How To Start Deadlock Protocol

"Yous're non supposed to exist in hither! Y'all're going to ruin the surprise!"

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A power struggle within the Corpus elite has erupted. Seeking command, Nef Anyo looks to the past... to the very origins of the Corpus itself.

—In-game description

The Deadlock Protocol is an optional solo-only quest released in Update 28.0 (2020-06-11), where Nef Anyo seeks to proceeds control of the Corpus by claiming to have found an heir to their Founder, Parvos Granum. Completing this quest awards the blueprint for Protea .

Synopsis [ ]

The Corpus Board of Directors is indecisive. To evidence that he is the rightful heir, Nef Anyo has been trying to notice genetic proof of his ancestral ties with the Corpus founder Parvos Granum by finding his remains, which would allow him to gain command over the Board. Finding traces of Parvos's personal bodyguard Protea , his search leads to the Granum Void where he has been sacrificing Solaris workers in order to see inside this interdimensional realm.

The Tenno follows 1 of these Solaris workers and discovers that Parvos has been live since the Orokin Era, saved by Protea who traded her life to encase Parvos in the timeless Void. Turns out Parvos lured the Tenno into the Void in society for Protea to browse their Warframes and become functional again, as a Specter.

Nef decides to marry with the Tenno to stop Parvos and his Protea Specter from escaping the Granum Void, giving them ciphers to access Corpus files on Parvos. After hacking into Corpus databases in order to build the Xoris , Parvos'due south invention linked to Specter applied science, the Tenno reenter the Granum Void, freeing the Solaris captives and defeating the Protea Specter.

However, Parvos successfully escaped into reality, laying out plans to restructure the Corpus faction or start a new philosophy under the pretense of "an impending threat from Tau", offer the Tenno a spot on his bargaining table.

Walkthrough [ ]

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

The following article/section contains spoilers. Please end the quest earlier proceeding.

This quest can be accessed directly from the Codex, after completing the Voice Solaris and beingness Mastery Rank 4.

A short cinematic will play, where Nef Anyo has begun to restructure the Corpus armada by invoking the "Deadlock Protocol": a contingency initiative in example the Corpus Lath of Directors should ever exist caught in a permanent voting impasse; having unsuccessfully voted seven times so far with seven directors for and seven opposed, again and again each time. The Tenno then receives a broadcast from Vocalism who announces that the ability structure within the Corpus is failing and that it is Solaris United'due south fourth dimension to rise.

Decrypt Nef Anyo's Deadlock memorandum (Interception, Venus) [ ]

Eudico contacts the Tenno informing them that the Deadlock Protocol is costing Solaris lives; Nef Anyo has claimed to have establish an heir to the Corpus Founder, Parvos Granum, who can potentially unite the Corpus Board of Directors and bring about disaster to Solaris United.

This mission is a three-circular Interception with only two towers. Eudico uses these towers to decrypt Nef Anyo's memorandum, where he explains his birth history within the Corpus before boldly challenge that he himself is the genetic heir to the Founder, and he just needs to prove this.

Visit Eudico in Fortuna [ ]

Eudico calls the Tenno to meet within the backroom of Fortuna. The Business organisation introduces Protea , a Warframe personally assigned to Granum past the Orokin themselves. Granum was assassinated, presumably by a Board fellow member, when the Void drive of his personal ship was sabotaged, and Nef Anyo is searching for remains of Protea who was supposedly with Granum during his death.

Learn the fate of missing Solaris ("Volunteers", Venus) [ ]

On landing, The Business directs the Tenno to locate a Protean Sensor, which is a behemothic hand in aureate, a tribute to the belatedly Granum who was missing his left hand. They are interrupted by a Void-temporal shift and an annunciation of Nef Anyo bringing in "volunteers". In society to understand the situation, The Business directs the Tenno to have control of a nearby Corpus Systems and and then defend it.

The Tenno are then directed to another Protean Sensor. Upon inflow, they see a Solaris worker being vaporized by the mitt, much to Eudico'due south stupor. Later on defending the next Corpus Systems, the Tenno receives a live feed from the vaporized Solaris, who has been transported to the Void, much to Nef Anyo'southward delight.

Render to Fortuna [ ]

Back in the backroom, The Business organisation reveals how to operate the Granum Tributes, using an particular called a Granum Crown located somewhere on the Corpus ships.

Shell Nef to Granum Void (Tributes, Phobos) [ ]

While searching for the Granum Crown, Nef Anyo declares he is set to send a Treasurer to make a tribute himself. The Tenno must intercept the Treasurer and loot the Granum Crown they drop, then make their style to a Granum Tribute.

Upon offering the tribute, the Tenno are transported to the Granum Void, discovering a very much alive Parvos Granum who has been preserved thanks to Protea'south time-manipulating abilities, only has become merely a Specter of herself. As the Tenno fight off Errant Specters, Granum does non deny that Nef Anyo is his son, but disowns him and rejects his twisted and selfish methods within the Corpus; Granum reveals that he had just been using Nef Anyo to summon the Tenno. Protea had go reinvigorated with her kin, before promptly ejecting them from the Void with a Temporal Anchor . A time dilation brings the Tenno back onto the ship every bit if they had never entered the Void; a confused Business tells the Tenno to excerpt equally the Errant Specters begin to appear.

Acquire parts to build the Xoris (The Xoris, Europa) [ ]

On the Orbiter, the Tenno receive an inbox message from an enraged and betrayed Nef Anyo, who is willing to telephone call truce with Solaris United due to the threat of the Protea Specter: if the Tenno are able to defeat information technology, they in return volition exist able to rescue the Solaris trapped in the Void. To that end, he supplies the Tenno with a blueprint for the Xoris Glaive.

This mission is a Spy. All 3 vaults need to be hacked to obtain the Xoris Handle, Cadre, and Blade. The vaults reveal that Parvos Granum was developing the Specter Particle Theory, and used information technology to wipe out a Warframe strike force during the former Orokin Era. The Business declares that Granum's high intelligence could exist seen every bit a threat to Solaris United.

Use your Xoris to free Solaris captives in Granum Void (Parvos Granum, Neptune) [ ]

With the parts in hand, the Tenno must build the Xoris in the Foundry. While crafting, The Business discovers that Granum may soon be capable of leaving his Void domain.

Returning to the Corpus fleet, Nef Anyo, declares the Tenno are too late as the Errant Specters accept overrun his armada. Unwilling to allow his ships exist captured, he breaks his deal with Solaris United and engages the self-destruct sequence on his ships. The Tenno is able to think the Treasurer'southward Granum Crown and enter the Granum Void but before the send explodes.

To save the three Solaris workers trapped within the Granum Void, the player must "charge" the Xoris past killing the Specter Particles with its melee attacks. Subsequently accumulating three charges, they must detonate the Xoris mid-flying via the Alternate Burn down button near the Solaris worker.

Subsequently freeing the Solaris workers, the Protea Specter leaves her pedestal to practise battle, armed with her signature Velox sidearm and a Gunsen . After depleting her health, she will activate Temporal Anchor to regain all her wellness; the role player must stop this using the Xoris'due south discharge. The process must be repeated three more times to defeat the Protea Specter.

Upon defeating Protea, the Tenno are ejected from the Granum Void and are warped dorsum in fourth dimension, to the first of the mission, only before Nef Anyo decides to actuate the ship'due south cocky-destruct. The Tenno extract from a dislocated Nef Anyo and his specter-less ship.

Upon returning to the Orbiter, Vocalization broadcasts for the Solaris to celebrate their united front with the Tenno. The player is rewarded a blueprint for the Protea Warframe. Meanwhile, Parvos Granum delivers an inbox bulletin to the Tenno informing them of his intentions to restructure the Corpus to counter the impending threat from Tau, otherwise, he will abandon his children to create a new doctrine, inviting them and Solaris United a seat at his new table, besides awarding them the Granum Void Captura Scene.

Notes [ ]

Players who already have a fully congenital Protea prior to completion of this quest will additionally receive a Riven Mod.

The Solarian Captive 2 - the Nervous/Twitchy one - Is voiced by vocalization actor Oliver Koppert.

Media [ ]

The Environments in Warframe - The Corpus Transport Remaster (The Deadlock Protocol)

Patch History [ ]

Hotfix 31.6.2 (2022-06-15)

Fixed the health bar UI missing on the consoles you lot are defending in the Deadlock Protocol quest.

Hotfix 31.5.4 (2022-05-02)

Stock-still script error in the Deadlock Protocol quest.

Update 30.nine (2021-xi-11)

Fixed notification popup for when the Deadlock Protocol Quest becomes bachelor fifty-fifty when y'all aren't Mastery Rank four.

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

Made the post-obit changes to decrease the difficulty of the concluding fight in the Deadlock Protocol Quest:
- Max number of ii Errant Specters alive at a time.
- Increased the corporeality of time earlier Errant Specters find an Errant enemy to vitrify.
- Errant enemies tin can only be buffed to a max level xx.
- Added more helpful tips to the Xoris hint: "Agree then release [Button] to throw the Xoris and capture Specter Particles".
- Lowered the Protea Specter's Blaze Artillery turret damage.
- Increased the Protea Specter's Shield recharge filibuster.
- Reduced the Protea Specter's Wellness and Shields.
- Added hint when Protea Specter is vulnerable to the charge Xoris: "Detonate the Xoris while Protea rewinds!"
- Changed the Protea Specter'south Temporal Ballast to trigger at a consistent time to brand her easier to hit inside the window.

Hotfix 29.5.3 (2020-xi-23)

Fixed the last mission on The Deadlock Protocol Quest not being completable (the boss fight with Protea).

Hotfix 29.5.2 (2020-11-20)

Fixed a crash associated with the Protea boss fight.
Partially stock-still a progression stopper with the Protea boss fight. We are still working on this issue, information technology is not fully resolved! Apologies!

Hotfix 29.0.viii (2020-09-10)

Fixed Parvos Granum appearing visually diddled out in some cases.

Hotfix 28.3.2 (2020-08-12)

Fixed timer/enemies not spawning in The Deadlock Protocol Quest Granum Void.

Hotfix 28.2.1 (2020-08-01)

Fixed Lotus VO appearing in the Deadlock Protocol Quest when it shouldn't.

Hotfix 28.0.5 (2020-06-17)

Increased the sparkle in Parvos' optics in his transmissions. This is the modify we all wanted to see.

Hotfix 28.0.2 (2020-06-11)

Granum Void enemies during the final mission of The Deadlock Protocol Quest volition now drop Ammo and Energy.

Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)

Introduced.

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