Operation: Shadow Debt

The Stalker has found others as twisted as himself. He calls them his Acolytes and he's sent them after ME?!

SHHH. I have to be very quiet, they cloak, they could be hiding anywhere… listening to this.

I'm calling in my favor. Break into Corpus and Grineer installations and steal their security data. With enough data, I can determine their cloaking patterns and turn the tables on

these…betrayers."

—A message from Alad V

What You'll need to do

Help Alad V by completing 4 missions to get data on these Acolytes that are pursuing him.
Use his signals to track down the mysterious 'Acolytes'!
Each Acolyte will be detected on a planet – seek them out on various nodes on the listed planet.
Once the Acolyte is found – the hunt is on! The node will be revealed and players can deploy on this node to hunt out the Acolyte in the level and damage them.
If enough damage is done, the Acolyte will flee, leaving behind new Mods!
There are 5 Acolytes in total, find and hunt each of them down until they have 0 Health remaining!
… but what happens once these 5 Acolytes are killed?

What you need to know

This Operation is on now until you've killed all 5 Acolytes as a community. Spoilers: Once you've done that, a final challenger will appear which will be active for 3 days! The event duration is however long it takes you as a community to kill the 5 Acolytes, + 3 Days for the final challenger! While it's not required to have encountered any of the 5 Acolytes before facing this Challenger, we encourage you to do so for Mod collecting and helping out the community goal!
Acolytes will move around to try and escape the hunting tactics of the Tenno – be prepared to seek them out across many planets!

Acolytes

Rewards

Collect 4 Cloaking Data	Defeat 10 Acolytes	Defeat Final Challenger	Clear 15 Waves against Final Challenger

Acolyte Sigil Orokin Catalyst	Acolyte Badge Orokin Reactor	Vulkar Wraith	Acolyte Lacera Skin

Acolyte Drops

Name	Rarity	Type	Description	Dropped By
Blood Rush	Uncommon	Melee	Increases Critical chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Torment
Body Count	Common	Melee	Extends the duration of the Melee Combo Multiplier.	Angst
Weeping Wounds	Uncommon	Melee	Increases Status chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Mania
Maiming Strike	Rare	Melee	Increases the chance of a Critical Hit on slide attacks.	Violence
Hydraulic Crosshairs	Common	Pistol	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Argon Scope	Rare	Rifle	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Laser Sight	Uncommon	Shotgun	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Sharpened Bullets	Uncommon	Pistol	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Bladed Rounds	Uncommon	Rifle	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Shrapnel Shot	Common	Shotgun	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Pressurized Magazine	Rare	Pistol	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Spring-Loaded Chamber	Uncommon	Rifle	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Repeater Clip	Uncommon	Shotgun	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Embedded Catalyzer	Uncommon	Pistol	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Catalyzer Link	Common	Rifle	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Nano-Applicator	Rare	Shotgun	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Narrow Barrel				Malice
Focused Defense				Malice
Guided Ordinance				Malice
Targeting Subsystem				Malice

CLAN TROPHY REWARDS

Clan Rewards: All participating Clans will receive an event trophy for their attempts on the bonus final challenger mission. The following table lays out which Trophy your clan will earn depending on the Sum of all participating Members best Wave.

Clan Tier	Terracotta Trophy	Bronze Trophy	Silver Trophy	Gold Trophy
Ghost	25 Waves	50 Waves	75 Waves	100 Waves
Shadow	75 Waves	150 Waves	225 Waves	300 Waves
Storm	250 Waves	500 Waves	750 Waves	1000 Waves
Mountain	750 Waves	1500 Waves	2250 Waves	3000 Waves
Moon	2500 Waves	5000 Waves	7500 Waves	10000 Waves

Notes

Each Acolyte will hide on a random mission node. Tenno must fan out and scout all mission nodes (no known restrictions at this time) in search of the Acolyte. Once an Acolyte is found, all Tenno will be alerted of its presence within the Acolytes tab of the World State Window.
- The Acolyte will remain on that node until a set amount of damage (currently 50000 total) has been dealt to it (cumulative from all Tenno contributing).
- Once the Acolyte has taken its beating, it will find a new node to hide in and the Tenno must search for it once again.
On mission nodes where they can be found, the Acolyte is hidden within a random room on the map. Upon entering the room the Acolyte is hidden in, the screen will flicker, similarly to other invaders (Stalker, Zanuka, etc.).
- This means that the Acolyte may be hidden in dead end rooms, or conveniently along the main path of the mission. Acolytes can also spawn in the map's starting room.
The Operation-only Spy nodes on Mercury and Venus can reward items not usually found in normal missions, such as Transmutation Cores.

Tips

The Acolytes are not immune to your Warframes' Abilities. Use whatever means possible to take them down.
- Crowd Control abilities, such as Rhino's Rhino Stomp or Nova's Molecular Prime can be effective at stopping the Acolyte in its tracks. Using certain augments such as Frost's Chilling Globe will also be able to completely freeze them if it successfully procs.
- Damaging abilities, such at Banshee's Sonar or Nova's Antimatter Drop can do massive amounts of damage to the Acolyte.
  - Note that you can only do a limited amount of damage to the Acolyte within any given mission.
- Status Effects will not lock down the Acolytes. Therefore, abilities such as Ember's Accelerant will not stagger the Acolyte (damage will still be increased).

Trivia

The date on the Alad V mail is January 18, 2016, which marks the initial release goal for this Operation.