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Entangled is a Main Mission in Starfield. Entangled tasks you with responding to a distress signal in Freya III. Completing Missions allows players to learn more about the world and characters in Starfield. Players can take on Main Missions which progress the main story forward, and other types types of optional secondary missions that do not. These Side Missions enrich the lore of the game while presenting optional NPCs, Enemies, or Bosses that are not directly tied to the main storyline. Completing Missions earns players experience, Weapons, Armor, and other types of loot.

I picked up a distress signal from the facility where the Artifact should be. I need to investigate.

Table of Contents for Starfield Entangled

1. Starfield Entangled Unlock Requirements
2. Starfield Entangled Rewards
3. Objectives for Entangled in Starfield
4. Walkthrough for Entangled in Starfield
5. Other Notes & Tips for Starfield Entangled

How to unlock Entangled in Starfield

Entangled can be unlocked by the following NPC or the following actions:

• Can be obtained during Final Glimpses. This Mission is unlocked at Freya III in the Freya System.

Starfield Entangled Rewards

I recovered the Artifact from the Nishina Research Station.

Entangled gives the following rewards once completed:

If you save Rafael:

• Crew Member Rafael Aguerro
• Misc. Resources
• 9000 Credits
• 800 XP

If you save the Hughes' and Director Patel:

• Legendary Experimental Nishina Helmet
• Legendary Experimental Nishina Spacesuit
• 11000 Credits
• 800 XP

Starfield Entangled Objectives

1. Investigate the Distress Signal
2. Enter Nishina Research Station
3. Speak to Ethan
4. Follow Ethan
5. Explore the Ruins
6. Speak to Rafael
7. Find the Director's Office
8. Speak to Director Patel
9. Follow Maria
10. Get to the Lab
11. Speak to Raphael
12. Speak to Raphael
13. Speak to Ethan
14. Speak to Maria
15. Assist Maria
16. Stand in the Distortion
17. Find a Probe Control Unit
18. Recalibrate the Distortion
19. Speak to Maria
20. Speak to Director Patel
21. (Optional) Get Supplies
22. Take the Elevator
23. Get to the Lab
24. Override the Lockdown in the Facilities Section
25. Override the Lockdown in the Accelerator Section
26. Override the Lockdown int he Storage Section
27. Disengage Power Interlocks (0/7) Or Switch Universes
28. Shut Down the Probe
29. Take the Artifact
30. Speak to Rafael
31. Speak to Director Patel

Starfield Entangled Walkthrough

Entangled is obtained during Final Glimpses and must be completed in order to finish it. When you visit Freya III in the Freya System, you'll receive a transmission coming from the nearby satellite. A person from the High Energy Research Lab is requesting immediate evac due to an explosion at the site. Touchdown on the Nishina Research Station and run up to the intercom of the building. You'll be greeted by Ethan Hughes who doesn't seem phased at all by the distress signal and claims that they didn't send one. When you mention it came from the High Energy Research Lab, however, he'll let you in.

Enter the Nishina Research Station. Ethan will scan you and you'll be let into the facility proper. He'll introduce himself as the Chief of Security and escort you to the Director. As you walk through the Storage room, the environment will suddenly shift, with the building becoming infested and decayed. A Young Cataxi Warrior will emerge from the ground in front of you. Defeat it and you'll be back in the unruined Storage room.

Ethan will be on guard, accusing you of being a stealth tech. No matter what you tell him, he'll continue escorting you to the Director hoping to find some answers. As you enter the Work Room, you'll be transported to the ruins once again. Speak to Rafael Aguerro and he'll be relieved that someone finally responded to his distress signal. He'll ask you how you got in the facility and when you mention Ethan Hughes, he'll claim that he's dead. Rafael will hypothesize that what you're experiencing is due to the accident that he mentioned over the transmission.

As Rafael is explaining how the accident happened, you'll be pulled towards the intact Research Station. Keep following Ethan to he Director's Office on the second floor, and on the way, you'll be pulled back to the ruins. Make it to the Director's Office in this instance of the facility, defeating any Cataxi on your way.

Right before you make it to the office, you'll be transported back to the intact facility. You'll finally be able to meet the Director, Kaia Patel, as well as a scientist, Maria Hughes. When you mention Raphael to them, they'll claim he's dead, confirming your claim that you've been shifting universes. Bring up the Artifact and ask what they are doing with it. They'll explain that the facility's goal is to research the gravitational distortion caused by the Artifact. The accident three months ago caused Raphael's death and they haven't been able to switch off the probe due to a malfunctioning kill switch. Though they could do it manually, the Research Level is locked down and there's no way to get there at the moment. Though the elevator in this universe can't get down there, you can suggest using the elevator in Raphael's universe. Director Patel will agree and Maria will pipe in, suggesting to adjust the parameters on the probe to control your shifting between each universe.

Follow Maria to the control unit. When you get through the first door on your right, you'll be pulled back to Raphael's universe. Follow your mission marker through the Emergency Room and back down to Raphael. He'll give you the Nishina Pantry Key to give you access to the pantry. There will be another Cataxi in this room, but be careful shooting your weapon when entering the Emergency Room as you will be transported back into Hughes' universe. Head into the next room and you'll be back with Rafael. Defeat the three Cataxi and speak to him.

When you're done, move in the room a bit and you'll find yourself back in Ethan's security room. You can ask him more about the scorpions in the universe and he'll unlock a few logs for you to read about the Cataxi. He can then be Persuaded to give you an item that will be helpful in defeating the Cataxi in the other universe. If you choose this option, you'll have three turns to earn 6 persuasion 'points'. Below are some examples of Persuasion options:

• I'll wear you down eventually. Save yourself a headache and just give me what I want to know. (+2)
• I'm sure we can work something out. (+1)
• That's better. Can we move on the the part where you give it to me? (+4)

If you succeed, Ethan will hand over a Rare Experiment A-7 Shotgun. Head out the room when you're done and into the Main Hall towards the lab. You'll be pulled back into Raphael's universe where the way to the lab is blocked. Head further in and circle to the left to find some stairs going up. When you reach the stairs, you'll be back in Hughes' universe and can speak to Maria. She'll turn the voltage of the probe down until a Distortion appears. Stand in the Distortion, and as Maria increases the voltage back up, you'll be transported back to Raphael's universe.

Pick up the Probe Control Unit from the nearby table. Head to the nearby distortion and interact with it to calibrate it. You'll be sent back to Hughes' universe when you do so. Speak to Maria and she'll give you directions on how to reach the High Energy Research Lab. Before you do so, however, go and speak to Director Patel. She's asked Dr. Barakova to provide you with supplies, so if you're short on some, you can approach them later. Director Patel will then ask you which universe you will choose after stopping your ability to shift. Give her your answer and you can be on your way.

Dr. Tatiana Barakova can be found in a sitting room on the ground floor. When you speak to her, she'll give you three Med Packs and a Trauma Pack. Afterwards, head to the distortion at the other mission marker and interact with it to get to Rafael's universe. Take the elevator here down to the research level. Interact with the Distortion to your left as you exit the elevator to get to Hughes' universe. Head straight forward and interact with the Distortion next to the closed door. When you get back to Rafael's universe, the door will be open. Head through and turn right, picking up the Nishina Particle Lab Keycard in the open room. 

Interact with the Distortion in the far end of the room to return to Hughes' universe. Exit through the locked doors next to you and enter the locked doors right in front of you, at the opposite side of the room. Head down the stairs and into the next open room on your right. Be quick getting in the room as there's a turret at the corner of the hallway. Interact with the Distortion in this room to get back to Rafael's universe. Exit through the door on the right and head towards the quest marker. You unfortunately won't be able to interact with the console in this universe, so head backwards, away from the console, and you'll find another Distortion behind a cabinet. Transport yourself to Hughes' universe and interact with the Computer to override the Security Systems. You can also calibrate the turrets to be friendly towards you on this console.

Head into the now open Secure Access door and into the Particle Accelerator room. Continue all the way downstairs and head through the closed double doors. In this larger room, head up the staircase on the opposite side of the room and interact with the Distortion found to the left at the top of the stairs. In Rafael's universe, head through the open door next to you that says Emergency. Make your way down the stairs to the left and you can interact with the Distortion here to aviod the the two Cataxi. You'll find the Nishina Utility Closet Keycard in the desk nearby in both universes.

Right now, you should be in Hughes' universe. Head back up the stairs you came from and interact with the Distortion next to the closed security door to get back to Rafael's universe. The security door should now be opened, so head on through and up ahead will be another Distortion. Return once more to Hughes' universe and head downstairs towards the mission marker. You can open the door at the corner to enter the Utility Closet. Another Distortion can be found here to shift back to Rafael's universe. Head into the next room where the mission marker is and interact with the Distortion behind you. In Hughes' universe, you can interact with the Computer to override the Security Systems here. There are no turret controls here, however, so you'll have to shoot down the turret in the room and any other robots you encounter in the future.

Interact with the Distortion again, then with the Distortion in the Utility Closet to leave the room in Hughes' universe. Head up the stairs and towards the mission marker into the room on the left. Interact with the Computer here to override some more Security Systems. Exit the room and head straight ahead to reach some stair going down. Descend the steps and enter the Access Tunnel to the right. Go all the way to the end to find a Weapon Case with an Epic Novablast Disruptor. About halfway through the room behind you is another Distortion. Interact with it to get to Rafael's universe.

Enter the large hole where the Weapon Case was and follow the tunnels. There'll be a lot of Cataxi in the area so be careful. You'll eventually get to a Distortion at a dead end. You don't want to interact with it, instead, turn around and head up the slope on the left in the large cavern. This will let you climb up towards the mission marker. Take the Distortion up here back to Hughes' universe. Exit out the door and head into the next room to your left. Defeat the turrets and robots here and interact with the Distortion in the back right of the room. In Rafael's universe, head through the nearby hole in the wall in the back of the room and follow the tunnels up and into another section of the facility. Circle around to the quest marker and interact with the Distortions here to return to Hughes' universe.

The Computer in this room will allow you to override the Security System in the Storage Room. Make your way through the open security door and head up the staircase ahead. Turn right and interact with the Distortion at the bottom of the next set of stairs. Climb up the stairs in Rafael's universe and keep moving forward until you reach the mission marker and the objectives change.

In this larger room, you will have to decide which universe to save - Rafael's or Hughes' with all the other Research Lab employees. Disengage the Power Interlocks in the universe you want to stay in by interacting with the computers noted by mission markers. In Rafael's universe you'll have to fight Cataxi while moving around the room, while in Hughes' you'll be fighting robots and turrets. After you've disengaged all the power interlocks, shut the probe down and take Artifact Lambda from the center of the mechanism.

After experiencing the usual visions, speak to with Rafael or Director Patel. If you saved Rafael's universe, he'll offer to become one of your Crew Members and give you a variety of Resources to use. If you saved Hughes' universe, you'll be rewarded with a Legendary Experimental Nishina Spacesuit and a Legendary Experimental Nishina Helmet. This will conclude both Entangled and Final Glimpses. If you haven't already, complete Unearthed and Missed Beyond Measure to progress the main storyline.

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