The Gradivus Dilemma



"Intel shows a growing conflict that will begin on Gradivus in Mars. Expect it to spread. The Grineer are planning an operation against the Corpus lead by Sargas Ruk. Alad V of the Corpus has discovered a cache of Tenno in cryosleep and intends on exploiting them for his secret weapons project. The Grineer are outraged at this contract violation. They are using this as an excuse to invade Corpus space, enslave the local population, and grow their power. The Lotus is your guide but not your conscience. You will have to choose which side to support: Choose Loyalty, and side with the Grineer to destroy Corpus forces and free your kin. Choose Sacrifice, siding with Corpus to halt the Grineer conquest and enslavement of colonies. Both sides have reached out to the Lotus with reward offers for each contested location as well as rewards for the conflict as a whole."

- Official Forum Thread

The Gradivus Dilemma is an event being held from Thursday, October 24 @ 06:00 A.M GMT through Wednesday, October 30 @ 4:00 A.M GMT. This event is focused on special Exterminate missions in locations on Mars that the Grineer and Corpus are competing for control of. Tenno may choose to assist one faction in defeating the other, with special rewards being offered by each faction for helping them achieve victory.

Battle Pay
Both sides will offer payment for supporting them in a particular contested location in Mars. Selecting a conflict location will present a choice of sides and their respective battle pay. Your battle pay is only given after the location conflict is resolved regardless of which side ultimately wins the location. You will need to commit to a side to earn this Battle Pay by completing 5 missions to prove your support. If you switch sides, you will erode your rating with the opposition and risk getting neither reward. Keep in mind that end-of-mission rewards are unaffected, Battle Pay will be sent to your inbox only when the location conflict ends.

Missions Affected and Battle Rewards
Mars Battle:

Resolved Conflicts
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Gradivus - ( Invasion,  victory)
 * Grineer -  blueprint
 * Corpus -

Spear - ( victory)
 * Grineer -  x3
 * Corpus -

Quirinus - ( victory)
 * Grineer -  x3
 * Corpus -

Ultor - ( victory)
 * Grineer -  x3
 * Corpus -

Martialis - ( victory)
 * Grineer - blueprint
 * Corpus - blueprint

Augustus -  ( victory)


 * Grineer - x5
 * Corpus -

Olympus - ( victory)
 * Grineer -  x4
 * Corpus -

Silvanus - ( victory)
 * Grineer -
 * Corpus - x3

Vallis - ( victory)
 * Grineer -
 * Corpus - Vauban Helmet Blueprint

Arval - ( victory)
 * Grineer - Blueprint
 * Corpus - Blueprint

Ongoing Battles
Ares - ongoing ( advantage)


 * Grineer -
 * Corpus - x5

Quirinus - ongoing ( advantage)


 * Grineer -
 * Corpus -

Alator - ongoing ( advantage)


 * Grineer - x3
 * Corpus - x3

Ara - ongoing ( advantage)


 * Grineer -
 * Corpus -

End of Event Rewards (Short)

 * NOTE - You will receive the rewards after the event ends.
 * NOTE - Winning team is the one that dominates the map more (DE confirmed) Though it is unsure which nodes are involved (like if this includes War)

Tier 1

 * Requirements
 * Complete 5 missions
 * Reward determined by which faction you supported (more missions for that faction than against)


 * Rewards
 * Rewards given out regardless of victor


 * Corpus Event Badge (If you supported )
 * Grineer Event Badge (If you supported )

Tier 2

 * Requirements
 * Complete 25 missions (On any side)
 * Reward determined by the victor.


 * Rewards
 * Prova Vandal (If  win)
 * Machete Wraith (If  win)

Tier 3

 * Requirements
 * Complete 100 missions (could do 50 Grineer and 51 Corpus )
 * Reward determined by the victor and which faction you supported.


 * Rewards
 * IF  win
 * Detron - supercharged and weapon slot (If you supported )
 * Detron blueprint (If you supported )


 * IF win
 * Brakk - supercharged and weapon slot (If you supported )
 * Brakk Blueprint (If you supported )

End Of the Event Rewards (Long)
When both sides have exhausted themselves in this conflict you will be rewarded based on two factors: your participation and if you supported the winning side. The winning side will be determined by the dominance of the faction, for example: When the event ends, if the Grineer only succeeded in conquering 8 missions, they will still lose due to Corpus still holding 9 missions.

Complete 5 missions, regardless of victor.
 * Tier One Rewards
 * IF you supported Corpus  (more missions on their side than against) an elegant Corpus-branded event badge to show off your support for the enigmatic Corpus .
 * IF you supported Grineer  (more missions on their side than against) a proud Grineer-branded event badge to show off your support of the mighty Grineer .

Complete 25 missions of any side, with the reward determined by the victor.
 * Tier Two Rewards
 * IF the Corpus win: A deadly Vandal edition of the PROVA . Stun your friends in style. This weapon is super-charged and comes with a weapon slot!
 * IF the Grineer win: A Wraith edition MACHETE starving for blood. This weapon is super-charged and comes with a weapon slot!

Complete 100 missions, with the reward determined by two factors: the victorious side AND if you supported them (you did more missions for them, than against them).
 * Tier Three Rewards
 * IF the Corpus win:
 * And you supported them: The ferocious DETRON hand-cannon. The Detron will be super-charged along with a new weapon slot!
 * You did not support them: A DETRON blueprint, reverse-engineered by the Lotus.
 * IF the Grineer win:
 * And you supported them: The semi-automatic BRAKK hand-cannon. It comes super-charged and with a weapon slot included!
 * You did not support them: A BRAKK blueprint stolen from a Grineer datacenter.

Leaderboard position is based on the sum total of which faction your Clan is supporting.
 * CLANS LEADERBOARD / TROPHIES
 * The top three Clans in each tier will receive a Faction-specific trophy in Gold, Silver and Bronze form based on their position on the leaderboards for which faction they support.
 * Your clan 's score requires a commitment: each member's faction rating will erode the clan's opposing faction's rating. If one member does 100 Corpus missions and another does 100 Grineer missions, they will cancel each other out and your standing will be zero with both. Coordinate.....

When Supporting  (Missions)
General Sargas Ruk

Speech 1 : Rraahudd Tenno! Now we fight together! Now we crush the greedy milk from their skulls. The Corpus will pay for their crimes with their useless lives.

Speech 2 : You shoot well. You cut well. You serve me well, Tenno.

Speech 3: Tenno, of course you side with us. Of courtse the Grineer are your best option. We share your joy in Corpus death.

Alad V

Taunt 1 : So, the betrayers are fighting for the dogs now? Why am I not surprised. The sooner my Zanuka Project is completed, the better. The system must be ridden of your hypocrisy.

Taunt 2 : What is that test tube dog paying you to fight for him? I'll double it!

Taunt 3: Why Tenno what an intriguing Warframe you have. I look forward to adding it to my inventory.

Taunt 4: Do you really think you are saving your comrades by supporting the dogs. What do you think happens if you allow Sargas to win? Do you think they'll be safe when you're all this slaves?

Lotus

Intro 1: Make sure the Grineer win this battle, leave no corpus functioning.

Intro 2: You have chosen to support the Grineer in this fight. Eliminate all Corpus.

Intro 3: You are fighting alongisde the Grineer on this mission. Destroy all Corpus.

When Supporting  (Missions)
Alad V

Speech 1 : Tenno, you know, we may not always see eye to eye... well, you don't have eyes but I'm pleased to see we've found common ground in our fight with these Grineer dogs.

Speech 2: You've made a smart choice, Tenno. When these dogs fall, there will be profit for all of us, yes.

Speech 3: You and I aren't so different, Tenno. We both know these dogs need to be put down. I sense we are at the beginning of a beautiful new partnership.

General Sargas Ruk

Taunt 1 : Rraaahudd Tenno! So willing to sacrifice your own. So willing to help these greedy worms. So willing to die for worthless cause

Taunt 2: Aattenthoun Tenno: Is it too late to change sides? Too late to reject the Corpus lies? Too late to save your kind?

Lotus

Intro 1: You are fighting with The Corpus in this battle. No Grineer can be left alive.

Intro 2: The situation forces you to help The Corpus this mission. Kill all Grineer.

Dialogue on the forums
Sargas Ruk and Alad V have created accounts on the Warframe forums. They only seem to insult themselves and get their threads locked but they are indeed account controlled by the developpers that may reveal parts of the lore.

Alad V:

A Chance To Make it Right: Thread

Sargas Ruk:

Alad V The Coward & Grineer Dominance: Thread

Dialogue:

Alad V: Sargas, your helmet will fetch a fair price although I fear it is riddled with fleas. My pet is also hungry for a new toy, and your Rollers are a perfect choice. Be wise with your words, Ruk.

Sargas Ruk: HA! My Rollers can take out not only your 'pet', but your pathetic MOA army. We are bred for victory, while you exist to be defeated and crushed by the Grineer!

Alad V: I will display Trophies made from melted Rollers when we're done with you. Your army is barely worth my time, it will cost more to kill you than you're worth.

Trivia

 * The event is named after the first mission affected, Gradivus, the mission separating Earth and Mars.
 * During the event, the Halloween color pack is available for purchase for only.
 * During Missions, Alad V and General Sargas Ruk will talk to you in English, with varying dialogue depending on whether you are fighting for or against them.
 * They will give some comment on your understanding of their respective cause at the start, after the Lotus is finished briefing you.
 * At the mid point of the mission (once you have passed through the boarding tubes), the opposing leader will attempt to sway you to fight for him instead.
 * Alad V speaks slowly with noticeable pauses and emphasis on words, as if carefully selecting his vocabulary in an attempt to better "sell" his proposition, treating the Tenno like a business client or partner. He claims to be "pleased (that the Corpus and Tenno) have found common ground" in the war against the Grineer and contemptuously refers to the Grineer as "dogs".
 * He calls the supporting players 'Tenno', whereas he refers the opposing players as 'The Betrayers'.
 * General Ruk speaks in a strenous fashion, as if he is having difficulty trying to translate his words into English. Alternatively, he may difficulty speaking as a result of his genetic degradation. He refers to the Corpus with various derisive terms such as "greedy worms". In spite of the Grineer-Tenno enmity, he appears to consider allying with the Grineer the path of salvation for the Tenno.
 * He insinuates Tenno are below him, saying "you serve me well.".
 * Previously, there was a bug (most noticeably from siding with the Corpus on Ultor and receiving the Vauban Helmet blueprint) where the thumbnail icon for the reward would not be shown, instead showing a placeholder 512x512 icon. This has since been patched as of update 10.5.3.
 * It used to be possible to recieve battle pay from both sides as long as you have the minimum 5/5 complete for each (eg. do 10 missions for the Corpus then 5 missions for the Grineer, thereby gaining both rewards). This has since been patched.
 * Strangely, if sided with the Grineer, players can still hear them taunting out "Tenno" in battle despite that the Grineer are fighting against the Corpus.
 * Out of all Invasion missions, the mission with the longest time to be resolved is Martialis.