I can understand why the writer(s) are doing it - don't make a character ask questions you aren't ready to answer yet

Ordis is one of the few characters we 100% know we can trust.

Oh yeah, I should have qualified that I don't think "dead" means much in Warframe. Any character can come back from anything. Ballas had a big reaction to being stabbed, so I'm assuming he took a serious injury, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Sentients went all "we can rebuild him!" and Ballas came back as a boss later. He still has a cool sword we need to loot, he can't die yet!Yeah, that's exactly why I'm trying to turn a blind eye to it. It's just one of those weird agreements to overlook bad writing between the author and the audience. Like when you're watching an episodic show and a character wins the lottery. We all know they're all gonna lose it by the end of the ep because status quo is sacred.Hmm, I see where you're coming from, but I don't think it's that clear-cut to me because by this point Ordis seems more like a chimera of composed of different characters. There's "lovable goofball" Ordis, there's "Beast of Bones" angry Ordis, there's Vitruvian "hey Star Child" Ordis and presumably there's some truth to the "if you can no longer command the Warframes, I am programmed to purge you from this vessel" Ordis as depicted in the Matrix world Teshin created in our minds during TWW. It's even hard to make an argument for who the "true" Ordis is because Ordan Karras wins by seniority and "hey Star Child" Ordis seems to be his core behind all the precepts.So while "lovable goofball" Ordis comes across as very genuine, I think it's just one facet of the character, and the other parts of him aren't as trustworthy. If Ordis came out and said "surprise, goofball Ordis was just a precept mask/glitch that has been fixed, I am the true Ordis and I am awful!" I wouldn't be surprised. Tho I'd be surprised if DE pulled that stunt. As a comedic relief character Ordis rounds out the regular cast pretty well. But yeah he's got lots of stories that could be told in upcoming quests. And if DE ever decides to revisit Helminth, I think some banter between it and Ordis is just waiting to happen.Speaking of which. Man. Can I just briefly mention what a big tease the Helminth chamber ended up being? Dangit, DE, where's my Abathur?!And yep, I'm sure Umbra is going to make a comeback. He's much more fleshed out than the other Warframes, so I'm expecting him to show up whenever DE needs a "protagonist Warframe" on screen. Usually I'd also be paranoid about him dying later, but I can't really see DE deleting something unique from the player's inventory. I mean they didn't even fully go through with taking away the Lotus.