Corpus

"They'll have plenty of Robotics. Corpus never fight for themselves."

- The Operator

The Corpus is a faction encountered in the game Warframe. They are the second enemy group encountered by the player in the Origin System. They are a conglomeration of plutocratic commercial and industrial interests unified by a single trade language and a common goal - the acquisition and trading of ancient Orokin technologies and Warframes.

Background
The Corpus are a dominating proto-corporation of humans that maintain and operate the trade routes of the Solar Rails. They are rarely seen by others and are better known for the robot proxies that server for them. The social structure of the Corpus is said to reflect ancient mercantile guilds from the Old Earth. Their production methods and ritual, in-part, because the ancient Orokin materials they use are inscrutable to them. They control the entire supply chains of goods that flow through the solar system.

The Corpus view Orokin artifacts as resources to be exploited for profit- at any cost.

Relations with Grineer
It is stated by Darvo that the Corpus has worked with the Grineer into selling technologies to them to support their degrading bodies, however tensions risen at an all time high following the Corpus stockpiling resources for their own use while raising prices on those bought by the Grineer.

In response, the Grineer reveal they have been constructing a new class of ship, the Fomorian, and send them to destroy private Corpus resource stores, intent on forcing them to lower prices again. This was later thwarted by the Tenno as these Grineer ships were capable of shifting the balance of power and as a result the Corpus emerged as victorious.

Despite tensions, the Corpus still were willing to work with anyone for profit as they worked with the Grineer again into hiding coordinates from the Tenno to their Phobos colonies.

The Gradivus Dilemma
Alad V has discovered a hidden area containing many Tenno in their cryosleep on Mars and planned to capture them for study and research. However, Grineer General Sargas Ruk also heard about it and demanded to be given the Tenno so he could kill them. Alad V refused, and the Grineer waged open war on the Corpus in Mars, further severing tensions and upsetting the balance of power. The Tenno were brought to resolve the conflict between them.

By the end of the conflict, Alad V has stopped gaining support by the Corpus Board of Directors for the war and was forced to retreat, allowing the Tenno to rescue their brethren in cyrosleep but at the cost of having the Grineer taking over most of Mars in the process.

Military
Unlike the Grineer, the Corpus does not have a dual classification system. It's military consist of basic infantry known as Crewmen with many variations and units. Some are capable on combatting Warframes and disrupting their abilities. They rely on using combat proxies to fight for them such as walkers known as MOAs and use drones known as Ospreys.

They do not have its military divided into specialized divisions to operate in various environments as they prefer to build large ships known as Gas Cities built to harvet the planet's gas (such as Jupiter)  that contain many facilities as well as large outposts that the Corpus preferably builds in icey and cold environment such as Neptune and Pluto.

They are also have made more powerful combat proxies that are capable of posing a threat to even the Tenno.

Members
Corpus Board of Directors:


 * Nef Anyo - Host of The Index


 * Frohd Bek

Anyo Corp Brokers: Anyo Corp's Combat Proxy Brokers: Others:
 * Alad V - Head of Grineer Relations
 * Rana Del
 * Pelna Cade
 * Nako Xol
 * Ved Xol
 * Derim Zahm
 * Dru Pesfor
 * Tia Maryn
 * Jen Dro
 * Armis Ulta
 * M.W.A.M - Multi Weapon Assault MOA
 * Auditor - Heavily modified model of Denial Bursa
 * Azoth - Anyo Corp's Hyena Proxy
 * Raptor RX - Armored Osprey
 * Lockjaw & Sol
 * 002-ER - 002 Eradication Protocol, a modified Osprey
 * The Sergeant
 * Corpus Commander