The splash screen of Fortuna.
Fortuna is a neon-lit Corpus debt-internment colony located on Venus. Built within a massive underground cavern beneath Orb Vallis, it is home to the Solaris, a population of body augmented debt-slaves working for Nef Anyo.
As a city hub, players can interact with various NPCs to purchase items from shops, or accept quests or bounties to be completed out in the vallis. Players can enter the Orb Vallis via an elevator on the far end of the colony, leading to the open frigid field beyond. The elevator acts as a loading screen, and players will be unable to exit out the other end until the loading is complete.
Solaris United
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- Main article: Solaris United
The Solaris United are a rebel group of the Solaris people, seeking to liberate their fellow unhappy laborers who work for Nef Anyo underground in Fortuna. The Solaris people possess body augmentations that make them appear as Corpus-machine hybrids, and are responsible for processing the underground network of Orokin terraformation coolant and refining it for use back on the scorched surface of Orb Vallis on Venus.
Vox SolarisEdit
- Main article: Vox Solaris (Syndicate)
Vox Solaris is a covert operation known only to the leaders of the Solaris United, with a known association to The Quills. Their mission is to take down the gargantuan Profit-Taker Orb and Exploiter Orbs roaming the Orb Vallis.
VentkidsEdit
- Main article: Ventkids
The Ventkids are a group of children from Solaris United in Fortuna who get by stealing parts from the Corpus and running K-Drive races out in the Orb Vallis.
Orb VallisEdit
- Main article: Orb Vallis
The Orb Vallis is an open-world region on Venus. This land of duality, where cold tundras made by Orokin terraformation devices mix with the original harsh Venusian atmosphere, is home to multiple Corpus outposts and colonies, among them the debt-internment colony of Fortuna. It was introduced in Update 24.0 on November 8, 2018 on PC, December 10, 2018 on PS4 and XB1, and February 5, 2019 on Switch.
NotesEdit
- Nef Anyo periodically displays prerecorded messages through various monitors in the complex, often in a degrading and accusing tone that often belittles the Solaris workers as nothing more than lazy freeloaders.
- After Vox Solaris is completed, these messages will become less harsh or at least neutral in tone instead, often asking that the residents of Fortuna praise the Void, or telling them that their profit figures look "very promising" instead.
- Interacting with the second worker hammering at the water platform at the entrance of Fortuna will replay the opening cutscene and the song "We All Lift Together". This interaction will only be available after Vox Solaris has been completed.
TriviaEdit
- On October 23, 2018, a Discord channel named "Solaris United" was started by Digital Extremes to tease the coming release of Fortuna.
- An Alternate Reality Game (ARG), Solaris United ARG, was also started at the same time, orchestrated by The Business of Solaris United. Players were rewarded with claimable in-game items after the ARG ends, given out through limited-time promo codes that expired on November 12, 2018.
- Fortuna shares its name with the Roman goddess of fortune.
- In Turkish, the word 'Fırtına' (pronounced very similarly) means storm, often Thunderstorm, which could refer to the whirling storm that surrounds the Orb Vallis
- In Spanish, the word 'Fortuna' means favorable luck, or a great amount of money, possibly related to Nef Anyo profiting off the Solaris in Fortuna.
- In Portuguese, the word "Fortuna" means a lot of wealth, money and treasure, but it can also express the luck or final destiny of a person´s life.
Viewing spawn point from logo's spot
- A Digital Extremes logo can be found in Fortuna. Upon loading into Fortuna the player can bullet jump to the upper-right ledge, then to the ledge above Rude Zuud's shop. Upon approaching the logo a prompt will appear to activate. Doing so will bring up a new screen that displays the credits of all those that worked on Fortuna in DE.
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Patch HistoryEdit
- Fixed possible spot-loading when going into a Town/Hub.
- Fixed a script error related to having Hildryn’s Balefire active while transitioning from Free Roam to Hub/Town.
- Fixes towards failing to match-make while in a Town.
- Fixed parts of the HUD breaking after attempting to open the ESC menu during a ‘Mission Complete’ animation (going from Free Roam to Town/Hub). As reported here!
- Fixed numerous bugs that could occur after a Host migration, including starting on a Free Roam mission, Host-migrating, returning to Town/Hub, and then returning to the Free Roam landscape.
- Fixed Client Necramech’s not retaining their gained XP if you left the Necramech before you entered the gate/area to return to Town.
- Optimized Town server-code.
- Fixed Necramech’s not retaining their gained XP if you left the Necramech before you entered the gate/area to return to Town.
- Fixed ghost channel members lingering behind in Towns causing confusion and server-strain.
- Fixed script error that can occur when trying to use the Scanner when returning to a Town.
- Fixes towards Town server stability and performance.
- Fixed cases of the Town Chat channel not disappearing upon leaving said Town.
- When returning from a Free Roam location to the respective Town (Plains -> Cetus, etc), the End of Mission screen will no longer stop player movement until after the initial animation ends.
- Updated trade windows at merchants in Fortuna to use the latest inventory UI.
- Tweaked some Fortuna hammering NPCs to be more in sync with each other.
- Optimized load-times and memory footprint for Towns.
- Optimized network connections to Towns for people around the world. Not only will this improve player movement but it should also help accelerate Kill Code transmission for Scarlet Spear Murex Raids that would have previously had a very high-ping to our servers.
- Optimized network connectivity for Towns.
- Fast Traveling to Little Duck in Fortuna as your Warframe will no longer initiate the unskippable dialog with her. Instead, you’ll Fast Travel to right beside her but won’t initiate the conversation, giving you time to Transfer to your Operator to talk to her.
- Fixed a script error when transitioning from Vallis to Fortuna with the Synthesis Scanner equipped.
- Fixed several types of crashes that could occur when travelling to or from Towns.
- Fixed a script error when changing loadouts while in Fortuna.
- Fixed missing ‘Hide Owned’ option and inability to purchase multiple of the same item after going to purchase Debt Bonds then going to another vendor in Fortuna.
- Fixed players watching two Warframes attempt a handshake in Fortuna not actually seeing it happen. Truly the most secret of handshakes!
- Fixed Raknoid hologram flickering in the Fortuna back room.
- Introduced.
| Solaris United | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Boon • Cutter • Eudico (Vox) • Solaris United Agent |
| Vendors | Legs • Rude Zuud • Smokefinger • The Business • Ticker |
| Allied Vendors | Little Duck • Roky |
| Fortuna • Deck 12 • Orb Vallis • Solari Language • Ventkids • Vox Solaris | |
| Hubs | |
|---|---|
| Starchart | Clan Dojo • Iron Wake • Maroo's Bazaar • Relay |
| Open World | Cetus • Fortuna • Necralisk |
