How to save Moara in Starfield and complete The Old Neighborhood

The Old Neighborhood mission in Starfield has you rescue Moara by following his breadcrumb trail through the Sol system. Find him and you'll then need to defeat Ecliptic hijackers on his ship. Constellation desperately wants the info Moara has on a possible artifact, so it's imperative that you rescue him safely in Starfield. That can be a bit tricky at this point however, when you can't disable ships safely without risking blowing the whole thing up. However, don’t worry as my guide will help you get through the entire Starfield The Old Neighborhood mission and save Moara without a scratch.

1. Speak to Sarah and her contact

The Old Neighborhood Starfield mission starts when you speak to Sarah Morgan for your first Constellation assignment. She’ll become a companion for this quest, following you around and replacing any previous Starfield companions you had.

Now head out the Lodge and go inside the tall spire building in the middle of the MAST District of New Atlantis, and speak to Tuala, who is Sarah’s contact. He’ll try and get you to sign up to the UC Vanguard but do that later. Continue speaking to Tuala and he’ll tell you that Moara, a Vanguard volunteer who allegedly has an artifact, and is likely in Cydonia on Mars.

2. Ask about Moara in Cydonia

Set a course for Mars, by performing a Starfield grav jump, land at Cydonia, then head inside the main spaceport building. Head right near the entrance to get inside a bar, and speak to Jack the bartender. He’ll offer to give you information on Moara’s whereabouts if you pay him 2,500 credits – do not do this.

Instead, get Sarah to call him out as a liar, causing Jack to reduce his credits demands from 2,500 to 1,000, or you can attempt to use the Starfield Persuasion system to get him to give you the information for free. However you do it, Jack will eventually tell you to check out Venus. So set a course and get ready for your next objective, which could get messy.

3. Examine the satellite near Venus

When you get to Venus, Sarah will explain the satellite beacon you need is being guarded by Va’ruun zealots. You can blast your way through the zealots or sneak past by cutting all your ship's power, except for a little in your engines. Alternatively, if you chose the Serpent’s Embrace Starfield trait for your character, you could get Sarah to recite a religious message that will let you reach the satellite beacon unharmed. Activate the satellite beacon, and you’ll learn Moara headed to the Nova Galactic Staryard near the Moon.

4. Find clues about Moara in the staryard

Fly to the Nova Galactic Staryard and dock with it to board it, then clear out all the Ecliptic mercenaries that have take over. There’s a stripped-out ship in the middle of a large room in the staryard, and you need to hop inside and grab the dataslate on the table. You’ll learn that Moara has gone to Neptune, so head back to your ship and set a course.

5. Save Moara from the mercenaries

When you arrive at Neptune, Moara’s ship will fire upon you as you approach. Moara will then tell you that Ecliptic mercenaries have hijacked his ship, and Sarah says that the only option is to board which can be done by shooting the ship’s engines.

Confusingly, you must shoot Moara’s ship until its health bar is empty, regardless of if you’re hitting the engines or not. While this would usually blow up a ship and kill everyone on board, it won’t in this case and the ship’s engines get disabled, letting you board it instead. Just remember that if you want to disable the engines of other ships to board them, you can only do it if you have the Targeting Control Systems Starfield Skill.

6. Clear Moara’s ship of hostiles and talk to Moara

Once the ship is disabled and you're aboard, kill all the Ecliptic mercenaries and loot them to make sure you find up Moara’s Ship Key. Now you can open the door to the cockpit and speak to Moara. Once you’re done talking, grab the artifact from the windscreen of Moara’s ship and head back to the Lodge in New Atlantis. Add the artifact to the collection and speak to Sarah to complete The Old Neighborhood!

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