Cyte-09/Main

Release Date: December 13, 2024
Locked and loaded with his bullseye on the prize, nothing evades his crosshairs. A flash of gunfire before quickly repositioning, empowering his weapons to quickly eliminate his next targets. Whatever his original name was is lost to history, but he goes by a new designation: Cyte-09. Proximity alert at the rendezvous... impromptu target practice, right on cue.
Cyte-09 set his sights on : 1999.
==Crafting==
==Lore & History==
Crafted by the to carry out highly sensitive missions, this Warframe was never given an actual name, only addressed by its batch name: Cyte-09.
After the fall of the Orokin, Cyte-09 would disappear during ensuing chaos.
==Notes==
*Currently, lacks a Signature Weapon bonus with Cyte-09.
*Cyte-09 possesses two Appearance Auxiliary Attachments that make him more visible to players during his Invisible ability : Semi-Cloak, which makes the Warframe semi-transparent; and Glow-Cloak, which produces an opaque glow. These appearances are affected by primary energy color and do not alter how enemies perceive the player.
==Trivia==
*Cyte-09 is the 59th unique Warframe to be released.
**Despite being revealed first at TennoCon 2024, Cyte-09 releases after , the 58th unique Warframe.
**His full ability showcase was demonstrated in Devstream 183, after the dedicated Warframe: 1999 update page unveiled the ability descriptions.
*Sketches for Cyte-09 were conceptualized by artist Keith Thompson many years before his formal reveal in TennoCon 2024, under the codename "Frumentarius". He would have had chemical themes, implying that Cyte-09's original concept art might have been intended for at first.https://www.warframe.com/news/tennocon-2024-artists-deep-dive
**The frumentarii were a Roman intelligence service active between the second and fourth centuries CE, acting primarily as secret police and carrying out assassinations on the emperor's behalf, similarly to how Cyte-09 was meant to "eliminate sensitive problems" for the Orokin.
*Cyte-09 is the first Warframe to include a hyphen and numbers in their name.
*The name Cyte may refer to the Technocyte Virus, which itself is named after the mutagenic virus of Dark Sector.
** The full name, Cyte-09, may also be a play on the term 'Cytokine', the proteins that activate and supress various parts of a body's cell responses, particularly the immune system.
*He is the first Warframe to have an Exalted Sniper Rifle.https://www.youtube.com/live/S_Ns4kJMvsc?si=EH6HgmLX4-YEFEyU&t=244
*Cyte-09 is the first Warframe to have its Protoframe variant revealed before the Warframe itself.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi7FVPa5ayQ This protoframe's name is Quincy Isaacs.
*His second ability, , is the first ability to utilize the Gear wheel user interface for multiple features selection.
**It is the second Warframe ability after 's to produce Ammo pickups.
*Cyte-09 produces radio chatter noise when casting his abilities.
*When moving, Cyte-09 produces army uniform shuffling sounds as his footstep audio.
==References==
Category:Upcoming content
Category:1999