Every Starfield: Shattered Space DLC Ending Explained (In Detail)

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's first DLC,, has a much more concrete ending than the base game. Where is intended to be a sort of infinite loop, in which the ending isn't so much an ending but a transition into New Game Plus, has a definitive final moment, an decisive action that players must perform to determine the fate of Va'ruun'kai. However, there's also a much greater element of choice to 's finale.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for the ending of Starfield's Shattered Space DLC.]

Throughout, the player character is able to speak with a ghostly version of Anasko Va'ruun, one of the House's early leaders. Investigating the cause of a massive explosion on Va'ruun'kai, which also resulted in the sudden appearance of violent phantoms throughout the galaxy, they make their way into the Scaled Citadel. In this central location to the history of House Va'ruun, the player learns that the explosion and phantoms were caused by an unfinished experiment that would allow House Va'ruun to create super soldiers and use them to take over the galaxy.

Anasko asks the player to flip the final switch, reactivating all the systems of the Scaled Citadel and deploying the super soldiers. However, there's another option available on the terminal: "." This effectively cuts off life support to all the dormant soldiers, dooming them to death.

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Naturally, Anasko would prefer that the player character carry out his plan and activate the super soldiers. If they don't, he flies off the handle, calling the player character weak and a traitor. Otherwise, he thanks them for their efforts and their sacrifice — wait, sacrifice? The first step in Anasko's plan is to activate the Scaled Citadel's Gate, transporting the entire Citadel into the Vortex.

This would kill the entirety of Va'ruun'kai — both Anasko's detested Zealots and the perfectly innocent adherents. The