Starfield:Companion - Barrett/QuestEvent MQ106

Quest:	Com_Companion_Barrett
Scene:	COM_Barrett_QuestEvent_MQ106

Barrett:

"I have to talk about the Starborn. Do you have a second? You do, right?"

...	Player	Response
	[+Starborn?] This is going to be an awkward conversation.	I know, I know. We don't have a lot of information right now. But even going with just what we know... this is remarkable... it's mind-boggling. It's huge!
▲	I want to talk about it too.	Right? How could we not talk about it for the rest of our lives?!
	I'm still in shock.	I already evaluated us for hallucinations or other types of chemical filters and I found nothing.
	I don't see what the big deal is.	Come on. Captain, I know you aren't that insecure so stop joking around. It's okay to admit it was kind of a big deal!
🗣︎	What did you think about it?	It... Was. Awesome!

"It could be the dawn of a new era of humanity!"

"Or it could be an elaborate prank or any number of other mundane explanations..."

...	Player	Response
▲	[+Starborn?] We need more information before we start guessing about what they are.	Spoken like a true scientist. I agree.
▲	It's definitely aliens.	They were definitely unusual but aliens seem so inhuman, obviously... I just have so many questions.
▲	Time travelers, for sure.	I didn't detect any localized time distortion which isn't required for that hypothesis but--- Oh. Yeah. Joking. I knew that. Geez.
▲	I bet it's just a super advanced ship from one of the factions.	That's a smart hypothesis. Makes sense, but... we have no observations to really back that up. Yet. Although, now that you mention it, I do remember a drunk conversation with a marine.... He swore up and down he was part of an elite crew on some top secret ship out there. But this is all anecdotal.
🗣︎	[ Companion - Andreja+1000?] Maybe it's Andreja's family?	It's fair... we don't know much about her, but they called themselves Starborn. Doesn't sound that House Va'ruuny to me. But it did sound a little mean, you know? She's unusual by our standards but our standards only matter to us.

"We just need more data."

"There has to be a way to draw them out and figure out where they're coming from."

...	Player	Response
	[+Starborn?] When the Starborn wish to be studied, I am certain a Starborn will reveal themselves to you.	To me, huh? You're not interested in getting this great revelation? I take your point though. We don't have a lot of control over the situation.
	We know they wanted the Artifact. That has to be significant.	It's one of our few facts about them. It seemed very important to them, too.
	We need to let them know that we mean them no harm.	Well, we definitely got off on the wrong foot so that's going to be hard to explain.
	They didn't seem friendly.	We don't know why they wanted the Artifact. They could have agreeable intentions.
	I'm sure they'll be happy to do an interview next time.	We're going to need a way to find them again or lure them.

"This could be a turning point for humanity, you know..."

"Or it could be just the emergence of a powerful new faction, or some sort of elite military tech."

"Or a gazillionaire with nothing else to do."

"All we know is that they wanted that Artifact. Badly."

...	Player	Response
	[+Starborn?] The motives behind the Starborn would make no sense to you.	Right... it would make no sense to any of us, I'm sure. Though they don't seem that bizarrely different at first glance, but we should continue to make observations.
	We need to know what their motives are.	Agreed. That is going to require more observations... more encounters with them.
	The Starborn seem like fancy thieves and that's all.	Yeah, that's how they appear right now. Maybe we can use that to our advantage though.
	[Flirt] All I know is that I want you, badly.	First of all... Nice. Secondly, I think we ought to focus on, you know, this potential milestone for our entire species. But uh... I am pretty bad at multi-tasking, so... we'll have to return to the first item later.
🗣︎	Does it matter why they wanted it?	It's possible we've misinterpreted their actions or that they were under duress. We should remain cautious with them but I think we should leave the door open to communication.

"And who knows? Maybe we'll never see them again."