Darvo

"Hey, Tenno! Good to see you!"

- Darvo

Darvo (full name presumably Darvo Bek) is the son of prominent Corpus Board member Frohd Bek. Darvo is a freelance ex-Corpus merchant who regularly sells equipment to the Tenno, either through the Market or through his own shop located on any Relay's second floor. Items he sells in the relay are discounted (up to 90% of their usual Platinum cost) but have a limited stock, and randomize at a daily basis.

Lore
Note: because "A Favor For Darvo" and "Ties That Bind" were introduced prior to the addition of "Vor's Prize", their position in Darvo's overall chronology is speculative.

General
Darvo takes pride in his trade, often commenting that his competitors are angry at him for providing items at discounted prices. Although Darvo is not above raiding ships to acquire more goods (typically through sending undercover contractors like Clem) or asking the Tenno for help (either to secure additional goods or to save his own skin), he draws the line at selling his wares directly to the Grineer, and has come to blows with his father Frohd Bek over their opposing views of the Tenno.

Vor's Prize
In order to disable the Ascaris device implanted by Captain Vor (which would grant him full control of the Tenno's body should it fully activate), the Tenno are sent to Earth to rescue Darvo, as his familiarity with the Ascaris allows the Tenno to build a Negator to shut it down. Darvo gives the location of a Corpus outpost on Earth to gather the necessary resources to build the Negator, and although the Ascaris begins to increasingly subvert the Tenno to Vor's control, the Negator is built and the Tenno are freed from Vor's influence, much to the relief of the Lotus and Ordis.

A Favor For Darvo
After his rescue, Darvo contacted the Tenno for assistance in breaking into several Corpus systems, presumably for his wares, though as the mission progresses the Stalker suddenly ambushes the Tenno and they are forced to fend him off. Darvo reveals that the Stalker has been hounding him ever since he gave a discount on the Stalker's equipment, and apologizes to the Tenno in using them as bait to lure the Stalker out. To make up for it, Darvo proceeds to open his deals once more.

Ties That Bind
Darvo sends a message to the Tenno, revealing that the Corpus have captured him over his "resignation", and promises to make it up to the Tenno once he safely leaves. As the Tenno navigate their way to the Prison complex, Darvo warns them that the newly-developed Hyena proxies are also on board, though Darvo manages to shut them down before the Tenno arrive.

As the Tenno and Darvo leave however, Frohd Bek contacts Darvo (revealing their familial connections in the process) and pleads his son to stay, as he had been grooming Darvo to take up a position in the Board (most likely Alad V's then-recently vacated position). Refusing any resistance, Frohd Bek reactivates the Hyena proxies, serving as an additional obstacle for the Tenno, and warns Darvo that "Project Tethra" will be the death of them. Despite the numerous obstacles encountered, the Tenno and Darvo escape.

Blackout Tactical Alert
After noticing several abandoned merchant ships drifting in space, Darvo asks the Tenno to reroute the ships to a safe location where he can unload their supplies. Once the Tenno reroute the ships however, large amounts of Manics make their presence known, and the Tenno must kill them before they can extract. With the Manics cleared out, Darvo helps himself to their cargo, rewarding the Tenno with some equipment of interest.

A Man of Few Words
Once he hears that one of his undercover contractors has been captured by the Grineer, Darvo sends the Tenno to rescue him. The contractor is revealed to be a Grineer defector named Clem, and was presumably captured while trying to acquire an Orokin relic. Darvo arranges plans to recover Clem's weapons and secure the Orokin relic -the Portable Orokin Technical Augmentation and Tactical Offensive device- and when the relic is secured, Darvo and Clem express their gratitude and reward the Tenno for their efforts.

Weekly Mission
Once per week, after completion of the A Man of Few Words quest, the player is allowed to run a mission for Darvo. This mission works similarly to the final mission of the aforementioned quest, in that the player must survive a ten-minute Survival mission with Clem aiding them. The mission will take place either on a Grineer Galleon or a Corpus Ship. When fighting the Grineer, Shik Tal will attack the Cell at the five-minute mark; when fighting the Corpus, Lynx will attack the Cell instead.

The reward for the mission is a Clem Clone Blueprint. The player is then given a seven-day cooldown, during which they cannot earn any more Clem Clone Blueprints

Trivia

 * Before, Darvo used the avatar of the retired boss Arn Etina, which used to be the picture model used for the boss of Pluto, which was still a MOA, regardless of this picture being used.
 * As of, Darvo has been given an active 3D model for his quoting to the Tenno during his missions, thus claiming the 2D model as his own original design.
 * Darvo's presence in the Tenno market further reinforces the idea that the Corpus value profit over everything, and that the Corpus may very well control most, if not all, of the market.
 * It should, however, be noted that Darvo has much closer and amicable ties with the Tenno compared to other Corpus such as Alad V.
 * The symbol in Darvo's deal translates to "SM".
 * It is said that Darvo was hiding in Orokin Vaults, or so he claims.
 * The Stalker chasing Darvo after listing his gear for 25% off was originally intended as a joke, but it came true in an alert.
 * With the release of, Darvo had a secret mission for the Tenno where he not only guided the Tenno in place of the Lotus but also tricked the Tenno into taking out the Stalker for him under the disguise of a mobile defense mission.
 * Oddly, even though the enemies in "A Favor For Darvo" were Corpus, he does not seem to mind sacrificing them in order to lure the Stalker.
 * It may also mean that his fellow Corpus were the competitors that wanted him dead.
 * Supported in "Ties That Bind", where he was captured by the crewmen sent by his father, Frohd Bek.
 * According to in-game dialogue from "Ties That Bind", Darvo is "almost" 105 years old. Despite that, he is treated much like a teenager by his father, Frohd Bek, suggesting that a Corpus can live for hundreds of years.
 * During the Ties That Bind alert, Frohd Bek tried to convince Darvo to take a seat as a new member of the Corpus Board—a high-ranking position—which was left empty by Alad V when he was exiled by the board. This would make Darvo the successor of Alad V in the Corpus political arena, if ever he accepted his father's offer.
 * Darvo seems to be an avid hacker, not only proud of claiming to be when a Tenno successfully hacks a terminal, but also when spoken of that he managed to disable two Hyena Pack models during his rescue, although this could simply be an opinion.
 * According to Grineer radio transmissions, Darvo has been involved in hijacking Grineer individuals, along with many murders.
 * It seems Darvo is the first Corpus to have ever rejected the idea of the Tenno being the "Betrayers". This was brought up in his last response towards his father in Ties That Bind.
 * Speculation sparked that the Corpus could possibly be a misled, corrupt organization.
 * Darvo appears to share some form of relationship with Baro Ki'Teer, mentioned in his deal for the Amprex.