Starfield: How To Complete ‘Red Tape Runaround’ | Quest Walkthrough

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Becoming the assistant to a mining executive on Mars is probably not on everyone’s to-do list when they boot up Starfield. The thing is, this game just ambushes you with the strangest quests, and Red Tape Runaround is one such quest. 

It is a direct continuation of Red Tape Blues found on Cydonia, and it requires you to pander to one of the most useless NPCs imaginable – a 1-1 recreation of every Executive known to man. It also leads to some rather interesting interactions and is a lot of fun. In this guide, we are going to walk you through how to make the most of this quest. 

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To start this quest you need to have finished Red Tape Blues. Once done, talk to Trevor. He will tell you to report to Peter Brennan, your new boss. This is all part of his master plan. He needs you to pretend to be Peter’s assistant so you can gain access to his computer. With access, you can approve an equipment shipment to help the miners do their jobs better. Easy, right?

Wrong. Brennan is worthless at his job and doesn’t even recognise that you are new. Before he gives you access to his computer, he wants you to head to the governor of Cydonia and request a special package be returned to him. What’s in the package? Why was it detained? Who knows – you just need to get your hands on it. 

The governor of Cydonia is not a stupid man. He is well aware you are not who you say you are, and he has more or less sussed why you are doing it. He also doesn’t care. He reveals why Brennan’s package was detained, and he won’t release it until he