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The adventures you experience inStarfieldwill make you feel like you’re right out of a classic sci-fi film. You’ve got the spacesuit, the ship, and the crew of colorful characters to travel with you. Early on, you’re thrust into the main quest line with strange artifacts to uncover across the galaxy.
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One such quest has you chasing down a missing Vanguard who has a lead on another artifact piece. Sarah sees this as the perfect opportunity to give you your first mission and test whether you’re really Constellation material. Embark on a wild goose chase to fight Spacers, pay bar tabs, and find an Artifact.
Where To Find Sarah’s Contact
Speak to Sarahonce you’re ready toaccept your first missionfor Constellation. She hasa lead on another Artifactfrom the UC Vanguard, and she’ll be accompanying you until another Artifact is found or until the lead turns out to be nothing.
Sarah will be locked as your companion while you complete this quest, so keep that in mind in case you’d like to wrap up other quests first.
You’ll need tospeak to Sarah’s contactin the UC Vanguard. Head on over andspeak to Tuala at the desk. After a quick pitch aboutjoining the UC Vanguard, he’ll tell you that there’s something going on inthe Old Neighborhood:Sol,Mars, andNeptune.
Moara has an ‘ornament’ that matches the description of an Artifact. You’ll need tohead to Cydoniato find him and make a deal for it.
How To Find Moara
Finding Moara won’t be easy. There are plenty of steps to complete and evenmore shipyard crawlingto be done before you reach him.He’s in a lot of trouble, and it’s up to you to get him out.
Paying Off The Tab
Head to theSolsystemand findMars. You canland in Cydoniafrom there and make your way to the local bar toask about Moara. In Cydonia, you’ll need tospeak with Jackto make any progress.
Jack tells you thatMoara went on patroland hasn’t been back. He’d give you the schedule, butMoara has a hefty tab, and you’ll need topay it offfirst. There are several ways to do this.
You canpay the tab (2,500 Credits)outright and move right along, or you canpersuade Jack to helpfor free.
You can alsolet Sarah speak for you, which she’ll love, and she canlower the price to 1,000 Credits.
You can alsoask Jack for work, after which he’ll point you tothe Mission Boardto pick up some additional tasks. This is thesurefire way to make moneyand pay off the tab if all else fails.
Once you settle the debt, Jack tells you that Moara mentioned something about the Lady of Love: obviously, this means the planetVenus.
Make Your Way To Venus
Set course for Venus. When you arrive, you’ll noticea fewVa’ruun Zealot shipsnearby. Sarah warns that you’ll want to remain undetected. You’ll need toreach a Satellite Beaconclose to the Zealots tolearn more about Moara’s whereabouts.
At this point, you may eitheropen fire on the Zealotsor you canmaneuver around themcarefully.
To maneuver around the ships, you’ll want tominimize power to only one or two barsin your engines. You’ll need tostay as far away as you can from enemy shipsand move slowly.
Once you’rewithin 500m of the Satellite Beacon, you can activate it. Moara’s voice comes through clearly, leaving a message that he’s headed to theNova Galactic Staryardfor emergency repairs.
Reaching The Nova Galactic Staryard
Set course for the Nova Galactic Shipyard near Earth. You’lldock in the shipyardand enter to find that Spacers have been here, but something else took them out. Head further in and you’ll hear heavy fire from the next room over.
Ecliptic Mercenaries and Spacers are fighting. You’ll need todeal with them firstbefore you can move on. You canloot the areaand wait for them topick each other off, but you’ll have to join the fight sooner or later.
You can find ammo and equipment behind a locked (Novice) door in the Security office.
After the battle, you’ll need tofind clues about Moara. Continue through the staryard, making a left from where you started (where the Ecliptic Mercenaries start firing).
You’ll findVanguard Moara’s Slateon a table aftereliminating all the enemiesin the area. Once again,he’s not here, but now youknow where to find his ship.
There is a Weapon Workbench and a Spacesuit Workbench on the lower level, near where you find Vanguard Moara’s Slate. You can upgrade your equipment here before moving on.
Finding Moara’s Ship
Get back in your ship andmake for Neptune. When you arrive,Sarah will point out a shipthat’s just drifting. Before you know it, you’ll beengaged in a battle with Moara’s ship.
You won’t have to chase Moara much further. He will contact you to issue a warning. His ship has been taken over, andhe needs a rescue.
How To Rescue Moara
You’ll need totake down the hostile ship’s enginesto board it. Evade fire andfocus your aim on the engines. Once they’re down, you’ll need to move in close toboard the ship.
Once on board, don’t expect the hijackers to be friendly.You’re in for a fightagain, but this time it’s tofree Vanguard Moara.
After defeating the Ecliptic Mercenaries on board,loot the Moara’s Ship Keyoff the leader’s body.Unlock the doorand finally come face to face with Moara.
How To Retrieve The Artifact
After a brief discussion, you cantake the Artifactthat’s floating by the window. Moara doesn’t need it anymore and plans to head back to Cydonia once this mess is cleared up.
Return to the Lodgeon Jemison, andadd the Artifactto the rest. You’ll have towait for Sarahto initiate a conversation, but she’ll welcome you as a full member of Constellation.
You’ll even get your ownConstellation Spacesuit and Constellation Space Helmetas a reward.
