Arcane Machine

The Arcane Machines are devices of cryptic and unknown origin.
A second Arcane Machine is used as a Defense objective found in the Defeat Chroma portion of The New Strange quest. An unscannable version is also featured in the Stolen Dreams quest. The unscanable version relays a message that is shown in The New Strange quest.
== History ==
=== Stolen Dreams ===
Main Article: Arcane Codices
The Arcane Codices are a set of machine code, fragmented into six pieces. The Grineer believed they contained a cure for Cloning Decay Syndrone, while the Corpus thought they would lead to lost Orokin treasure.
Tyl Regor hired Maroo to recover a codex from a Machine aboard an Infested derelict. However, she betrayed Regor and sold the codex to the Corpus.
After the Tenno upload the full set of codices into the Arcane Machine, what came out from the ancient machine was not what was expected. Cryptic and mysterious messages were broadcasted, after which a pair of Arcane Infested ambushes and attacks. After the encounter, the Lotus immediately concluded that "whatever the machine is doing, it's not for us".
=== The New Strange ===
Cephalon Simaris requires the Tenno's assistance to free his Sentinels from custody of the Grineer. After freeing his Sentinels, the Lotus discovered "fragments of a biological signature" within the prison's security logs. Ordis plays the log and a mysterious transmission plays, with a voice similar to the one found from the Arcane Machine from the end of the Stolen Dreams quest.
(sounds of wild gunfire are suddenly interrupted by a blast) "HERE WE SHALL SEARCH AND FIND. THE EYES OF DAY DRINKING THE NIGHT." (battle suddenly continues)
After refusing to answer on the subject, Simaris tells the Tenno that, in exchange for deciphering this mysterious biological signature, they must assist him in Synthesis. After helping Simaris, he says that the signature is of Tenno origin. A blueprint for a beacon derived from the signature is given to the player to help track down this creature. Crafting this beacon sends a signal which turns out to be a transmission from the Arcane Machine:
"ALL IS SILENT IN THE CALM. HUSHED AND EMPTY IS THE WOMB OF THE SKY."
The Lotus informs the Tenno that this creature has been going to locations where the Arcane Codices were found, slaughtering Grineer and Corpus to cover somebody's tracks; somebody doesn't want people to know the existence of such codices or the Arcane Machine. After extracting information from a Corpus network, this creature turns out to be the Warframe  who has gone rogue — not controlled by any Tenno.
The hunt leads the Tenno back to the Arcane Machine where they encounter a hostile Chroma who destroyed the machine. Simaris asks the Tenno to synthesize it for its unusual behavior. However, Chroma escapes being synthesized after being scanned once. As a result, Simaris reveals to have a piece of the Arcane Codices of his own and discloses another location that holds an Arcane Machine. Luring Chroma to this particular machine results in a successful Synthesis and the Tenno receives a Chroma blueprint for their troubles. Unbeknownst to the Lotus and the Tenno, this second Arcane Machine contains a projection of a Sentient relic, hinting at future events to come.
== Trivia ==
* The transmission from the Arcane Machine heavily resembles the translation of a line from the start of the Popol Vuh, a text recounting the mythology and history of the K'iche' Maya. The translated line in question reads 'All is silent and calm. Hushed and empty is the womb of the sky.
== Gallery ==
File:Annotation 2019-09-05 141726.png|The calcified item atop the Arcane Machine. Appears to share similar aesthetics to the Sentients.
File:Arcane skull1.jpg
File:Arcane skull2.jpg
File:Arcane skull4.jpg
File:The Arcane Machine object found in the Netracell lab.png|The object from the Arcane Machine sitting on a counter in the Netracell lab
==See Also==
*The New Strange
*Stolen Dreams
==Patch History==
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