The galaxy is a giant place in Starfield. With an epic principal quest, tons of side-quests, and so many different actions, it’s straightforward to miss the smaller, environmental storytelling moments.
However in the event you’re within the temper for one thing just a little spooky that seems like one lengthy reference to basic sci-fi horror, you would possibly wish to take a look at a sure derelict starship. It’s simply floating on the market within the darkness. At all times an ideal signal! Certainly you may’t hail the crew as a result of they’re having a giant ‘ol get together onboard. Or perhaps the shit’s hit the fan. Good factor you’re there to verify issues out.
In case you simply wish to know the situation of the ship and uncover the remainder for your self, simply learn the subsequent part and cease there. In any other case, proceed onward for a whole walkthrough of this cool little sequence.
By the best way, so far as we at the moment know, that is only a goof and doesn’t appear to be part of any precise quest.
The Colander: ‘I’ve obtained a nasty feeling about this’
You’ll want to leap to the Schrodinger system and head to Schrodinger III. As soon as there, you’ll see The Colander, a starship simply floating there in orbit with no choice to hail. Good factor you’re a Bethesda protagonist, right here to unravel everybody’s issues: Go forward and get inside 500 meters to dock with the ship, and prepare for some spooky enterprise.
Notice that you just can not take any followers with you aboard the Colander. You additionally received’t be capable to drain any spaghetti right here. Sorry. Additionally, make your self a tough save earlier than going aboard. For causes.
As soon as inside, you’ll see a little bit of an disagreeable sight: An unmoving, intact lifeless physique! Properly a minimum of issues haven’t gone completely Useless Area…or have they?
One of many first rooms you’ll see is Billy Ok.’s workshop. It’s locked with an Knowledgeable lock, however in the event you haven’t leveled up that ability sufficient, yow will discover the important thing by strolling previous the workshop, taking a left (with the medical bay dealing with your again), and in search of it on a stand subsequent to a mattress.
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Seize some ammo within the workshop (perhaps you’ll want it?) and browse a number of the messages on the pc. As you’ll study, the crew wanted to lock down the ship for causes.
Go away the workshop and head into Dr. John M.’s Medical Bay in the event you haven’t already. Collect any provides from this space and browse the post-mortem experiences in the event you’d like. Head west (the thickest line in your radar factors north) out of the medical bay and stroll towards the lunch tables. In your proper you’ll see one other laptop terminal. There you’ll learn some notes about one thing the crew found that had “hyper-evolutionary traits” and the way they “simply want to search out the gene that enabled it.” That kinda stuff by no means seems poorly.
To the left of that laptop, you’ll see a gap. Enter it and go left to discover a hatch. Open it up and soar down.
As soon as down, hold a proper across the nook and also you’ll move by a pc terminal that incorporates details about life help methods (wager you may guess what that’ll say). Hold shifting and hold one other proper till you get to a T-intersection. From right here you may hold a proper and comply with the hall round a bend till you discover a locked laboratory door on the correct facet. It has a Grasp lock, so except you could have the power to select that, return to that unique T-intersection and go left as an alternative.
Comply with the hall round a bend till you see a gap that ends with a bunch of containers. Hop on them and soar up by way of the hatch opening to discover a small room with some ammo and a locked chest with contraband, in the event you’re into carrying that stuff round. Now, onto opening up that lab door.
Unlocking the lab door to find a giant ‘ol shock
Until you may choose the lock to the lab door, drop down from the room with the contraband and stroll towards the world you got here in by way of, however go left down a slender path as an alternative. When you attain the tip, you’ll hit one other T-intersection with a small room in your left with a corpse and a few provides. Seize what you may and take the correct path from the T-intersection. Drop down that hatch and use the mainframe laptop there to unlock the door in entrance of you.
Head out of that door and up the ramp to your left. Proceed to the room with the crimson glow simply in entrance of you. Going through the lab door, go left and up the steps, following them as much as a second brief flight of stairs that leads you to the primary space. Cling a left and go all the best way west to discover a door that was beforehand locked now open.
Inside you’ll discover a room with Sarah P.’s laptop terminal (and a replica of Vanguard Area Ways 03, which can add 5% extra injury to your ships’ power weapons). Have a learn in regards to the Interloper on that laptop after which head down the steps to the lab space in your left.
XL-069 Interloper
Ah, so this killed the crew. Regardless of its title, this necromorph-infector-form-lookin’ factor just isn’t a enjoyable time. Seeing because the creature is degree 85, it’s possible you’ll want to recall that there’s no disgrace in being a coward. In case you’re robust sufficient, put a couple of bullets (or lasers) into it.
Within the lab you’ll discover the pc terminal to open up the lab’s principal door.
Other than a couple of slabs detailing what occurred aboard the Colander, this concludes Starfield’s horrorific little quasi-Easter egg. It’s a enjoyable, creepy time, and definitely considered one of many, many different enjoyable secrets and techniques we’re more likely to come throughout in Bethesda’s epic galaxy.
