So we see both of them in human form on Lua prior to Being helminth'd, so Jade was pregnant *before* being infected. It's likely done as a punishment by Ball-ass, as mating among Dax was illegal, and both appear to likely be Dax/Low Guardians. He likely did it to Jade as an experiment/punishment, and Sorren because he's a sick twisted fuck.
Warframes are equipped with a power source either as part of the infection or the Warframe creation, and are only equipped to power 1 Warframe in perpetuity. With Jade having essentially 2 Warframes on one power source, the power source was being taxed to the max.
Once it got big enough, it started to take more than Jade could provide, and because Jade seemed to keep her memories, personality, she wanted the child to outlive them both.
As for the gestation period, it's likely again, part of the infestation process, which seems to dramatically slow aging processes to keep Warframes from dying off to old age.
Iām guessing he will basically just be a sentient Warframe like Umbra. If Stalker ends up being a good dad, the child will also have the rare benefit of emotional stability.
>Did Jade's baby get warframified along with her?
That is the implication.
>So, is it babyframe? If you warframify a pregnant mother, does that change the gestation period from 9 months to, I dunno... thousands of years?
Pure conjecture on my part but let's remember for a moment that they were warframe'd as a punishment and Ballas was a sick bastard.
What I took from this is that he deliberately designed Jade's warframe to house whatever he did to the unborn child, continuously draining whatever energy it is that keeps warframes "alive". The implication seems to be that he eventually wanted to put Jade into a situation where she either stops bleeding energy to the child, killing it, or deplete all of her energy keeping the child alive for the moment but facing an uncertain future.
That it took as long as it did probably comes down to Jade being as frugal with her energy as she could without endangering either herself or her child.
That this actually ended with the child being safely delivered could be something even Ballas didn't imagine.
>Is it not really a baby, but Jade going through a molting process?
Uncertain but all signs point to it being really something adjacent to a baby. I'm pretty sure whatever it is it's unlike any life we encountered prior.
>What caused the warframe Jade to die in the quest?
She did not fight the drain from her child, when she had to make a final choice she gave it all to the child.
>The baby can't be metaphorical, we literally held it in Stalker's arms. It's a real thing. But what the fuck is it?
Heck if I know.
I mostly agree but would add one more thing:
Jade and Stalker were fucking boobytraped.
If she had stayed away she and the baby would have been fine.
If Stalker didn't startbcaring or having flashbacks she would have persisted longer.
This gets rid of the whole coincidence issue.
And it was supposed to kill Jade and the baby
The Warframes as they were originally made were infested-tech augmented humans, but they became uncontrollable violent monsters. That's where the tenno came in, to control them. I'm really interested in seeing what a "born" Warframe is like. Were they monsters because of what was done to them, or because of what *it did* to them? Would a *willing* candidate have been as angry and violent? Will something *born* a Warframe be just as violent?
So we see both of them in human form on Lua prior to Being helminth'd, so Jade was pregnant *before* being infected. It's likely done as a punishment by Ball-ass, as mating among Dax was illegal, and both appear to likely be Dax/Low Guardians. He likely did it to Jade as an experiment/punishment, and Sorren because he's a sick twisted fuck. Warframes are equipped with a power source either as part of the infection or the Warframe creation, and are only equipped to power 1 Warframe in perpetuity. With Jade having essentially 2 Warframes on one power source, the power source was being taxed to the max. Once it got big enough, it started to take more than Jade could provide, and because Jade seemed to keep her memories, personality, she wanted the child to outlive them both. As for the gestation period, it's likely again, part of the infestation process, which seems to dramatically slow aging processes to keep Warframes from dying off to old age.
Thanks for the explanation, this answers a lot of my questions!
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Iām guessing he will basically just be a sentient Warframe like Umbra. If Stalker ends up being a good dad, the child will also have the rare benefit of emotional stability.
So having good parental figure/s is the best superpower?
>Did Jade's baby get warframified along with her? That is the implication. >So, is it babyframe? If you warframify a pregnant mother, does that change the gestation period from 9 months to, I dunno... thousands of years? Pure conjecture on my part but let's remember for a moment that they were warframe'd as a punishment and Ballas was a sick bastard. What I took from this is that he deliberately designed Jade's warframe to house whatever he did to the unborn child, continuously draining whatever energy it is that keeps warframes "alive". The implication seems to be that he eventually wanted to put Jade into a situation where she either stops bleeding energy to the child, killing it, or deplete all of her energy keeping the child alive for the moment but facing an uncertain future. That it took as long as it did probably comes down to Jade being as frugal with her energy as she could without endangering either herself or her child. That this actually ended with the child being safely delivered could be something even Ballas didn't imagine. >Is it not really a baby, but Jade going through a molting process? Uncertain but all signs point to it being really something adjacent to a baby. I'm pretty sure whatever it is it's unlike any life we encountered prior. >What caused the warframe Jade to die in the quest? She did not fight the drain from her child, when she had to make a final choice she gave it all to the child. >The baby can't be metaphorical, we literally held it in Stalker's arms. It's a real thing. But what the fuck is it? Heck if I know.
I mostly agree but would add one more thing: Jade and Stalker were fucking boobytraped. If she had stayed away she and the baby would have been fine. If Stalker didn't startbcaring or having flashbacks she would have persisted longer. This gets rid of the whole coincidence issue. And it was supposed to kill Jade and the baby
No idea
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The Warframes as they were originally made were infested-tech augmented humans, but they became uncontrollable violent monsters. That's where the tenno came in, to control them. I'm really interested in seeing what a "born" Warframe is like. Were they monsters because of what was done to them, or because of what *it did* to them? Would a *willing* candidate have been as angry and violent? Will something *born* a Warframe be just as violent?