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Starfieldoffers the players a lot of approaches to playing out any situation. At several points throughout the game, the players will get several choices on whether they want to fight or persuade a character.
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Each time, the outcome of the decision may vary depending on the person they are facing and the background of the event. During a very early phase of the game, the players will be given one such choice of Attacking or Persuading aCrimson FleetCaptain named Brogan.
Where To Find Brogan
You will meet Brogan during your first mission in Starfield,“One Small Step.”This is the tutorial mission, which will introduce you to several mechanics of the games. You start in a Berrylium mine, followed by some incidents with a strange object. After that, you must create your character, meetBarrett, and eventually fight against some Crimson Fleet pirates.
Once the fight is over, Barrett will give you his ship, “The Frontier,” and tell his robot companion, Vasco, to accompany you on your way to meet theConstellationinThe New Atlantisof planet Jemison from The Alpha Centauri system.
As you fly a ship for the first time in the game and set off on your way, Vasco will advise you to take care of the Crimson Fleet so that they do not attack you anymore. The Crimson Fleet pirates have been chasing The Frontier for quite a time, thinking about the resources and treasure it has inside.
You will then have tofly to Kreet to meet Brogan. As you land on Kreet, you must go through the Kreet Research lab and take down several Crimson Fleet pirates. Eventually, you will make your way up to Brogan.
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Should You Persuade Or Attack Brogan?
As you meet Brogan on your way out of the Kreet Research Lab, you will be given two choices: Attack Brogan and fight your way out of Kreet or Persuade him to let you go without any hassle.
Both of these choices have different consequences.
Attacking Brogan
If you decide to Attack Brogan,A fight will break out. You must take down Brogan and the other Crimson Fleet pirates with him. Considering this is a fight you will have to take on at a very early stage of the game, it might consume some significant amount of aid and ammo. You will have to work with the ammo and guns you get from the enemies’ bodies and the med packs you get around the Research Lab. After you manage to kill Brogan, you can get some rare drops from his body.
Persuading Brogan
If you decide to Persuade Brogan,Brogan will let you leave Kreet without creating any more problems for you. There will be no fight, and you can safely travel back to your ship. This can help you save the resources you get from the Kreet Research Lab for future use. Persuading Brogan successfully will convince him that The Frontier has no resources worth his effort, so any Crimson Fleet pirate won’t attack you in the future.
Considering both the outcomes, trying toPersuade Brogan is the wisest choice. It’s better to avoid any unnecessary fighting at the early stage of the game.
How To Persuade Brogan
There are no set choices to make to Persuade any character in Starfield. After selecting thePersuasion dialoguefor the first time, you must make consecutive correct choices to fill up the Persuasion score. The required score can vary depending on the character you are trying to Persuade.For Brogan, it is four.
You might get dialogues with +1, +2, +3, or +5 in front of them. These numbers represent how much score you will get if you succeed. Dialogues with a higher score are risky and have higher chances of failing. So, +1 dialogues are your safest choice. Players withDiplomat, Industrialist, Sculptor, or Space Scoundrel backgroundswill have a better chance of succeeding due to their Persuasion skills from the beginning.
In the case of Brogan, you will get three turns. If dialogue fails to Persuade Brogan within these three turns, you will fail in the Persuasion attempt. A fight with Brogan will break out immediately.
Here’s one set of dialogue choices that was successful in persuading Brogan:
If you manage to Persuade Brogan, you will be rewarded with 10 XP and can get out of Kreet peacefully.
