Starfield: How To Complete ‘Failure To Communicate’ | Quest Walkthrough

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There is a seemingly endless deluge of quests in Starfield, and whilst not all of them are epic space encounters or thrilling battles of wit, most of them are well worth doing. Heck, most of them are simply found by accident whilst out and about doing other things. ‘Failure To Communicate’ is one such quest. 

Sometimes you are minding your own business and you will get a distress transmission that leads you down one heck of a rabbit hole. It’s always up to you whether you get involved in these things, of course. In this guide, we are going to walk you through how to complete ‘Failure To Communicate’.

Note: This quest involves a lot of space combat. Upgrading your ship, obtaining a new ship, and unlocking ship-based Skills will greatly help you on this quest. 

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This quest is started when you receive a distress call during your travels. Specifically, if you are heading through the Araneae system you will get a call for aid. As far as we are aware, there is no need to be timely when it comes to starting this quest, despite the urgency expressed. We found that several Starfield quests send you through Araneae, so you may receive this quest just by playing the game naturally. Of course, you can manually head there at any time too. 

With the distress call heard, head to Araneae II to get more information. You will meet a man called Alban Lopez and the appropriately named Lopez Farm. Spacers have caused chaos in the system, and since Araneae is a LIST System (Lead Of Independent Settlers) they don’t have many