Operation: Buried Debts

Deep in the bitter heart of the Orb Vallis lies a hidden mystery.

Thermia fractures are cracking open the surface of Venus, a consequence of Nef Anyo’s unrelenting greed. He’s willing to do whatever it takes for a quick profit, including putting the whole Orb Vallis at risk. Over the next several weeks, work alongside the community and Solaris United to locate, uncover, and solve a multi-part Operation and the mystery lurking below the surface.

—Official News Post

Operation: Buried Debts is an event released with Update 24.4 (2019-03-08) that uncovers a place long forgotten by Solaris United, ultimately leading to the battle with the Exploiter Orb. It consists of two parts: First, uncovering a piece of hidden past of the Orb Vallis (unique to the Operation) and second, an ongoing effort of closing the Thermia Fractures all over the Vallis (a future recurring event).

Parts

Part A: Data-Hashes

• Data-Hashes scattered across Orb Vallis can be scanned once to contribute to the community goal of deciphering the hidden passcode.
• Scan anything that looks mysterious! A map just might be floating around Orb Vallis...

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

The following article/section contains spoilers.

Data-Hashes Spoilers ▾▾

As the player scans for data-hashes, Eudico asks Rude Zuud to look into them. Zuud refuses and tries to excuse herself until Chatter's insists.

Zuud explains that the data-hashes are glyphs that contain a passphrase. However, as the player continues to search, Zuud becomes increasingly disturbed, citing "we can never go home."

After finding all 16 data-hashes, Eudico realizes what the passphrase opens, a place she never thought she'd return to. She tells the Tenno to head to a cave northeast of Harindi Crater. The cave contains a gate with a 16-cipher lock. Chatter insists they open the gate but Zuud fears what lies beyond, mentioning unpayable debts. Opening the gate requires no player input as the passphrase has already been automatically inputted into the terminal, reading "THE DEAD HAVE DEBTS" in the Corpus Language.

The gate houses none other than the ruins of Deck 12, the site of the infamous incident that initially destroyed Solaris United and left its survivors, Zuud especially, traumatized. In the room contains a Thermia Condenser that Zuud and her sisters built as a weapon in their rebellion. Once a player inserts their Diluted Thermia into the condenser, the Exploiter Orb, the one responsible for the destruction of Deck 12 suddenly descends and engages the Tenno.

Part B: Thermia Fractures

• A bird's eye view will help you find Thermia Fractures! Kill Coolant Raknoids to take their canisters and put them on a Thermia Fracture. When the canister is ready, you'll need to defend it from Corpus enemies.
  • A squad of 5 Coolant Raknoids can be found following the Exploiter Orb around the Temple of Profit, the north-west corner of Orb Vallis. Additional Coolant Raknoids spawn under the Exploiter Orb every few seconds.
  • Only one fracture can be defended at a time, making it unwise to grab multiple canisters.
• Each fracture closed will award 1 point. Closing 4 fractures with a single Coolant canister will award 1 unit of Diluted Thermia (affected by Resource Boosters) and an additional 3 points, for a total of 7!

Part C: Escalation

Deck 12 is unlocked - if you know where to look. Work with Solaris United to take down The Exploiter while the operation is still active! Every Diluted Thermia resource you’ve harvested will allow you an encounter with The Exploiter, you can stockpile, share, and more!

The Exploiter has the ability to summon a powerful blizzard around itself, whipping up winds that can freeze you solid if you’re not careful. You must find a way to weaken the Orb Mother’s chilling abilities, pick apart its defenses, and ultimately settle the score.

What You Need To Know

• An in-depth guide to locating Data-Hashes can be found here.
• You'll only be able to take part in this event for a limited time, so be sure to take on The Exploiter or you’ll have to wait until Thermia Fractures re-appear in the Orb Vallis.

Rewards

Thermia Fractures

• 5 Points: Operation Buried Debts Emblem
• 25 Points: and  Amalgam Serration
• 50 Points:  Amalgam Barrel Diffusion and  Amalgam Organ Shatter
• 75 Points: Operation Buried Debts Sigil
• 100 Points:  Opticor Vandal (Includes weapon slot and pre-installed Orokin Catalyst)

Exploiter Orb

•  Hildryn Chassis Blueprint
•  Hildryn Neuroptics Blueprint
•  Hildryn Systems Blueprint
• Lazulite Toroid: A rare resource that is prized by Vox Solaris, trade it in for Standing!
• Exploiter Orb Articula: Add a miniature Exploiter Orb Mother decoration to your Orbiter!
• Shocking Step Ephemera & Freezing Step Ephemera Blueprint: Craft this Ephemera to add a striking effect to your footsteps!

Media

Warframe - THERMIA FRACTURES AND ALL THE PRIZES Operation Buried Debts

Patch History

Update 24.5 (2019-03-14) Operation: Buried Debts - Deck 12

Your global Data Hash scanning has not gone unnoticed, Tenno. As a Community, you’re close to cracking the code, but not close enough, and that’s our fault. Our predicted end goal was determined to be unreachable in a reasonable amount of time, so we’ve made some manual data tweaks to allow Scans to progress the Operation at a quicker rate to get everyone closer to the next climactic stage. We’ll be mindful moving forward of these end goals for similar Operations. See here for updated Data Hash information: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1070712-corpus-data-hash-sabotage/

Once the code has been cracked in-game, more information will become available.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Refined the end of mission screen for Thermia Fracture progress to show you what you received in that single mission vs. a cumulative total, which could be misleading.

Hotfix 24.4.2 (2019-03-08)

Operation - Buried Debt Fixes

• Clarified and corrected the Buried Debts data-hashes section of the World State Window to read as ‘UNDISCOVERED’ when you haven't scanned any data-hashes yet, instead of ‘SCANNED’.
• Updated the Diluted Thermia description to read:
  • A magma like liquid that is diluted with coolant during the extraction process. Thermia can be found fracturing the surface of the Orb Vallis during thermal flare-ups. Could this be the key to weakening the Exploiter Orb's defenses?
• Diluted Thermia now displays as a special pickup in the UI (similar to Argon Crystal, etc).
• Amalgam Mods can now be Chat linked and found in the Codex.
• Fixed a crash when engaging with a Thermia Fracture.
• Fixed Coolant Canisters disappearing if you picked them up too quickly.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Introduced.