Anthology Of The Origin System

Judgment

Disclaimers: I do not own Warframe

A/N: Here is the full chapter as promised. Now I must go work on my Ranger of Westeros stories along with Wild Master and Romeo Rising.

Chapter 2

Judgment

"I really wish I had more time to prepare", Chroma thought as he hovers an inch off the interior surface of his landing craft, a red-coated Scimitar, "Then I would have had time to change my energy to one that would have been more useful for the operation."

Chroma was unique amongst the Tenno for his ability to change his energy and therefore his element. Unlike the other elemental Tenno like Volt or Frost, he could change his element to counter whatever enemy he was most likely going to encounter in the field by choosing between fire, frost, electric, and corrosive gas. One of the drawbacks of this is that it requires him to meditate for at least two hours before missions as so he could change his energy flow to the desired one. Another drawback of this was that it made his energy significantly unstable, at least compared to everyone else. The majority of his non-mission time, if he wasn't in the training room or on watch, was taken up by him performing nartas, ancient Tenno katas, or meditating, to help him focus his energy and keep it under control, hence the solitude.

His thoughts and focus were interrupted by the sound of his "partner" radioing him across the frequency.

"Hey, suga", Mesa said and Chroma turns to glare at his starboard viewing screen where a yellow-coated, blue stripes Xiphos was seen, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Before I allow you to, I strongly suggest that you stop calling me "suga", I have a codename, use it", Chroma growl, before hearing an annoyed sigh.

"Greaaat, you're one of them too", Mesa said.

"One of what?"

"One of those all-business, no-fun guys", Mesa explains, " The kind whose mind is always on the mission and nothing more, like Oberon and Excalibur. They don't like it when I address them as suga either."

"Did you ever stop to think it might be a matter of respect on why they don't like being called that?", Chroma inquires, "We call ourselves our codenames for a reason."

"We call each other the codename of our warframe and they're the name given to us by the Orokin scientists who experimented on us; a fact that most of you have seemed to have forgotten", Mesa retorted.

"I doubt anyone has forgotten about that", Chroma replied as he monitors his screens, "We are getting close to Mercury's stratosphere."

"I can see that" Mesa stated.

"Didn't you have a question for me?", Chroma suddenly remembers the main topic of their conversation before it got veer off.

"Oh yeah, that's right", Mesa said, "Why are you using your fire breath energy? Shouldn't you be using your corrosive gas, you know, something that actually works against the Grineer?"

Chroma didn't even try to stop the eye roll that followed.

Onboard the Orbiter

"Lotus, all landing craft are nearing their drop-off points", Ordis inform the leader of the Tenno from the bridge, "Operator Chroma and Mesa ETA to dropzone is exactly twenty minutes."

"Thank you, Ordis", the Lotus replies, "Now, were all the modifications to the Tenno's warframes and landing craft completed?"

"Yes, Lotus. Shields have been augmented with the program that will allow them to withstand the temperature of the surface along with enhancing the interior cooling system of the suits. But these modifications can only keep them in a habitable environment for so long before it gets overwhelmed", Ordiswarnsn, "We should once again emphasize the need for them to secure a safe location, such as the interior of the outpost or otherwise, as soon as possible."