Starfield Shattered Space Zealous Overreach hostage choices explained
Oct. 4, 2024There’s a hostage situation in dire need of solving in the Zealous Overreach Starfield mission
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For the Starfield Zealous Overreach mission in Shattered Space, you need to help House Ka’dic rescue the scientist Sahima and negotiate with some Zealots. It’s a quest that involves a lot of talking to variousStarfield Shattered Spacecharacters and factions, and can feature a lot of combat too, but there are some key choices here that can affect how the quest closes out. Here’s everything you need to know about all the choices in the Zealous Overreach mission in Starfield, including dealing with Djimal’s deal, Sahima, and the Zealots during negotiations.
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Having spoken to House Ka’dic elder Razma, your first task is learning where Sahima, the scientist that the Va’ruun zealots have taken hostage, is being kept. Conveniently, Razma has a person on the inside called Mirek who knows the location, but they won’t give the information up easily to avoid blowing their cover.
Head up to Mirek on the floor above and begin the conversation. Regardless of how you approach it, your talk will always reach a point where you must be direct about the hostages, leading into either a persuasion or pickpocketing opportunity depending on how you respond:
Eventually you’ll find out that the hostages are being kept atShadow Station Epsilonand you can return to Razma with your learnings and organize the hostage negotiations. But you need to speak to Djimal Ka’dic once you’re done.
When you speak to Djimal, she’ll reveal that Razma is only going through all this effort to prevent the Council finding out that she’s lost control of a group of Zealots she was trying to exploit for political gain. Djimal suggests that cutting ties with the Zealots entirely should be the next step for the greater good of the house, and the best way to do this is tokill the hostagesand frame the Zealots.The dialogue options that follow won’t lock you into any specific course of action, so you can say what you want here and change your mind later.
From here, you can head out of Dazra and wander over toShadow Station Epsilonto find Sahima. While the outpost is heavily guarded by Zealots, you just need to wind your way through the facility, going down to the basement levels until a waypoint guides you to a cell holding Sahima.
When you come face-to-face with Sahima, you can either start a conversation and learn what has happened to her or you can follow through on Djimal’s plan and just kill her. Be aware that this is largely a moral choice that doesn’t affect the quest very much but can affect your rewards:
When you head inside the Badlands Power Station, you’ll interrupt the negotiations between Razma Ka’dic and Zealot leader Mihael Dziri.Depending on your choices in the previous step, you can tell Razma that the Sahima and the hostages are safe or frame the Zealots. If the hostages are in fact safe, Sahima will dramatically interrupt too, telling Mihael that she’s implanted a virus in the Zealot’s systems that will blow up their base and their ships. If they’re dead, Razma will be livid.
Regardless, the negotiations will usually end up with you having to choose between persuading Mihael and the Zealots to stand down or killing them– telling Sahima to release the virus will also lead to a fight. Here’s what can happen because of these choices:
Essentially,the best outcome is to not kill Sahima and then peacefully negotiate with the Zealots, resulting in minimal bloodshed and the greatest Credit payout.
After this, speak to Razma and you can demand your payment (15,000 if you followed the above choices). You’ll then be given Sahima’s research – assuming you don’t already have it because you killed her – and can take it to Ekris back in Dazra to wrap up the Starfield Zealous Overreach mission in Shattered Space. If you’ve not united the other houses, you’ll also need to complete theStarfield Exhuming The PastandStarfield Conflict in Convictionmission too.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.
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