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- Should You Kill Maldonado Or Betray Bonifac?
The Missed The Mark quest in Starfield starts immediately after completing Missed Connections. The previous mission involved tracking down a missing courier and his package. Unfortunately, the courier was found dead, and the data that Reliant Medical needed is now missing.
Helena Strickland believes that one of her employees, Bonifác Maksimov, stole the data and ran off. She tracked his location to the planet Hawley in the Alpha Centauri system. Your next course of action is to fly your ship to Hawley, locate Mr. Maksimov, and get her data back. Could Bonifác really be to blame, or is there someone else involved in this?
Where To Find Bonifac
When you land on Hawley, head northeast to the Reclaimed Outpost. This outpost is under Ecliptic control, and mercenaries will open fire as soon as you approach, so be on your guard.
Kill the mercenaries, loot their bodies, then go inside the outpost.
Go straight into the large room ahead of you. Kill the pirates in here, then go upstairs.
Bonifác is in one of the offices upstairs, on the floor with his hands tied behind his back.
Free Bonifác, then tell him that Helena sent you to retrieve the data, and that she likely believes he’s responsible.
He explains that a man named Maldonado killed the courier and stole the data, and plans to frame Bonifác.
Bonifác insists on helping you get the data back from Maldonado.
Before moving on, take a few minutes to search the rooms up here and below for loot. Downstairs, there’s a room with an advanced lock on it that will have a few things.
Should You Kill Maldonado Or Betray Bonifac?
Leave the office with Bonifác in tow, go past the stairs, then go straight and turn left.
At the top of the first inclined hallway you’ll be met by another pirate. Kill him, then continue up.
When the hallway ends you’ll enter the cafeteria, below which is a large control room. Here you’ll have about three or four more pirates to deal with.
Once the pirates are dead, head to the back where you’ll find Maldonado in one of the side rooms.
When you talk to Maldonado, you’ll be given two options:
- Take his deal and let him kill Bonifác.
- Demand he give you the data.
Betray Bonifac
Maldonado will offer you a deal. He’ll pay you to let him kill and frame Bonifác, and then you leave without the data.
If you choose this option, Maldonado gives you 4,000 credits, then kills Bonifác.
When you report to Helena that Maksimov is dead and that you “lost” the data, you’ll receive a small sum of credits based on your level. You’ll also get 100 XP for completing the quest.
If you choose this option, you’ll receive fewer credits, and your companion will be angry for a short time.
Kill Maldonado
Demand that Maldonado hand over the data, and he will attack you.
He is a bit higher level than the Ecliptic goons, but you shouldn’t have any problem killing him.
Once he’s dead, loot his body for the data, marked “Private: Reliant Medical”.
Head back to Gagarin Landing and give the data to Helena. For finishing the quest and getting the data back, you’ll receive 100 XP and a much larger amount of credits based on your level.
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