Joining the Freestar Rangers inStarfieldlets you take on the wild, wild west…but in space. As you fly through the Settled Systems, you’ll eventually come across Akila City. Home to the Freestar Rangers, and capital of the Freestar Collective, this hub city may become a place you frequent often.

After completing your first mission in “Deputized,” you’ll return to Akila City to fill in the Marshal on everything that happened, and everything you learned. Your next course of action will be going to a place called Hopetown, and meeting up with another Freestar Ranger to continue your investigation.

A map of the Valo System in Starfield, showing planets rotating around a sun.

Travel To Polvo

During your talks withMarshal Daniel Blake, he’ll instruct you to go talk with a person namedRon Hopeto follow the lead on the stolen ship. This man is not just theowner of HopeTech, but is someoneon the Council of Governors, which is who the Freestar Rangers answer to.

Ron Hope can be found in Hopetown, his very own company townon the planetPolvo. In order to reach the orbit of Polvo, you’ll want to firstset a course for the Valo System.

A broken thruster switch on Nia Kalu’s ship in Starfield.

Fix Nia Kalu’s Ship

As you finish your grav jump to Polvo, you’llget a distress call right as you arrivefrom a ship in trouble. This isNia Kalu, theFreestar Ranger you are supposed to be meetingup with. You need to dock with andthen board Nia’s ship.

You’llfind her in the cockpit of her ship, and she’ll let you know thatsome outlaws got the jump on her.They will need to be apprehended, of course, but you’ll first need tofix up Nia’s damaged ship.

A space ship speeding toward three outlaw ships as they fire lasers.

There arethree areas you’ll need to interact with and fixbefore moving on:

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Confront The Outlaw Ships

With Nia in a better situation, you cango chase down the outlawsthat caused all this trouble.Head to Polvo’s moon, Miatha,and prepare for a space battle.

When you reach Miatha, you’ll findthree outlaw ships to fight.They aren’t especially high level, butthe ships themselves are pretty agile.verify tokeep targeting whichever ship you are focusing on, and take the ships out one at a time.

Several characters stand in Ron Hope’s office at HopeTech, listening to him talk.

It’s always a good idea tostock up on ship parts, just so you can readilyrepair your ship if it gets too damagedin combat.

Speak To Ron Hope

Once the space skies above Polvo are safe again, you cantouch down in Hopetownto continue your mission. Gofollow Nia Kalu through the HopeTech buildingso you can both meet with Ron Hope.

You cantalk with Ron Hope to investigate furtherinto the stolen ship, but remember tobe on your best behavior in front of him. He is on the Council of Governors after all, and he definitely makes sure to remind you of that fact. The conversation will come to a close witha new lead about the stolen ship, and who might have stolen it.

The quest “Where Hope Is Built” ends here,rewarding you with experience and credits.Your next stop? The city of Neon on Volii Alpha.