Commander Woods is a character in Starfield.
Background[]
Commander Woods is a member of the UC Navy and former head of starstation SY-920, a top secret military research outpost of the United colonies, where new prototyps of ship modules and starfighters are developed and tested. However, under Woods, the staff, including the security, had a rather low discipline. It was an open secret that several employees consumed alcohol during duty which was smuggled on board. The station was still considered as a great workplace for the best scientists and pilots of the United Colonies, but the lack of control lead to a lot of situations that could have become horrible accidents.
But commander Woods was not only a bad leader, he even made the situation worse on his own. Woods and the scientist Dr. Eubanks embezzled funds and purchased substandard equipment and materials. Because of this, there was a fatal accident at Project Archangel, a project to create advanced, experimental starfighters. A pilot died in a prototype of a new star fighter and Alex Vong, another pilot, was blamed for the accident because he was drunk from smuggled booze at this time.
But MAST was not convinced by this story and sent an investigator, commander Natara. She was able to discover the prototype was deficite and Dr. Eubanks was fired instead. But he covered commander Woods, probably out of hope he would help him keep his job. But since commander Natara did not put Eubanks on trial and saved him from a dishonorable discharge, Woods considered it too risky to interfere. He still was transfered to another position because of his poor leadership. Commander Natara replaced him and brought the starstaion back on track, but he was still on duty and had the stolen funds.
This possible changed some time later, when the Spacefarer infiltrated the starstation while being undercover in the Crimson Fleet. In the office of Dr. Vogal, the successor of Dr. Eubanks, there is a recorded conversation between Woods and Eubanks about their crimes and the investigation. If the Spacefarer takes this slate to Lieutenant Toft at the UC Vigilance, she will be surprised and promises to sent this evidence to MAST, which will result in Woods arrest. There even is an SSNN report about Woods in which it is stated, that he awaits trial and was stripped from all titles and priveleges.
Related Missions[]
- The Best There Is (possible, voice only)
- Burden of Proof (indirect)