I vaguely remember the intro to Warframe including a device being stuck onto your frame that would supposedly let the villains gain complete control of you, but it never actually does anything other than mess with your HUD in a couple missions or something like that.??? the only warframe im familiar with is the mech game...
With that in mind, I wish this game had more mind control stuff involving that robot chick. She's supposedly the main antagonist but hasn't showed up at all other than in text or with those screens in the lab. I also agree that things happening to the characters seem like they should cause lasting effects and it's pretty disappointing that breaking away from them returns you to normal instantly.