Andromeda finished up some planetary survey jobs last night and finally headed to Tau Ceti II for the UC Vanguard. Nothing screams "kids should not be on her ship" like landing on a barely settled planet only to find its lone colony nearly destroyed by a Terrormorph that still lurked in the shadows.

Dro met a scientist named Hadrian, and together with Sam Coe, they were able to defeat the monstrous alien. She has another survey job to complete and then it's back to New Atlantis.

This is why after The Empty Nest, I ignore Sam. “Sorry, we’re a package deal.” Well Sammy boy, hope you enjoy being grounded, because I have no interest in the reckless endangerment of a child. Also, Cora is annoying when she’s on your ship. Like, why they gotta talk over the ship’s coms?

All of that is exactly why I haven't befriended him in the past. I plan on doing his quest and then locking in bae Andreja for the long haul.

She’s the best follower in the game, hands down. I don’t bother with the others, except VASCO in Jade’s Introvert game.

Ooh, Vasco would be fun for that sorta build. Just a captain and their robot!

Yeah, having been tricked into undergoing an experimental procedure that saw her DNA spliced with that of an alien creature, Jade understandably has issues trusting other people.

I love the title of this thread! You even made both words start with the same letter, as per other "I am here" type threads.

So you have two Starfield characters right now. How long have they been extant? Pretty sure you said Andromeda was Level 14 when she got her spaceship.

I wanted to keep the theme alive with this thread.

Dro is very new. I played a lot on Xbox back when the game released, but I only installed it on my upgraded PC two Saturdays ago. I didn't play at all for at least a year.

After following up on a new lead from Vladimir, Andromeda had a very strange experience with a mysterious and gravitically unique temple on Procyon II. Things just got a lot more interesting for the gal from the slums of Neon City!

She’ll be going back home soon.

Not too soon! UC Vanguard is underway and now SysDef is an option, too. It's time to galavant with Sam for a while.

But soon as in now, lol. Dro finally parted with Sam (tired of waiting for his quest to trigger) and took Andreja along to facilitate a deal with Walter. She has some misgivings about returning home to Neon, but things are much different for her now than when she left.

I really like Neon. I wish there was a bit more to do there with the gangs and the corpos.

Definitely could use some more darker/shady content. The Ryujin stuff is neat in that it encourages stealth, but a lot of the quests in Neon Core are on the bland side.

I would’ve loved more underworld stuff involving Bayu.

Indeed. They set him up to be this powerful yet mysterious figure of authority but you only get to meet him once.

One thing that annoys me about Starfield and also Skyrim is that they have these clearly criminal NPCs who are also arrogant a-holes to boot, and they make it so that you can’t bring them down. I can wield the mysterious forces of the stars or command the very essence of reality with my very voice, but I can’t put these two jerks in their place? It just doesn’t sit right with me. Hell, I can bring down a galaxy wide pirate organization but you are telling me one guy on one crap hole planet is somehow immune to catching a stray bullet or having a mysterious and unfortunate fatal accident? That drives me nuts!

Maybe if we live to see TES VI, they'll give us more freedom again. Like with Morrowind. They're trending in the right direction again with traits, backgrounds, and skills affecting speech options or dialogue choices. Here's hoping.

Yeah, they need to drop this idea of “essential” characters. If players mess up their game because they offed a character that was critical to a quest then that is on the player. It’s why save files are a thing.

I'd love that to come back and I bet a lot of others would, too.
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After growing up as a nobody on the streets of Neon City, Andromeda is now a Class One Citizen of the United Colonies with her own Penthouse in New Atlantis. She plans on taking a break from Terrormorphs (especially after Londinion) and exploring for a while with Andreja by her side.

First up; a few survey missions while searching for a temperate planet to build an outpost on.