Starfield:Unearthed

Investigate early use of the Artifacts by humans. Mission Giver: The Emissary Location(s): Nova Galactic Research Station, NASA Launch Tower ID: MQ301 Rewards XP: 4,500 Credits ?: Main Medium Other Rewards: None ← Previous Concurrent Next → In Their Footsteps Final Glimpses, Entangled Revelation

The museum in the Nasa Launch Facility

Official Summary

"The player goes to Earth's Moon and discovers that the first grav-drive was developed with the help of NASA. Going to Earth, the player discovers that grav-drives caused the slow destruction of Earth's atmosphere, and that an Artifact was used to develop the first grav-drive."

Quick Walkthrough

1. Travel to Nova Galactic Research Station on Luna in the Sol System.
   1. (Optional) Collect all the personal slates around the station.
2. Access the Nova Galactic Research terminal.
3. Listen to the recording on the roof.
4. Travel to the NASA Launch Tower on Earth.
5. Access the Nasa Launch Facility.
6. Pick up Judith - Personal Recording.
7. Release the artifact and collect it.
8. Leave the Nasa facility.
9. Meet with The Emissary and The Hunter outside.
10. Side with The Emissary, The Hunter, or neither.
11. Complete Final Glimpses if not already completed.

Walkthrough

Nova Galactic Research Station

Nova Galactic Research Station

After receiving the key to the moon base from The Emissary, travel to and enter the abandoned base. Activate a terminal to discover that this base was involved in the first test of a ship-born grav drive, as well as a super computer capable of (among other things) simulating feeding bread to every duck on earth. A recording of this test is available on the roof. Climb up onto the roof and activate the antenna to hear the first test of a grav drive. At this point you will be directed to the NASA Launch Tower on Earth.

Scattered throughout are a number of personal slates which can be picked up for additional background on the people on this base:

1. Moon Base - Slate 1 in on a box in the entryway to the west; the room which has the "NASA Communications Relay 02" sign.
2. Moon Base - Slate 2 is on the desk opposite the Nova Galactic Research Terminal, in front of a broken TV screen.
3. Moon Base - Slate 3 is in a locker in the same room as Slate 1.
4. Moon Base - Slate 4 is in a personal berth across from a barbell bench.
5. Moon Base - Slate 5 is in the kitchen area, next to a toaster oven.
6. Moon Base - Slate 6 is on a cat walk above in the same room as the Nova Galactic Research Terminal.

NASA Launch Tower on Earth

The NASA Launch Tower

On approach you will see an elevator, high up on the tower, which can take you into the launch facility. To access this elevator, you will need to climb up the exterior of the tower. There are multiple ways up the tower, however a good starting point is a powered-off door on the tower base, facing the abandoned space ship (look for the red light). While this door is of no use to access the tower, it is a good starting point to start climbing the tower. Jump up until you end on a flat area with a bridge to the other half of the tower. Take the stars to the left of the elevator and continue walking along the catwalks, then through the building, until you see the elevator ahead of you past a large hole in the floor (which can be jumped over). Once at the elevator, enter the room opposite and insert a fuel cell (provided nearby) to power up the elevator, then enter the elevator and go down to the Nasa Launch Facility.

Nasa Launch Facility

The artifact in the research facility

Once in the abandoned and decrepit Launch Facility, access the Nasa Research Computer on the desk and read the logs to learn about a researcher (Judith Tatienne) working in the facility. Continue deeper into the facility, through the Museum of Space Flight. In the rear of the museum a destroyed bathroom gives way to the rest of the facility, but first pick up Judith - Personal Recording which talks about Judith's interactions with Victor Aiza. Continuing on into the facility, you will find remnants of humanity's first ventures into the stars, such as a facility to test planetary settlements. Along the way you will need to flip various switches to turn on power to doors, or insert Emergency Power Cell to do the same.

Near the end of the facility, you will encounter a room full of turrets and a robot. Opposite the entrance of the room is a room with a terminal in it to turn off the turrets without destroying them (behind two Advanced locks). Also in this room is a switch to bring power to a security gate, required to continue through the facility.

An additional Nasa Research Computer will be on a desk immediately before entering the actual research facility, which is mostly in 0g. Navigate this space until you reach the control are which contains a locked button to release the artifact, and a terminal. Reading the terminal you unlock the button, as well as learn that the grav drive testing destroyed earth's atmosphere, and the Victor was aware of this but proceeded anyways to force humanity to the stars. Release the artifact (which causes the space to return to full gravity) and walk to the rear of the artifact containment device and pick it up. An easy way to access the containment device is to go to the storage room to the left of the terminal. Once unlocked, there is a hole above the boxes in the center of the room you can jump into. From there it is easy to access the artifact containment.

After collecting the artifact, you will be beset with Starborn who will attack you to steal the artifact. Kill or otherwise evade them and make your way back through the facility to the elevator and return to the planet's surface.

Another Meeting with The Hunter and The Emissary

Once outside of the tower you will see the Scorpius with The Hunter and The Emissary waiting for you. Upon talking to them, they reveal that you must make a choice of which of them you will side with, and that you will need to fight the other in The Underground Temple. In addition, you can choose to side with neither of them, and fight them both in the temple. In any case, you will need to complete Final Glimpses before this quest completes.

Companion Affinity

There are multiple affinity events that can happen during this mission.

Affinity	Stage	Andreja	Barrett	Sam Coe	Sarah Morgan
⏫︎ Loves (+50 Affinity)  ▲ Likes (+25 Affinity)  ▼ Dislikes (-15 Affinity)  ⏬︎ Hates (-35 Affinity)
If you say, when talking with the Starborn at the end of the quest, that sacrificing Earth wasn't worth having Grav-Drive technology.		▼	⏫︎	▲	▲
If you say, when talking with the Starborn at the end of the quest, that sacrificing Earth was worth it since the Grav-Drives allowed humanity to go out into the stars.		▲	⏬︎	⏬︎	⏬︎
If you agree with the Emissary, when talking with the Starborn at the end of the quest, that the artifacts need to only be in the right hands.		-	▲	▲	-
If you agree with the Hunter, when talking with the Starborn at the end of the quest, that the artifacts go to whoever gets them first.		-	⏬︎	▼	▼
If you agree with neither, when talking with the Starborn at the end of the quest, that it's time for someone else to make a decision on the artifacts.		▲	⏫︎	⏫︎	▲
If you side with the Emissary.		-	▲	▲	-
If you side with the Hunter.		-	-	⏬︎	⏬︎
If you side with neither.		▲	⏫︎	⏫︎	⏫︎

Notable Loot

• Plushie Galacticat: In a locker in the Nova Galactic Research Station, near Slate 4.
• NASA Launch Facility Snow Globe: On a desk in a room with a powered down door.
• NASA Launch Tower Snow Globe: On the very top of the NASA Launch Tower
• Opportunity Snow Globe: While this is not obtainable during the mission, interacting with the Opportunity display in the museum starts the activity and the map marker to collect the snow globe.

Gallery

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  The Nova Galactic Research Station Entry Hall

Mission Stages

Unearthed (MQ301)
Stage	Finishes Mission	Mission Entry
0		(DEBUG STAGE)
1		(DEBUG STAGE - NASA Exterior)
2		(DEBUG STAGE - NASA Interior)
10		(Quest Start) The Emissary has given me a key to a base on Luna, Earth's Moon, saying I'll learn more about the Artifacts if I investigate.
20		(Player arrives at the moon base)
25		(Player has picked up at least one Moon Log)
31		(Player picks up Moon Log 01)
32		(Player picks up Moon Log 02)
33		(Player picks up Moon Log 03)
34		(Player picks up Moon Log 04)
35		(Player picks up Moon Log 05)
36		(Player picks up Moon Log 06)
41		(Close to Moon Log 01 (after picking up at least 1 log))
42		(Close to Moon Log 02 (after picking up at least 1 log))
43		(Close to Moon Log 03 (after picking up at least 1 log))
44		(Close to Moon Log 04 (after picking up at least 1 log))
45		(Close to Moon Log 05 (after picking up at least 1 log))
46		(Close to Moon Log 06 (after picking up at least 1 log))
50		(Player has all the Moon Logs)
110		(Player reads the right terminal entry)
120		(Player activates the button)
130		(NGPlus - Point to Earth directly from MQ207) The first Grav Drive was developed with the help of NASA, on Earth. I need to find out how this is connected with the Artifacts.
132		(Player arrives at NASA)
135		(NASA Exterior - Player reaches the top)
137		(Player inside NASA, Place Artifact)
141		(Player advances Terminal 01)
142		(Player picks up Slate 01)
143		(Player advances Terminal02)
144		(Player plays the final terminal 03 entry)
145		(Slate 02 finishes once)
147		(Player in Zero G area)
150		(Player is in the Artifact room) The original Grav Drive was based around an Artifact. The Artifact is still here, connected to the prototype Grav Drive.
160		(Player releases the Artifact)
170		(Player at Grav Drive after releasing it)
300		(Player picks up the Artifact) I have the Artifact from Earth, but the Emissary and Hunter have arrived on the surface and want to talk.
310		(Player opens security door)
400		(Player outside NASA)
500		(Player has spoken to the Starborn)
900		(Player finished MQ301 but hasn't finished MQ207B yet) I need to gather any remaining Artifacts that Constellation has uncovered. Once I have them, the Starborn will be waiting at the Buried Temple.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Mission system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all entries may appear in your log; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the mission is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with missions that have multiple possible outcomes or missions where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Mission" it means the mission disappears from the Active Mission list, but you may still receive new entries for that mission.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the mission by entering setstage MQ301 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) mission stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the mission using resetquest MQ301.