Background Checks is the ninth story mission for Ryujin Industries in Starfield.
Summary[]
Dalton Fiennes requests your assistance in finding the mole within Ryujin Industries. Posing as an outsider, you must infiltrate Ryujin Tower to investigate one of the highest ranking members of the organization.
Quick Walkthrough[]
- Speak with Dalton Fiennes
- Meet Nyx at Madame Sauvage's Place
- Talk to Nyx
- Find a way into Ryujin Tower
- (Optional) Equip the Arboron Novablast Disruptor
- Run Nyx's Program on Ularu's Computer
- Exit Ryujin Tower
- Meet Nyx at his apartment
- Talk to Nyx
- Wait for Nyx
- Talk to Nyx
- Return to Dalton at Ryujin Tower
- Talk to Dalton
- Wait for Dalton
- Talk to Dalton
Detailed Walkthrough[]
Dalton Fiennes will tell you Directive Theta has been enacted. This means that every employee will be investigated... including the top brass at the company. The only caveat is Ularu Chen, who must be investigated by an independent Hacker named Nyx. She is the sole member capable of completely evading investigation by anyone in the organization - that is one of the reasons she made it to the position she is in.
You are to meet Nyx at Madame Sauvage's Place. He will ask for payment or a favor to give you the program. The price is 2,500 Credits, 1,000 if you persuade him, or a favor. The favor is to run the program (Nyx's Program: Rover) on Camden Cho's computer, not just Ularu. After talking with Nyx, you can follow the mission marker to the upper area of the city. There is a button that will trigger a crane to move a storage container that will give you access to a ventilation shaft into Ryujin HQ. You will have to sneak through the tower. It is heavily suggested to equip the Novablast Disruptor, since killing your fellow employees will look very bad. Also, either equip your companion with an EM weapon or dismiss them, since they could accidentally kill a few guards and/or put your stealth at risk. If you chose to do Nyx the favor, run the program on Camden's computer. Regardless of if you did Nyx the favor or not, head to Ularu's office as the last step. Once you reach Ularu's office, run the program from Nyx. You can exit the tower by opening the hatch in the ceiling of her office and take that to an exit. At the exit there will be a large industrial crate with a large loot pool. Take the elevator down and go to Nyx's apartment in Ebbside.
Nyx will access an all-access backdoor into Ularu's computer (which was created by his program) and crack the encryption on her files. He then re-encrypts several files & access history and puts them on a slate to give to Dalton. He will give you the item "Encrypted Files" to give to Dalton. If you press him and ask what he found, he will name the prime suspect based on the files - Imogene Salzo. However, he also explains that there is still the question of how much this "evidence" pointing to Imogene is to be believed; it could have been fabricated. Ryujin is full of people who are extremely talented at falsifying information. If you talk to Nyx after he gives you the files, he will explain that the relationship between Imogene and Ularu is the key, rather than definitively pointing the finger at either of them.
Head back to Dalton at Ryujin Tower and give him the encrypted files. Dalton will read the files and notice someone has been accessing Ularu's files remotely. He will then conclude Imogene is the primary culprit for the data leak to Infinity LTD. Before making any decisions, Dalton wants to question her himself. He sends you to Imogene's office so that you can escort her to Dalton - he believes by sending you rather than going himself he can avoid a scene - to keep the rumors to a minimum. If she runs, Dalton instructs you to dispose of her. Once you agree to go find Imogene and escort her to Dalton, the mission will end and you will receive your rewards.
Rewards[]
Notes/Trivia[]
- If you agree to do the favor for Nyx, you can get Camden fired, which means he will disappear and you won't have access to his support in further missions. Consider that. You are also adding an extra target during a stealth mission that can already be challenging as-is if you don't have stealth skills or access to the Void Form power. Weigh that against the 1000 credits that are being asked.
- Nyx's comments imply that he now has a permanent all-access backdoor into Ularu's computer. This could be considered a huge security risk to Ryujin.