Anthology Of The Origin System

Lotus' Profile: Vauban

Disclaimers: I do not own Warframe

A/N: So this was submitted to me by Geolex (id: 5683514) awhile ago and I just now got around to releasing it. While there was some editing done on my part as well as more added to it, all the credit goes to them while laying the foundation for it.

Vauban

The Trapper Tenno. The Engineer Tenno. The Builder Tenno.

Unofficially: The Drill Instructor Tenno

This is Vauban, focused, and methodical.

Also known as the Self Proclaimed #1 Nightwave Fan.

Born and raised in the nearly-forgotten colony of Ariel of Uranus (which was a floating landmass during the Orokin Empire before the Grineer sank it to help build their sealabs), Vauban was the firstborn child to a married couple of engineers who kept the colony running despite the lack of provision it had.

Along with his younger sister, Vauban was extremely gifted in mechanics and engineering, the only difference being that while he wanted to explore the stars she wanted to stay behind and help their home prosper. Soon, Vauban got the opportunity to leave when a military recruiting vessel came through his colony and he enlisted into the Orokin Army as a combat engineer after passing their qualification test.

During his tour of duty, he would become one of the only few Tenno to face the Infested in combat before the Zariman Ten Zero incident when his entire unit along with several others was involved in cleansing the last Infested stronghold Pre-Old War on the planet of Eris. While the offensive would exact a heavy toll on the Orokin forces, Vauban would serve with distinction and prove his worth through countless acts of valor with his tech skills and improvised weaponry being put to the test multiple times to turn the tide of battle. The campaign would last four years and in the closing months of it, it would be his squad, more specifically Vauban himself, who would discover the young child who would become known as the Tenno, Nidus, among the ruins of a former spaceport. At the time, no one knew how the boy had survived this long seeing how the last remaining civilians were transport off the planet two years prior.

Due to his combat distinction shown during the campaign, Vauban was promoted several times until he reached the rank of Sergeant Major and became a drill instructor for a time after the last Infested nest was cleared. It was during this time that the Orokin Military introduced a new mentorship program where members of lesser nobles families could receiving training alongside an experienced military professional in the fields of their choices to better prepare themselves for officer positions. It was during this that Vauban met the future Tenno, Protea, as she was assigned to him.

Vauban would later admit that while Protea was definitely the smarter one between the two of them by a large margin, it was her lack of maturity and inability to take criticism that held her back, but that is a story for another day.

He was ordered to board the Zariman Ten Zero for the Emperor's Grand Parade alongside Protea to aided in repairing broken equipment and maintaining the engines. Unlike the majority of the Tenno, the two of them had a faint feeling that the ship was more than it seemed to be due to the unusual nature of the engines and how they were restricted from entering certain sections of the engine room.

When the ship stopped at his home colony, Vauban requested if he could bring his sister on board to assist them in keeping up with maintenance, a request that was approved by his superiors.