGGHHH!
Run.

That was for my mother! My father!
Fun thing about revenge, love. For just a second...
...it feels like leaving something behind.
But, turns out, what you think you laid to rest just comes back stronger.
As something else.
kra-BOOOM
The ship is preparing more corrupted. Hurry!

We're clear. Channels are open.
You're alive! Mag, make sure the Gate is stable.
No time for data mining. You'd need days to bypass the first ward. Let it go.
My brave Tenno. I can save him, Lotus. I can see into the Ascaris.
No time.
"You have to leave this ship and pull the key from Earthside."
Captain...
"Before your enemies can follow."
Stand... firm....

The way is safe. Move now.
I could have paid off a hundred rigs...
Here.
You'd need days. It's what I could scrape in only a few seconds. I hope it helps.
She's all growed up.
Get Excalibur to safety!
Pulling the Void Key!
Farewell, ship.
Blind again.

I think not.
One last test of valor.
Girl.
"Your friends are dead, or soon will be. I have won.
"But I am Grineer. I am made of something better-- made for something better."
I will grant you a merciful end.
If you've any last words...
Say them nooOORRRHHKK!

Ghhhk-- No-- Ahhhk--
No more talking, Vor.
My Tenno.
What was it Little Duck said about revenge?
That which you lay to rest...
...only comes back stronger?
We'll see about that.

The repayments on this...
...are gonna kill me.
Tenno.
From here our paths will diverge.
But know that wherever we may go, whatever wars we may fight...
we fight together.

My sight died once I lost my connection to the ship. But the universe feels brighter to me now.
I would reward your valor with rest, Tenno.
But across the system, chaos is spreading.
The war is far from over.
New friends...
Data haul converted repairs and this month's interest, at least. That's not nothing.
Onward and upward.

Even a new place to call my own.
From memories of a past yet to be, you are known to us. You have had, do, and shall have a long association...
with her.
I'm... with who?
By the Unum--
"Precisely."
After everything we've been through, everything we've fought for...
I can't help but feel a little hope.
The End.

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