With all the side quests available in Starfield, sometimes it’s difficult to keep track of them. Many of these side quests are automatically given to you upon completion of a different quest. There’s no doubt you’ll always stay busy with this game.
The Defensive Measures Quest, like many others, is given to you when you complete another quest. While this mission doesn’t take long, if you want to make a good amount of cash, then this is the quest for you.
Location
You’re going to want to be on Akila in Akila City which is in the Cheyenne System.
Speak With Davis Wilson
Before you can even get the Defensive Measures Quest, you need to complete the Job Gone Wrong Quest. This is the short quest where you helped the sheriff with the robbers who had hostages. Once that’s completed, you’ll receive this mission.
Upon entering the city, one of the vendors in the game, Shepherd’s General Store, will be to your left, just beyond this store will be a set of stairs before you reach the yellow kiosk. Go up these stairs, and you’ll see a guy sitting just before the next set of stairs, Davis Wilson.
You’re going to need to listen to his argument and then speak with him again. While he does tell you that he’s not in the mood to talk, he will explain that a woman has an idea on how Akila City should be defended which he is against. After you go through the dialogue options and get to know the situation a bit more, the quest will begin.
Speak With Keoni Alpin
Make sure you have this particular mission selected, so you are shown Keoni Alpin’s location. Sometimes she’ll be right around Davis, but other times you’ll have to go searching for her. When you speak with her, she will be vague about her plans and when you ask her to elaborate, she will say she needs it to go off without a hitch and could use your help to place sensors around.
Unfortunately, you’re not really given a choice. You can ask her about the sensors but all she will do is confirm they are sensors she needs you to put up, and she would do it herself, but she thinks Davis will interfere. The only other option is to tell her you’re busy or agree to do it for her. If you choose that you’re busy, your mission will update telling you to agree to help Alpin with the sensors.
Place The Sensors
You will be directed to the spots near the wall around the city where you can place the sensors; there will be 4 total sensors to place. The order won’t matter, but they do go in a straight line from each other.
- The first sensor will go next to the light pole on the left of Aggie’s.
- The second sensor will go to the right of Aggie’s.
- The third sensor will go a couple buildings down from Aggie’s next to some yellow dumpsters, there will be a spray-painted red heart on the wall.
- The final sensor will be to the right of The Low House next to some stairs.
Speak With Keoni Alpin Again
Once the sensors are all placed, you must find Alpin and speak with her again. When you catch up to her, you can choose to tell her that the sensors have been placed or tell her it’s time to get paid. While she does seem a bit harmless, there doesn’t really seem to be a reason to be rude to her. However, it’s definitely difficult trusting an outsider.
Whichever you choose, she will have another task for you to complete. She needs help getting access to the guard tower, so she can make a few modifications to the terminal inside of it. You can then choose to tell her you’re not going to hack the security computer or tell her you’ll take care of it. She tells you that she can take care of it, but she needs help distracting the guard.
Distract The Guard
Follow Kioni to the guard tower and attempt to distract the guard. When you talk with him, you can choose to persuade him saying you can’t get into it, but you need a few minutes alone, or you can pay him to leave, so you can have a romantic date. The third option is to tell him to carry on his duties. If you fail on the persuasion, you can always just pay him to leave.
Steal Something In Front Of Guard
This is an optional task that you’re given. If you do steal something it will have to be an item right in front of the security guard, not behind him. Once you do steal something you will have to clear the bounty on you, so he will take you with him if you choose to pay the fine. They will then confiscate any contraband including the item you stole. However, that will effectively get him away from the area so Keoni can do what she needs to.
Speak With Keoni
No matter the route you choose, you must find Keoni afterward. She will thank you, and you will have three options of dialogue to choose from in your reply. If you choose for her to tell you if she needs any more laws broken, she will say it is bending the rules not breaking laws. She will tell you if you’re curious about the results to come back tomorrow to see everyone’s reaction. This will initiate the quest called False Positives.
Rewards
For helping Keoni, you will receive 6300 credits along with 100 XP.