Nova/Prime

Release Date: December 16th, 2014
Nova Prime is the Primed variant of , possessing a higher shield, armor, and energy capacity, as well as an additional polarity. Nova Prime was released alongside and .
==Acquisition==
===Vaultings===
*On November 15th, 2016, it was announced that Nova Prime, alongside and , would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on November 22, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.
*Nova Prime emerged from the Vault on November 13th, 2018, alongside , , , , and , and was accessible until January 15th, 2019 for Nintendo Switch and January 29th, 2019 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
*Nova Prime, alongside , , , , and Kavasa Prime Collar, re-emerged from the Vault from May 26th, 2020 to September 29th, 2020.
*Nova Prime was available from Prime Resurgence which ran from November 16, 2021 to January 25, 2022.
==Crafting==
==Notes==
*Nova Prime, compared to :
**Higher Shields (270/370 vs. 180/280)
**Higher Armor (135 vs. 105)
**Higher Energy (215/265 vs. 175/225)
**Higher Starting Energy (150 vs. 100)
**Additional Polarity ( vs. )
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*Nova Prime's and both feature opaque gold spheres instead of the translucent spheres of her non-Primed counterpart.
==Trivia==
*Nova Prime is the second prime Warframe after to have two enhanced stats, in this case, increased Shields and Energy over her normal version.
**She is also the second prime Warframe with a boost to shields, the first being .
*Nova Prime marks the first time that an Open Beta Warframe – – has received a prime variant. The previous seven prime Warframes (, , , , , , ) are based on designs from the Closed Beta period.
*Unlike previous prime Warframes, Nova Prime's gold parts can be recolored, which was made possible with the new Physical Based Rendering (PBR) techniques utilized in updates of the graphics engine first introduced at the time of her release. The , and the Pyra Syandana Prime that came with share the same feature.
*Nova Prime's long ring neck design resembles the neck rings from the Kayan Tribe in Burma.
*Nova Prime is the second prime Warframe to have a non-static model, the first being , as her helmet and back have casings that open with advanced movement and activation of abilities, causing her energy coils to glow more intensely.
*The name "Nova Prime" would later on be re-used by the Transformers character of the same name in the IDW Transformers Comics and Transformers: Devastation.
*Nova Prime's Prime Accessory sigil was previously named "Verlorum Prime" in-game from release until shortly after the first prime unvaulting. The typo was quietly patched with no note.
==Bugs==
*Her moving parts will often become reversed, staying open even when the player is standing still with no powers currently active, and zooming in with a weapon will close them, with them re-opening when exiting zoom. The only way to fix this issue (although it will continue to happen) is to use a power. 
==Media==
NovaPrime.jpg
NovaPrimeCodex.png|Nova Prime in Codex.
Nova_Prime_Access.jpg|Nova Prime's Prime Access Image
NovaDynamicModel.gif|Showing Nova Prime's dynamic model.
File:Warframe Prime Access Teaser - Nova
Warframe Codex - Prime Warframe Dioramas (2014)
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