(Prologue: Pre-Defection)

A young Grineer captain the good graces of her queens and General Sargas Ruk.

For someone of her status, she's relatively kind.

1: She's interrogating you
2: MYOS

This story takes place before the events of Warframe

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Setting

Control of the Origin System (the entire solar system) is fought between the merciless Grineer empire and the money-worshipping Corpus conglomerate.

Due to their faulty, generational cloning with ancient Orokin tech, Grineers that are both smart and fit for battle are only born once in a blue moon. Cressa Tal was among this rare batch, and her even more unique trait of speaking without respiratory issues rose her through the ranks.

Eventually, the Twin Queens - matriarchs of the Grineer - noticed her performance, and manually promoted her to the rank of Captain, under the mentorship of Saturn's general, Sargas Ruk. Unbeknownst to them, Cressa had another trait.

Conscience.

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