Starfield First Contact: How to Prepare the Ship for the Grav Drive

During the First Contact quest, there’s the option to help the 200-year-old colony of humans floating outside Paradiso to find a new home. Though this all sounds very noble, it requires purchasing an expensive Grav Drive and helping them install it since they practically don’t know what it is. The money bit is quite easy, as you’ll just have to persuade your way out of it or throw some credits at a vendor. Installing a Grav Drive is quite a different story. I left the conversation with Amin, the ship’s engineer, with a feeling that resembles that of my visits to the car mechanic — I’m utterly baffled. So, here’s a guide providing step-by-step instructions on how to install the Grav Drive in the ship orbiting Paradiso in Starfield.

Starfield: How to Install a Grav Drive on the Ship

Amin is the ship’s engineer, and though he’s willing to help, he’s frankly not being very pedagogical. He just spits out all three pieces that need to be rerouted, adjusted, and decoupled. To be honest, it all sounds like gibberish to me.

Related: Starfield: First Contact All Options & Outcomes

How to Reroute Power From the Port Turbopump to the Auxiliary Cryogenic Radiator

Image	Steps
	Interact with the Engineering Control Computer Beta, which should be to Amin’s left.
	Choose to divert power from the Turbopump – port.
	Then, choose to reroute the power to the Cryogenic Radiator Auxiliary.

How to Turn the Plasma Run-Off Inhibitor Function to 5 Percent

Image	Steps
	Interact with the Engineering Control Computer Alpha, which should be in front of the previous one.
	Choose the adjust the Plasma Run-off Inhibiter power to 5%.

How to Decouple the Magnetic Flange Pipe Enclosures From the Auxiliary Module Assembly

Image	Steps
	Interact with the Engineering Control Computer Gamma, which is to Amin’s right.
	Choose to adjust the Magnetic Flange Pipe Enclosures and decouple them from the Auxiliary Module Assembly.

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Cande Maldonado

Though Cande started her journey in the video game industry as a localization specialist six years ago, she soon realized that her true calling was to annoy NPCS, smash virtual pottery, and complete every side quest available in RPGs. Throwing that useless degree out of the window, she has been writing professionally for the past three years ever since. Her passion for games dates to 2006, when she mounted a Chocobo for the first time. Under Nintendo and Square Enix's chokehold, she will willingly pour hours upon hours into reaching 100% completion in the longest roleplaying games ever made. But hey, who needs fresh air and sunlight when you can just live in Ivalice?

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