BEYOND THE VOID: A WARFRAME X HALO STORY

Timeline of the WARFRAME Universe

The following timeline is fictional. Dates used in this timeline is the author's attempt to create an accurate depiction of events that occurred in the Warframe Universe. I do not own Warframe or Halo series.

Years & Terms:

OE - Orokin Era

POE - Post Orokin Era

Warframe - Powerful exo armor suits that the Tenno control via Transference. They can harness their Void powers and use it in a variety of ways.

500 OE - The Orokin Empire, an advanced civilization that ruled the Origin System, creates massive terraforming drones that can adapt to any obstacle they encountered. These drones are sent to a nearby galaxy, the Tau System. The Orokin wish to colonize the system to expand their territory.

260 OE - The Zariman Ten-Zero, a colony ship, is sent as the vanguard of the Orokin colonization fleet. However, the ship suffers complications during their void jump and is stranded in the sub-dimensional space known as the Void. The ship is presumed lost.

255 OE - The terraforming drones, having gained artificial intelligence, rebel against their creators. Calling themselves the Sentients, the drones return to the Origin System and attack Orokin settlements. This event starts the Orokin - Sentient War. It is also known as "The Great War".

240 OE - The Orokin creates a biological weapon that could defeat the Sentients. The Infested manage to drive back the Sentients for a short time. However, in 165 OE, the Orokin lose control and the Infestation wreaks havoc.

230 to 185 OE - As the war continues, the Sentients slowly recover from the Infested attack and recapture Orokin territory. By 160 OE, the Empire had only three planets left: Earth, Venus and Mercury.

170 OE - The Zariman Ten-Zero reemerges from the Void. The only survivors found are the children, who have gained extraordinary powers due their exposure to the Void. However, they are seen as freaks by the general populace. The Orokin leadership decided to experiment on them, hoping their powers could defeat the Sentients.

160 OE - After several failed experiments, the Orokin researcher Margulis had found a permanent solution. She creates the Transference process to help the Tenno control their powers. By transferring the Tenno's consciousness into the Warframe, they can control their Void powers with ease. The connection is maintained through the Somatic Link. The Tenno are placed in cryopods and sent to the Reservoir, a secure place in the Moon.

154 OE - The Orokin leaders, the Seven Emperors, initiate the Warframe Program. They plan to use the Tenno as warriors to defeat the Sentients once and for all. Margulis pleads with the Emperors not to use the Tenno. In the end, she refuses to hand over her notes on the Transference project. For her defiance, she is charged with apostasy and is executed.

150 OE - The Tenno are trained in warfare schools. On completion, they are armed with their weapons and sent to recapture lost territory.

145 to 120 OE - The Sentients are driven back to the Tau System. In desperation, the Sentient Hunhow makes a deal with Ballas, an Orokin Executor and the Warframe Program director. Ballas defects the Sentients by revealing the Tenno's weakness. In exchange, Hunhow sends his daughter, Natah, to infiltrate the Orokin Empire and destroy the Tenno. Ballas gives her some of Margulis's DNA to use.

111 OE - All Sentient fighters are either destroyed, sealed or driven out of the Origin System. Hunhow makes his last stand on Uranus, where he is sealed. The Tenno then turn their attention to the rampant Infestation. They are exterminated with extreme prejudice. Meanwhile, Ballas enters cryosleep at an unknown location.

100 OE - A grand ceremony is held at the Mercury Junction to commemorate the end of the Great War. Near the end of the ceremony, the Tenno, disgusted with Orokin leadership, launch a surprise attack. All Orokin officials are massacred. There are very few survivors. With no leaders, the Orokin Empire falls.

99 to 2 OE - It is known as the Cataclysm. There are mass insurrections everywhere in the system. Natah, taking pity on the Tenno, hides the Moon in the Void. She also scatters their Warframes throughout the system. She suppresses her former personality with Margulis's memories. She is now known as the Lotus

400 POE - The Lotus reawakens the Tenno. In this new era, four factions have been born from the ashes of the Empire. The Corpus, a technology monopoly run by its Board of Directors, is scavenging for any surviving Orokin technology. They hope to reverse engineer them for and sell them for profit. The Grineer Empire, a massive army of disease-ridden clones, are trying to conquer the system for themselves. The Infested have returned, though in low numbers. Finally, the remnants of the Orokin. These are corrupted drones that have entered an Orokin Tower in the Void.

515 POE - The Grineer unseal Hunhow by accident during one of their excavations on Uranus. The Sentient leader rallies his brethren and they invade the System in small numbers. He returns to the Tau System to heal his wounds.

618 POE - Ballas resurfaces and takes the Lotus. In the process, he removes Margulis's memories, allowing Natah's personality to return. In revenge, the Tenno fatally wound Ballas on the Moon. However, he is rescued by Natah in her Sentient form. Natah returns to the Tau System with Ballas.

The current year is POE 619.

Author Section

I decided to make this timeline for two reasons:

1. To educate new readers. I based the events on two sources: the main story missions and the operations. These events are the foundation for this story and may be referred to in later chapters.

2. To give the story a "sense of direction". Digital Extremes, the developers of Warframe, did not give the players explicit dates on when events occurred. Hence, I tried my best to give certain events a date.

Before I end this section, a word of caution: The crossover will occur at the end of the first arc. Right now, the arc is focused in the Warframe Universe.

I look forward to your comments and I hope you enjoy this story.

Thank you!

- The Phantom Traveler