Elite Crewman

The Elite Crewman is a more powerful version of the regular Corpus Crewman in gray-blue uniform. They wield the Flux Rifle, which fires a sustained laser beam capable of dealing extremely high DPS at medium range.

According to their Codex entry, The Elite Crewmen currently appear in Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto and Europa. They do not appear to spawn in Survival missions.

Tactics

 * Elite Crewmen behave similarly to those of regular Crewmen.
 * Their Flux Rifle have a significant increase in accuracy compared to Dera rifles used by standard Crewmen.
 * These can constantly aim at their targets effectively while dealing devastating damage even against the most durable of Warframes.
 * These rifles are exceptionally powerful against the Grineer in comparison with the Dera.
 * With these, Elite Crewmen synergize very well along with the Shockwave MOAs as they can chase off their targets constantly even when targets fly off from their places, dealing significant damage without chances of fighting back.
 * If amassed, Trinity's Link and Blessing combination is a very good counter to the Flux Rifle damage output against possibly the highest level of Corpus.
 * As of Update 11, Elite Crewmen bear greater health and shields, allowing them to take more punishment than regular Crewmen.
 * As with their standard counterparts their helmets can be shot off, exposing their vulnerable heads underneath.

Trivia

 * The Elite Crewman was first introduced in Operation Arid Fear: Escalation, the second phase of the event.
 * Up until Update 11, Elite Crewmen were exclusive to Alert Missions and Corpus faction swaps in Orokin Derelicts.
 * Their uniform color resembles those of the Corrupted Crewmen in the Orokin Void, as well as the unused uniforms hanging from racks in Corpus maps.
 * The Flux Rifles they wield does not have the staggering capabilities present in the Dojo Research version.
 * Flux Rifle-armed Crewmen can be seen in the diorama for the Sling-Stone Event, roughly half a month before Elite Crewmen were added.
 * Unlike the Grineer's Elite Lancers, the Elite Crewmen spawns evenly with their standard counterparts.
 * Elite Crewmen can rarely be found wandering an Orokin Derelict vessel. Possible reason for this: the Derelict vessels are one of the few places which have Orokin technology. This makes them a valuable target, but also a dangerous place to salvage technology from.

Bugs

 * Rarely, and if left unnoticed, Elite Crewmen have a tendency to constantly shoot their Flux Rifles on idle when immediately terminating their targets.