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Missed Connections Rewards and How to Unlock

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Starfield - Missed Connections

Missed Connections is a side quest in Starfield. See how to unlock Missed Connections, rewards, and how to complete it.

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Missed Connections Rewards and Unlock Condition

How to Unlock and Rewards

Planet Started Gagarin, Alpha Centauri
Location Gagarin Landing
Prerequisites None
Quest Giver Helena Strickland
Rewards ・EXP: 50
・Credits: Leveled Amount of Credits

Missed Connections Walkthrough and Objectives

Main Objectives

  1. Follow Helena
  2. Speak to Helena
  3. Search for the Courier Along His Route 0/4
  4. Search the Courier's Body for the Package
  5. Speak to Helena About the Package

1-2. Speak to Helena

Starfield - Talk to Helena at Reliant Medical

Talk to Helena Strickland on the second floor of Reliant Medical on the planet Gagarin. Tell her you're willing to help track down the missing courier in order to retrieve her package.

3. Search for the Courier Along His Route

Starfield - Room Underneath Town Plaza

Helena will give you all four possible locations of the courier who has the parcel. The only location you'll need to go to is the one marked underneath the town's plaza.

Go down the staircase near the plaza that will take you to a mezzanine and then open the door at the end of the platform.

4. Search the Courier's Body for the Package

Starfield - Take the Package from the Dead Courier

Inside the room, take the Empty Priority Package from the dead courier's body. You can also loot some other valuable items from him like Credits, Ammo, or Digipicks.

5. Speak to Helena About the Package

Starfield - Report Back to Helena

Make your way back up to the plaza and return to the Reliant Medical. Inform Helena that her courier is dead but you've managed to recover the package.

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Dead Stop Red Tape Blues
Red Tape Runaround Red Tape Reclamation
Power From Beyond Juno's Gambit
Failure to Communicate Overdesigned
Saburo's Solution Special Delivery
Lost and Found Secret Lives
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Media Sponge Fishy Business
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Art Dealer Freight Fright
Re-Re-Application Unjustified
Winning Hearts and Minds Proper Tea Theft
Liquid Assets An Invitation
A Shipment for Salinas Olive Branch
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Reliable Care Refurbished Goods
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2 Anonymous Anonymous about 2 years

Confirmed. Bugged quest. Body is missing. Quest marker point false direction.

1 Anonymous Anonymous about 2 years

There is a bug with this quest, the courier's body doesn't spawn correctly and spawns outside of the map.

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