Starfield:One Small Step

The introductory mission starts on May 7, 2330, with the player at the Argos Extractors Mining Outpost on Vectera. The player is accompanied by Supervisor Lin and Heller, a fellow miner. You being riding an elevator down into a mine:


 * Supervisor Lin: "Seals are good. Oxygen's good. Just do what you did last time, and you're fine. Follow my one simple rule. Heller, what's my one simple rule?"
 * Heller: "Listen to Lin. Boss lady knows best."
 * Supervisor Lin: "Exactly. Listen to me. Mining's just like any other job. Go steady, go safe, go home with a pocketful of credits at the end of the day."
 * Heller: "Yeah totally, it's just like, um... working the stardock. Except with more cave-ins, lasers, and accidental dismemberment."
 * Supervisor Lin: "Very helpful. Thank you."
 * Heller: "Ah, you're gonna be fine. Your first outing was solid. And let's be honest - it ain't exactly astrophysics."
 * Supervisor Lin: "That's why I keep him around. Good pep talks."
 * Heller: "Yeah...and the fact that I can pinpoint a Helium deposit from three hundred meters..."
 * Supervisor Lin: "Not untrue. A shame we won't find any down here, but the metal deposits alone should pay for our OWN helium. Hell, after this, we'll have enough jump fuel to bounce from one end of the Settled Systems to the next."
 * Heller: "More minerals, more money. And so the cycle repeats itself. Just no more unauthorized jumps into House Va'ruun space, okay?"
 * Supervisor Lin: "He's just a big baby. There are worse lives. You know, most dusties don't even make it this far. I have a good feeling about you."

After equipping a cutter, the player starts mining beryllium. Before long, they find an artifact, which produces strange visions and makes the player faint.

Upon waking up, the game cuts to character creation.

The player is then informed of the imminent arrival of a Constellation ship. After a shoot-out with pirates, Barrett invites the player to meet at the Constellation headquarters in New Atlantis. The player has to fight a Crimson Fleet ship in space before heading to New Atlantis.