Top Secrets is a mission in Starfield.
Summary[]
You are to meet Ularu Chen who will direct you to an informant about something big.
Quick Walkthrough[]
- Meet Ularu Chen
- Talk to Maeve
- Wait for Ularu Chen
- Meet Ularu Chen
- Travel to Cydonia on Mars in the Sol System
- Rendezvous with Simon Ryczek
- (Optional) Persuade Simon Ryczek
- (Optional) Player pays credits for slates
- (Optional) Player takes “side job” mission
- (Optional) Kill Simon Ryczek
- Simon offered a side job in exchange for the information he has: to kill a woman named Malai Liskova and bring her gun back as proof. Her ship, The Datura, is in orbit around Saturn.
- Talk to Malai Liskova
- I've accepted Malai's hail. Perhaps she will hand over the gun and I won't have to kill her.
- Malai agreed to hand over her gun, Ember. I need to board her ship, the Datura, in order to get it.
- Dock with the Datura
- Now that I have Malai Liskova's gun, Ember, I can give it to Simon in Cydonia in exchange for the information he has on Project Dominion.
Or
- I killed Simon before he could hand over whatever information he had. I should search his body for anything that seems useful.
- Search Simon for Information
- Read Stanley McMillan's File
- Listen to the audio file
- Retrieve the Project Dominion Files
- Return to Ularu at Ryujin Tower
- Follow Ularu
- Talk to Masako Imada
Detailed Walkthrough[]
Imogene will tell you Ularu Chen wishes to meet you. Your privileges have updated, so you can now access the executive level in the lift. Go there and climb up to Maeve, who will be asking if you have an appointment. Imogene will join you and you'll meet Ularu. She will task you with meeting with an informant about something potentially big. She will tell you to meet him in Cydonia, Imogene will tell you the passphrase to make contact with him, and you'll be on your way. Once in Cydonia, look for him upstairs after the shops. He will drive a hard bargain, but you can persuade him to lower his price. Or have Andreja threaten him for the same effect.
Since even if successfully persuaded Simon discounts from 10,000 credits only to 8000, doing the sidejob that can also get you a new ship seems to be a better option. You are to hunt Malai Liskova, according to Simon, a cold-blooded killer for hire who is after him. He wants her gun as a proof, You can find The Datura, Malai's ship on the orbit of Saturn. She will hail you right up as you approach, and you can decide if you will try to save her life (which will earn you a like point from each Constellation member onboard) or be more aggressive (which approach will be in turn less popular among your crew). If you kept your cool and got invited aboard, you can chat with Malai. She will have something to say about Simon too, but ultimately she confesses to have invited you to a face-off only to have an easier time killing you and stealing your ship. You can still persuade her to stand down and hand over the gun, but just killing her have no negative consequences, while you get more exp, some loot and most importantly you can take possession of her ship. On return, tell Simon his nemesis is taken care of regardless of whatever you actually chose for her; you can also push Simon about the things Malai told you, but all you get is more information about their spat.
He will give you three slates. One with an audio file, one with a schedule, and one empty to download the project files. Enter your target office when he's not there and unlock his computer and file, both novice locks. Download it all and return to Ularu. She will decrypt the file and tell you Project Dominion is actually a Ryujin Project that was stolen. Then you'll have to follow her to Masako, the CEO of Ryujin to let her know of your discovery.
- Pro tip: If you come during work hours and don't feel like waiting, you can hide right in the front of McMillan's desk. He will not see you through his own display screen, and nobody else in the office has a line of sight to see you inside his cubicle. Like this, you can hack the target computer from behind and no one will be the wiser, even with no stealth skills whatsoever.
- Killing Simon or lying to him about taking care of his problem means you won't be receiving his support in later missions.