CODEX Compose her song and then conduct the mighty Mandachord, turning bass, beat and melody into an anthem of devastation.

This is Octavia, the melodic, the maestro. If music be the food of death... play on, Tenno. —Lotus

Release Date: March 24th, 2017

Rhythmic and imaginative, Octavia conducts her myriad siren songs and ambient anthems through the mystical Mandachord. Entice enemies with musical instruments that inflict melodic maladies, as the Tenno chorus synchronize their rhythm to sound the drums of war.

Octavia was composed in Update 20.0

Acquisition

Octavia's main blueprint is acquired upon completion of the Octavia's Anthem quest. The Chassis blueprint is rewarded from the Lua Music Puzzle. The Neuroptics blueprint is rewarded from Rotation C of Deimos Survival. The Systems blueprint can be found in the A Rotation Cache of Lua Crossfire Exterminate missions.

Additional main blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris for 50,000 ‍50,000. The Mandachord can also be bought for 25,000 ‍25,000.

Drop Chance Expected Nearly Guaranteed Chassis Blueprint 100% 1 1 Neuroptics Blueprint 22.56% 4 – 5 C Rotations 27 ± 9 C Rotations Systems Blueprint 22.56% 4 – 5 Rotation A Caches 27 ± 9 Rotation A Caches

Expected refers to total number of attempts a player can expect to need in order to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of attempts a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

Mandachord

Main article: Mandachord

The Mandachord is Octavia's signature instrument that allows her to interact with her abilities. To use it, click the Mandachord button in Octavia's Appearance screen.





Notes

If Octavia wields her signature weapons: Tenora Headshot kills with Alternate Fire have a 20% chance to instantly refill the magazine. Pandero reload speed by 20% .﻿ No weak spots other than actual heads will trigger these effects. Headshots on invulnerable enemies will still grant these effects, but not with invulnerable bosses.



Trivia

[DE]Danielle performed motion capture work for Octavia's animation set.

The Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts provided the sound effects for Octavia's abilities.

Octavia's name was announced during PAX East 2017.

Octavia's name comes from the word octave , the word for a span of eight diatonic tonal notes that repeat over higher and lower frequency ranges, usually containing the basis for most musical scales. Her name may also have some origin from the Latin name "Octavia", meaning "eighth born".

, the word for a span of eight diatonic tonal notes that repeat over higher and lower frequency ranges, usually containing the basis for most musical scales. Her name may also have some origin from the Latin name "Octavia", meaning "eighth born". Octavia's Mandachord plays notes in the D Minor Pentatonic scale. "Pent" meaning five, corresponding to the five available notes for the Melody and Bass instruments to select from when composing a song.

Lotus' quote, is a reference to the opening scene of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

The names of Octavia's Corpus-themed instruments all have Greek origins. Alpha , Beta , Gamma , Delta and Epsilon are the first five letters in the Greek Alphabet. Horus may be derived from Horos , which is Greek for dance.

Octavia is partly unique because two of her component blueprints can only be acquired from side objectives in missions (e.g. Crossfire caches and the Lua music puzzle).



