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The Lotuscraft Crew is a group of people that rogue Tennen Deka Price amassed during his travels to stop the Sentinels from overtaking the humans on Earth. The crew currently operates intergalactically and takes on several contracts across space in an attempt to obtain the resources for Deka to return to his version of Earth in the Origin System.

Conception

Enter Captain Deka Price

In the year 8267, Tennen Deka Price defects from his clan and renounces his Tennen nature, leaving his brethren to pursue the Sentinels in their journey to the past to eliminate the humans who would one day be the founders of the Tennen mercenaries they are currently at war with.

Price attempts to steal his clan's space warp and arms module, as well as numerous supplies to prepare for his time travel mission, however is discovered by his brethren. The one sided battle against his brothers lead to Price's frame to be destroyed and his life nearly taken until his Lotuscraft AI Ordan rescues the Tennen. Pursued by his kind, Price and Ordan attempt to escape the Origin System, but is surrounded. As revenge for his betrayal against the Clan, Tennen leader Quorra Lavine battles Price and defeats him.

Before Lavine can deal the finishing blow, Lavine asks Price what his intentions were. Price reaffirms that he is adamant on saving the humans of the past. Lavine tells Price his plan is foolish and pointless, as there is no empirical evidence that confirms the link of the humans six thousand years ago to the Tennen today. However, Price tells Lavine that whether or not the humans dictate their survival, he will still do everything in his power to protect them, just as their mother, The Lotus, had done for them.

Lavine warns Price that his feelings and emotions will betray him some day, and that as a Tennen, having his emotions interfere is not the Tennen way. However, Price tells Lavine that he is no longer a Tennen, and attempts to engage Lavine once more, leading to a one sided defeat. Lavine destroys Price's second frame, but Price is able to use the space warp module stolen from the Clan to port Lavine into his Lotuscraft.

Price and Lavine engage in combat once more, with Price able to use all of his frames in his arsenal, and Lavine only able to use her frame. However, despite the numbers advantage, Price is still defeated, all his frames destroyed, except for Umbra. Lavine is about to deal the finishing blow on Price, but Umbra suddenly displays sentience, intercepting Lavine, and allowing Price to tackle her to the ground in operator mode.

Recognizing Price's insistence to save the humans, Lavine lets Price go, but warns him that he is no longer welcome back to the Origin System. If he wants to return, he must start over from the bottom. Price tells Lavine that he is willing to make such a sacrifice. Realizing that Lotus had done the same with her own kind to care for the Tennen, Lavine tells her Clan and Tennen brethren to stand down, letting Price pursue the Sentinels. Lavine wishes Price luck, and to not let her down.

Recruiting Samuel Mayen

Upon entering the Solar System, Deka realizes he is too late, and that the Sentinels have already begun their invasion on Earth. Deka uses his clan's Arms module to significantly amplify the military might of his Lotuscraft, instructing Ordan to provide aerial support. Uploading his body into Umbra, the two descend to the Earth and save as many humans as they can.

Deka manages to rescue several humans, and to fight off the Sentinels. Price realizes that the Sentinels sent to this timeline is only a limited squad, and deduces that the Sentinels had only sent in a small annihilation squad, as their technology would be far superior to the humans. Capitalizing on the element of surprise, Price destroys a significant portion of the Sentinel forces, with Ordan destroying the Sentinel ship. However, despite this, several humans are captured.

In an attempt to save more humans, Deka runs into Samuel Mayen, a human who is on the verge of death from a large Sentinel. Deka battles the Sentinel, and discovers it to be none other than his adopted mother, The Lotus. Lotus is bewildered that a Tennen had chosen to pursue her into the time warp, and Deka attempts to convince his mother to return to their side. Lotus refuses, and calls Deka a "blind slave to the void".

Before Deka can retort, Mayen regains his composure despite his injuries, shocking both Price and Lotus. Mayen demands Lotus and the Sentinels to return his family to him, but the Sentinels leave the atmosphere. Mayen attempts to pursue the Sentinels, but Deka tells the boy that it is too dangerous and that he will figure something out. Price introduces himself to Mayen, who begs the Rogue Tennen to take him and train him to become strong enough to get his family back. Seeing the similarity between Mayen and himself, Deka agrees, and brings Mayen onboard the Lotuscraft to serve as his first mate.

Price travels away from the Solar System, and Ordan reveals that this system is in fact not the past Origin System. Ordan points to a region in the star chart, a rogue galaxy far away, with planets nearly identical to the system they currently are in, and explains that the system the Sentinels invaded was a twin galaxy. A near replica of the Origin System they knew about. Price asks Ordan if he can run a scan for the Origin System, and Ordan reveals that this past Origin System possesses similar jurisdiction as the ones he had been accustomed to, albeit, with outdated technology and organizations.

Price sets course to the Origin System of the past, and begins taking on numerous contracts to rebuild his arsenal. Deka tells Mayen that if he wishes to become strong enough to contend with the Sentinels and save his family, he needs to learn the proper techniques in taking them down. In other words, Mayen must fight by Deka's side to gain the experience required.

Samuel Mayen becomes Javlok

Mayen accompanies Price on his missions in the Origin System, however quickly discovers that he does not possess the ability to contend with Umbra. Numerous missions serving as the dead weight, Mayen becomes frustrated, and is unable to understand why he cannot wield the weapons Price uses. Ordan tells Price that Mayen is a Terran and possesses a biology similar to Deka, but his body is not accustomed to the fast paced combat that Umbra is used to. In other words, Mayen is incompatible with The Way of the Tennen.

Price devises a training regimen for Mayen, and brings him into the Simulacrum to hone his body to become athletic and conditioned enough to handle the Tennen way. After a few months, Mayen becomes stronger and faster, as well as more agile, however Ordan notes that despite this, Mayen is still not strong enough to wield any of the weapons in Price's arsenal. Additionally, Mayen's limits as a Terran keep him from being able to keep up with Umbra's speed.