Ship technician in Neon disappeared.

[Sedmeister]

In my current playthrough, the ship technician at Neon is missing. I've checked every part of the landing pad. I've read threads on other sites saying he is most likely in the water below.

I'm simply trying to figure out how to get him back without console commands.

(Please respond to my question, ie: does anyone know how to get him back, not how to find him or how to get ship services in other parts of Neon or on other planets etc etc.)

So, anyone know how to get him back?

[Agent Chieftain]

I've had him disappear before, but he just came back eventually. Wasn't there when I went into Neon, but was back by the time I came back out after doing a few quests.

[Gonzo850]

Leave the area for a while. Sleep a lot between quests to help time pass faster.

[DANEDANGER]

Once he is lost out at sea the only way to get him back onto the pad is trough console commands or going NG+. This issue seems to be related to the Parcel encounter.

You fly around, see a ship and it hails you, it wants you to deliver this urgent package to one of the ship techy,s. Somehow this mission type seems to be the cause of disapearing ship techy,s.

I had the mars one all the way out in the wild. Had to run for minutes to get close too him, then once i got close i see him fall out of the sky and drop down onto the ground. Guess this was the same issue but different location and i only lucked out due to it being on mars

[drommels]

Originally posted by Gonzo850:

Leave the area for a while. Sleep a lot between quests to help time pass faster.

Yup, go to Venus and sleep there 24h (= 100 days+ for any other planet). The NPC *should* reset.

[StormhawkV]

I was able to avoid this bug entirely by avoiding the quest given by the Star Parcel freighter that you can randomly encounter over some remote world. Whenever I had this bug I did the Star Parcel quest some time before.

[DANEDANGER]

Just had it happen again with the Cydonia techy. Again a parcel delivery and the dude was on the edge of the map floating around untill i got close enough for him to drop down and be accesable for converstation

*edit* new char, made yesterday night and have not done any story line mission or faction mission. Just bounty board and side quest

[Cheyenne]

How is this still an issue... been going to and from other places, doing other things, coming back every so often and still this tech is like 90m underwater... this is absurd.

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by Cheyenne:

How is this still an issue... been going to and from other places, doing other things, coming back every so often and still this tech is like 90m underwater... this is absurd.

Your save is corrupted. That is why its still an issue. Bugs get baked in to your save files.

[Mephitic]

Another user suggested a novel approach the seemed to work:
Locate the sunken tech from the surface, use Manipulation on him to bring him to the surface, once the spell wears off you can talk to him and do whatever you need.

[chriszewski]

A month later, but in the hopes someone needs the help: aside from sleeping and waiting (never worked for me, especially when Deimos Staryard decided to relocate), open the console and enter
0015636E.moveto player
*this will disable 'cheevos* but there are several ways to circumvent this if you still want to earn them. I'd also stand inside the office on Neon's pad when you summon him. He might see the abyss and want to take another swim. He'll also be in his undies, most likely.

[Sedmeister]

Originally posted by chriszewski:

A month later, but in the hopes someone needs the help: aside from sleeping and waiting (never worked for me, especially when Deimos Staryard decided to relocate), open the console and enter
0015636E.moveto player
*this will disable 'cheevos* but there are several ways to circumvent this if you still want to earn them. I'd also stand inside the office on Neon's pad when you summon him. He might see the abyss and want to take another swim. He'll also be in his undies, most likely.

Finished my first playthrough today. Just started a new NG+ session. I'll head to Neon asap and see if that fixes it.

[Stridswombat]

He was always gone for me. First time I visited Neon it was just completely empty. Never showed back up for the entire duration of my playthrough either. This was LONG before I ran into any of the parcel delivery quests so it's not that either. It just confirmed he was stuck floating in the sky for me.

[Lavian]

Originally posted by Cheyenne:

How is this still an issue... been going to and from other places, doing other things, coming back every so often and still this tech is like 90m underwater... this is absurd.

Pretty sure this is actually one of the bugs addressed in the beta patch.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1716740/announcements/detail/3787024475496304672?snr=2_9_100015_

Gameplay

• Added the ability to eat the food placed in the world
  
• Adjusted stealth to be a bit more forgiving.
  
• Fixed an issue where Andreja’s head would stay permanently cloaked.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from firing their weapons.
  
• Fixed issues where some NPC could be seen not wearing clothes.
  
• Fixed an issue where already in-progress skill challenges could stop progressing after reaching the Unity and starting a new game.
  
• Fixed an issue that could temporarily prevent opening the inventory or saving after entering the Unity.
  
• PC: Fixed an issue where mouse movement could be choppy.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the home ship to be lost.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ship services technician might be missing.

[Sedmeister]

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

Originally posted by Lavian:

Pretty sure this is actually one of the bugs addressed in the beta patch.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1716740/announcements/detail/3787024475496304672?snr=2_9_100015_

it's still an issue with the beta, unless it requires a new game for the fix to work ... I was mid-game when I opted into the beta, swimming out to the tech and using manipulation on him was the only thing that worked (without console commands).

Oh! Could you kindly explain how you did that? Step by step? Like, how did you find him? Did he follow you? Did you need to use a particular set of stairs or ladder?

Thanks on advance.

[ZombieHunter]

You have to swim out to him and he will fall out of the sky into the water where you can interact with him.