Summary
Starfield’s wide and wonderful Settled Systems are filled with many different activities, interesting sites, exciting quests, and useful materials that you will need to familiarize yourself with to improve your roleplaying experience. Another thing that Starfield has an abundance of are NPCs and side characters.
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These many side characters offer interesting quests, potential bodies to join your crews and outposts, and even some you can get romantically involved with and marry. Of all the side characters in Starfield, which are the best? This list will rank some of the best side characters you will encounter throughout your intergalactic adventures in the many worlds of Starfield.
10The Adoring Fan
The adoring fan is a recruitable side character that you’re able to access by choosingthe “hero-worshipped” traitduring your character creation process. If you have this trait, simply go to Starfield, New Atlantis, and he’ll find you.
The adoring fan starts as just that—a fan who adores you and showers you with praise and gifts throughout your travels. However, his companionship can quickly turn sour as it becomes evident that his relentless adoration and borderline obsession quickly become excessive and annoying. Despite that, he’s got a few interesting dialogue options, and having an adoring fan isn’t such a bad thing. Besides, if you get tired, you can always ‘get rid’ of him.
9Vasco
Vasco is one of the first side characters you’re introduced to during the opening sequences; he is also the first crew member you travel with before determining what kind of ship you want and picking your crew accordingly.
Vasco is also an interesting side character, being an intelligent robot with nice dialogue options and well-balanced skills. They greatly improve your ship’s capabilities, especially during the early game. Despite being a robot, his relationships with you and other companions come off as almost emotional, making interactions with him heartwarming. And besides, who wouldn’t want a robot on their space crew?
8Barret
Barret is the witty, wise-cracking Constellation member that you are introduced to at the start of the game, and he is the one who recruits you for Constellation.
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From the moment Barret begins to speak, it is evident what sort of character he is. He is a free-spirited charmer with a way with words and a knack for getting into trouble only to talk his way out of it. He is an interesting character with a lot of great dialogue lines, an amazing crew member that you may recruit without spending any credits, and apotential love interestas he isone of the romanceable charactersin the game.
7Heller
Heller is one of the earliest characters you are introduced to during your brief stint as a miner. He is one of your first interactions in Starfield and could be a free companion to add to your crew if you need his services.
Heller’s skills give you a unique advantage in a department that not many other companions offer: resource mining. Apart from his unique skill, Heller comes across as a humorous character who makes light of serious situations and tries to get a laugh out of you whenever he can. His dialogue is genuinely funny.
6Andreja
Andreja is an intriguing and mysterious side character that you will encounter during the main campaign of Starfield. She is a member of Constellation and, as such, has a strong moral compass and personality that guide her actions.
Andreja is also one of the few romanceable character options in the game for players to get a deeper role-playing experience.you’re able to romance herand even marry this intriguing side character if you find yourself captivated enough.
5Sam Coe
Sam Coe has an interesting backstory that you get to experience during one of the story missions. He is a brave and honorable hero-type character and a devoted and loving father to his daughter.
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Sam is a highly skilled free companion that adds a lot of useful points to your ship’s crew. He’s alsoa great option for romanceif you’re into the brooding hero type with a troubled past.
4Vladimir Sall
The life of Vladimir Sall can only be described as intriguing and unusual. A former pirate turned explorer and Constellation member can be found in The Eye, a star station located in Jemison’s orbit.
Vlad is an eccentric character with an interesting and dark past as a former member of the Crimson Fleet, one of the most dangerous threats in the Starfield. He also offers some of the best rates for any survey data slates you might have for sale.
3Walter Stroud
Walter Stroud is one of the owners of Stroud-Ecklund, one of Starfield’s most successful spaceship manufacturers. He is also a flourishing entrepreneur and the main source of funding for the Constellation faction in the Settled Systems.
Stroud, despite being surrounded by explorers, being at the head of an immensely successful spacecraft find company, and bankrolling an organization that primarily explores space, appears to have no interest in exploration. The Artifacts are also of no major interest to him. Rather, his focus lies solely on financial gain, explaining his noteworthy accomplishments in the business realm. He is a far cry from all the other bright-eyed explorers and cutthroat mercenaries in the game. He is a strict businessman, making him a unique character in the game.
2Kibwe Ikande
you’re able to find Kibawe Ikande in Jemison, who serves as a high-ranking UC Navy United Colonies System Defense officer. There isn’t anything that specifically separates Kibwe from other side characters other than what meeting him could potentially unlock for you.
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Getting arrested in Jemison will see you taken to Kibwe, where he will give you the choice to work away your crimes by going undercover and infiltrating the Crimson Fleet pirate crew to try and dismantle them from within. This is easily one of the best side quests in the game. Ikande also hasan incredible spaceshipthat could be made available to you.
1Sarah Morgan
Sarah is Constellation’s brilliant and charismatic leader and a potential companion you can recruit for free during the game’s main story.
From the moment you encounter Sarah, you’re able to immediately note that she is a visionary and a true leader who is willing to jump into the fire to fulfill her vision rather than sit around and wait for others to do her bidding. She is an interesting character to have around and apotential love interestas well.
