#since the main way getting rep with this syndicate would work *is* by trading warframe blueprints/components/misc. resources!

[deathbounded]

take 2 of of this so. here is my concept for an implementation of more umbra warframes - the umbral transference bolts. comments and criticism much welcomed!!

[cw for removing consciousness / autonomy of another being]

to unlock the crafting recipe for an umbral bolt, you need to complete a “research order” (syndicate service). this requires you to supply: warframe blueprints, crafted components, and resources. once the research order is completed - you have to check back in after a few days - you can buy a copy of the blueprint and craft it yourself. once it’s installed, you have to level up the bolt in a similar manner to the incarnon weapons for the warframe’s full sentience to be unlocked. once this process is completed, the warframe will be able to act on it’s own without transference control.

once a warframe has an umbral bolt installed, they cannot be sold or subsumed. the umbral bolt can be removed, but it is very much at a “you are going to pay for this decision” way: attempting to removed the bolt initiates a lich system like sequence. but rather than the warframe stealing resources from you which can recover once you subdue it, you have to spend a lot of resources in order to subdue it (the warframe’s slot is still counted as “occupied” in the meantime), on top of having  a cut of all resources earned taken from each mission (as a “you caused this new hostile forces so you have to fund the mitigation effort by others until you gather enough resources to handle it yourself”). yeah, the cost is super high, but that’s the point! removing the sentience of another being isn’t supposed to be rewarding!!