Vladimir wants you to go full space pirate and steal the artifact to return it to The Lodge.

The importance of this will become much clearer later on inStarfield’s main missions.

For us, it was Barrett, who unfortunately has a bit of a ropey history with the Captain.

Captain Petrov lays leisurely upon his throne chair aboard The Scow in Starfield.

We’ll explain more about that below.

Instead you will need to hail The Scow so that open up a dialogue with the crew.

Option 2 is to use yourPersuasion skillwith some dialogue options.

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Option 3 is to rely on your companion.

If you’ve someone like Sam Coe onboard with you, letting him do the talking is more successful.

If you’ve chosen to attack, as mentioned, there will be hostility and more fighting.

Players are greeted by Tao Xun, crew member of The Scow, upon arrival on the ship in Starfield.

Even leading you to the vault.

If you are seen, you won’t be able to try this again.

If you’re not, when entering the vault the guards will still attack you.

Captain Petrov lays on his throne chair in one of The Scow’s main rooms amidst his collection in Starfield.

Similarly, hurt him enough and he surrenders.

For this, you’ll receive a United Colonies bounty of 500 credits.

ensure you’re ready to continue before you place artifact Phi on the pedestal.

Captain Petrov surrenders on the ground and tells his crew to stand down in Starfield.

That’s it for the No Sudden Moves main mission.

The entrance to Captain Petrov’s vault on The Scow ship in Starfield.

The display in The Scow’s vault lays empty as the player retrieves artifact Phi in Starfield.