Ticker

"Don't matter to Nef one whit you're an engineer or a lowly thrower. You owe, you go. That's where Ticker comes in, ray of sunshine that she is."

—Ticker

Ticker is a Solaris who serves as a medium for players to help pay off the debts of other Solaris, located on a platform above The Business' shop and can be accessed by a small elevator that can be found to the left upon entering Fortuna. By buying off debts, she rewards the player with two or three types of Debt-Bonds, which can be turned in for Solaris Standing or can be used to buy secondhand ornaments and decorations for the player's Orbiter.

Purchase Debt-Bonds

Ticker will have 5-8 possible debts available for the player to purchase with each including a number of Debt-Bonds. Lower tier Training Debt-Bonds and Shelter Debt-Bonds are always on offer, while higher tier Medical, Advances, and Familial are on offer at times. Each debt is tied to a unique case identifier and requires 5,000-350,000 credits and 0-2 additional resources, with the rewarded debt-bonds scaling up with the cost. Additionally, each case is set to an expiry timer, before being replaced by a new one. Timers are limited to 8 hours, so visiting her 8 hours later will guarantee that the selection of all debts on offer will be completely refreshed.

These cases also provide information about the Solaris with each one noting the Solaris' profession, details about their lives, their criminal records, and their respective punishments.^[1]

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Occupation

One of these appear in the file.

Abigail
Accountant
Action Doc
Admin Assistant
Asset Tracker
Atmospheric Engineer
Bartender
Blast Helper
Bodyguard
Bouncer
Cargo Thrower
Construction Engineer
Convoy Dispatcher
Convict
Cook
Corpus Liaison
Courier
Criminal
Crud Diver
Crusher Operator
Cutter
Cyberneticist
Dealer
Dewatering Operator
Driller's Assistant
Driver
Dryman
Electrician
Enforcer
Enviro Tech
Equipment Operator
Fire Control
Fitter
Fixer
Flotation Tech
Fluid Engineer
Foreman
Geologist
Geophysicist
Guard
Habway Cleaner
Hydrologist
Investigator
Janitor
Laborer
Lugger
Machinist
Manager
Mechanic
Mechanic's Helper
Mercantile Mercenary
Metallurgist
Millwright
Nutrition Tech
Ops Director
Outflow Attendant
Overseer
Paramedic
Paver
Personnel Cleric
Pharmacist
Pipefitter
Plumber
Pneumaticist
Project Director
Propulsion Engineer
Rack Maintenance Tech
Reagent Tech
Recordkeeper
Remote Comms Tech
Rigger
Safety Monitor
Safety Officer
Sampler
Scientist
Security
Senior Security
Shift Manager
Site Manager
Slurry Monitor
Sumper
Supervisor
Surveyor
Technician
Terraforming Engineer
Torsion Engineer
Tractor Jockey
Tractor Mechanic
Traffic Controller
Transpo
Unemployed
Vendor
Warehouse Clerk
Warehouse Supervisor
Welder

Name/Designation

A letter followed by a dash and a number (e.g. G-56).

Number of Dependents

Ranging from 0 to 10 (e.g. 8 Dependents).

Comments

One, two, or three of these appear in the file.

Addict
Aids the poor
Avoids overtime
Best friend brain-shelved
Black market connections
Brother brain-shelved
Colourful history
Corpus informant
Criminal record: Assault
Criminal record: Fraud
Criminal record: Racketeering
Criminal record: Smuggling
Criminal record: Vagrancy
Criminal record: Vandalism
Daughter brain-shelved
Employee of the Month
Excessive absenteeism
Ex-gang member
Ex-mercantile mercenary
Father brain-shelved
Gives to charity
Has traveled widely
Hereditary illnesses
High IQ
High pain threshold
High-quality upgrades
Highly experienced
History of violence
Hounded by a drive gang
In demand
Industrial accident: Capacitor discharge
Industrial accident: Cargo crush
Industrial accident: Coolant inhalation
Industrial accident: Long-term exposure
Industrial accident: Mauled by wildlife
Industrial accident: Plasma leak
Industrial accident: Spaced
Known criminal associate
Known dissident
Known killer
Known Quill associate
Limp
Low IQ
Low pain threshold
Low-quality upgrades
Married
Military history: Earth
Military history: Mars
Military history: Mercury
Military history: Phobos
Military history: Neptune
Military history: Saturn
Military history: Uranus
Military history: Venus
Minimal modifications
Mother brain-shelved
One-armed
Orphaned
Ostron connections
Partially blind
Peak physical specimen
Poor health
Prior repo
Pro-Corpus
Recently demoted
Recently married
Recently promoted
Regular overtime
Repo Rights advocate
Respected
Respected by drive gangs
Sister brain-shelved
Solaris United connections
Solaris United sympathizer
Son brain-shelved
Suspected dissident
Temple donations: High
Temple donations: Low
Temple donor in good standing
Underworld affiliations
Well-known
Widower

Quirks

Any two of these appear in the file. This list may not be exhaustive.

Abrasive
Addictive
Adventurous
Affectionate
Agile
Alert
Amateur
Ambitious
Analytical
Antisocial
Apathetic
Appreciative
Big
Bold
Callous
Callous
Calm
Cautious
Centered
Charming
Childish
Clumsy
Cocky
Cold
Compulsive
Confident
Confrontational
Controlling
Cooperative
Courageous
Courteous
Creative
Cruel
Curious
Cynical
Dangerous
Decisive
Defensive
Dense
Diplomatic
Disciplined
Discreet
Dishonest
Disloyal
Disorganized
Disrespectful
Distinctive
Easygoing
Efficient
Empathetic
Enthusiastic
Evasive
Evil
Extravagant
Extraverted
Famous
Fanatical
Feisty
Flirtatious
Focused
Foolish
Foreign
Forgetful
Funny
Friendly
Frivolous
Fussy
Generous
Gentle
Gossipy
Greedy
Grumpy
Happy
Hard-boiled
Haughty
Helpful
Helpless
Honest
Honorable
Hospitable
Hostile
Humble
Humorless
Hypocritical
Idealistic
Ignorant
Imaginative
Impatient
Impulsive
Indecisive
Inattentive
Independent
Industrious
Inflexible
Inhibited
Innocent
Insecure
Intelligent
Introverted
Irrational
Irresponsible
Jealous
Judgmental
Kind
Know-it-all
Lazy
Loyal
Lucky
Manipulative
Masculine
Martyr
Materialistic
Melodramatic
Menacing
Merciful
Meticulous
Morbid
Nagging
Native
Neat
Needy
Nervous
Nosy
Obedient
Objective
Observant
Obsessive
Odd
Ordinary
Organized
Oversensitive
Paranoid
Passionate
Patient
Perceptive
Perfectionist
Persuasive
Pessimistic
Philosophical
Playful
Possessive
Prejudiced
Pretentious
Private
Proactive
Professional
Promiscuous
Proper
Protective
Quirky
Rebellious
Reckless
Resentful
Resourceful
Responsible
Rich
Rowdy
Scatterbrained
Secretive
Self-destructive
Self-indulgent
Selfish
Sentimental
Sensible
Sensual
Shifty
Skilled
Sleazy
Sloppy
Small
Small-time
Sophisticated
Spiritual
Spoiled
Spontaneous
Stingy
Strong
Strong-willed
Stubborn
Subservient
Superstitious
Tactless
Temperamental
Timid
Tolerant
Traditional
Troublesome
Trustworthy
Uncommunicative
Uncooperative
Uncouth
Unethical
Ungrateful
Uninhibited
Unintelligent
Unlucky
Unselfish
Vain
Verbose
Vindictive
Violent
Weak
Weak-willed
Whimsical
Whiny
Wholesome
Wild
Wise
Withdrawn
Witty
Workaholic
Worrier
Young

Punishments

One of these appear in the file.

60 days/3 years/10 years hard labor Fortuna sumps
60 days/3 years/10 years hard labor on the Orb Vallis
60 days/3 years/10 years hard labor orbital mining
Optical repossession
Limb repossession
Organ repossession
Exile
1/2/3 year(s) brain-shelving
Total bodily repossession and permanent brain-shelving. Debt passed to dependents.

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Ticker's Secondhand

Ticker also has a daily rotating selection of Fortuna-themed Decorations for a player's Orbiter or Clan Dojo, with each item having a decoration capacity of 5. These may only be bought with Debt-Bonds, and the price for each item on offer is randomized every day from this item's price band.

Price Band	Price Variants
Cheap	6-12 Training / Shelter / Medical / Advances
Mid-range	5-15 Training / Shelter / Medical / Advances and 5-15 Shelter / Medical / Advances / Familial
Expensive	5-15 Training / Shelter / Medical and 5-15 Shelter / Medical / Advances and 5-15 Medical / Advances / Familial

Trade Debt-Bonds for Solaris United Standing

The player may also turn in debt-bonds for a certain amount of Solaris United Standing.

Trade-In	Standing gained
Training Debt-Bond	100 Standing 100
Shelter Debt-Bond	200 Standing 200
Medical Debt-Bond	300 Standing 300
Advances Debt-Bond	400 Standing 400
Familial Debt-Bond	500 Standing 500

Hire Railjack Crew Members

Main article: Railjack/Crew

Being at least Rank 1 in the Command Intrinsic unlocks the ability to hire NPC crew members from Ticker. Every 24 hours following the daily reset, there will be up to seven crew members available to be purchased, each with a randomized name, stats, flavor text, and cost.

Each of these crew members is associated with a particular faction Syndicate and the player's standing with each syndicate is used to determine potential discounts and taxes on their cost. Being at positive standing with a syndicate will grant up to to 50% discount on the respective crew member. Conversely, being at negative standing will add an additional tax to crew member costs, up to double their initial value.

Note that:

Crew members bought with credits will have 8 competency points distributed across their stats
Crew members bought with Railjack resources will have 10 competency points distributed across their stats
Elite Crew members, unlocked at Command Intrinsic Rank 10, will have 12 competency points distributed across their stats, and a passive based on their highest stat.

Base Costs

Crew members have a base credit cost of 100,000-120,000 Credits 100,000-120,000. For crew members that require Railjack resources to purchase:

5,000-7,000 common resources (e.g. Titanium or Carbides)
400-500 uncommon resources (e.g. Isos)

Types

Elite Crew

Main article: Railjack/Crew § Elite Crew Trait (edit)

Elite Crewmates have a random trait based on which of their Competencies have the most points.

Competency	Bonus
Piloting	+25% speed for Vidar/Lavan/Zetki engines
Gunnery	+50% damage for Vidar/Lavan/Zetki turrets
Repair	Gain 50% Movement Speed for 10 seconds after repairing
Repair	Heal all teammates for 1000 Health when this crew member drops below 30% Health (Cooldown: 5 min)
Combat	Increase Critical Damage by 300% while Health is below 50%
Combat	+150% Critical Chance bonus with Rifles/Pistols (stacks additively with mods like Point Strike)
Endurance	Activates a protective shield when taking near lethal damage (60 second cooldown)
Endurance	Killing an enemy heals all nearby allies by 500 over 10 seconds

Lore

Trivia

Ticker is voiced by Guy Cunningham.
Head writer Cam Rogers has confirmed that Ticker is a transgender woman.^[2]^[3]

Patch History

Hotfix 35.5.1 (2024-03-27)

Fixed a script error caused by viewing Crew Members at Ticker.

Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)

Fixed Familiar and Advances Debt-Bonds rarely showing up in Ticker’s Cases offerings.
- Now, the Cases she offers will always include at least 3x Common, 1x Uncommon, 1x Rare Cases to ensure that rare Debt-Bonds can be acquired at any given time.

Hotfix 31.5.6 (2022-05-04)

Fixed crash when opening up the ‘Hire Railjack Crew Members’ window at Ticker in Fortuna.

Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)

RAILJACK COMMAND RANK 10: Introducing Elite Crewmates! Stronger crew members become available for recruitment from Ticker.

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

Once you’ve unlocked your Command Intrinsic and have Crew Member Slots for Crewmates, it’s time to visit Ticker in Fortuna. She can put you in touch with a wide variety of people from all across the Star Chart for the right Hire price! Their price may be determined by your alignment with certain Syndicates - some Crew will join you at a discount, and others double the price! Your Syndicate alignments determine all.

Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)

Fixed several of Ticker’s Second Hand Decorations appearing off center from their dioramas.

Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)

Improvements towards the algorithm of dynamic vendor (Hok, Ticker, etc) items to guarantee even appearances.

Hotfix 25.1.2 (2019-06-12)

Hovering over Debt Bonds in Ticker’s purchase screen now displays the amount you’re getting, as opposed to just how many you already own.

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

Ticker has added a Venus Bounty Trap to their Secondhand Wares! A true hunter keeps their tools close at hand.

Hotfix 24.0.7 (2018-11-15)
Since the initial release of Fortuna, the acquisition of Debt-Bonds has proven to require further changes in order to bring balance between the procurement methods. As it is known, you can obtain Debt-Bonds by purchasing Ticker’s Case# or from Bounty rewards. Ticker’s inventory not only took quite some time to refresh, but the inventory itself did not offer a diverse source at any given time. Considering the cost at which Debt-Bonds are required to Rank up in Solaris United, we have made the following changes to bring a more balanced rotation for Ticker:

There will now always be 3 Common, 1 Uncommon, and 1 Rare Case# available at any given time.
Increased the rate at which Ticker’s Case# inventory refreshes by reducing the duration they persist for.

Hotfix 24.0.2 (2018-11-09)
We have removed an unintentional multiplier within ticker’s Case# purchases, which resulted in some players receiving 5x/10x/20x the indicated Debt-Bonds. There was a bug causing this multiplier under the hood. A script is running to remove the accidentally multiplied goods. You will be left with the intended amount (i.e if you bought 10 but received 70, you'll have 10).

Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

Introduced.

References

↑ https://www.orokinarchives.com/ticker-dossiers/
↑ (2019, October 6). I feel like that's evident in her second dialog update. From memory a line makes that clear (but I'd need to check). But hey, I'm happy to come out and say it if that helps: Ticker's trans.. Twitter. Accessed 2019-10-07. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02.
↑ Travis Teaspoon (2023, February 24). Warframe FYI - The Creation of Ticker. YouTube. Accessed 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Clip from Prime Time #338 on 2023-02-23 on inspiration for Ticker.

[1] ttps://www.orokinarchives.com/ticker-dossiers/

[2] (2019, October 6). I feel like that's evident in her second dialog update. From memory a line makes that clear (but I'd need to check). But hey, I'm happy to come out and say it if that helps: Ticker's trans.. Twitter. Accessed 2019-10-07. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02.

[3] Travis Teaspoon (2023, February 24). Warframe FYI - The Creation of Ticker. YouTube. Accessed 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Clip from Prime Time #338 on 2023-02-23 on inspiration for Ticker.

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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