Gluttonous Forge Quest broken

[Kitster_2000]

Quest steps state the following:


The Forge
Stop the Gluttonous Forge base from accelerating the death of the star in the Eta Xiphios system.
Talk with the Measure Consul ship to get the password to communicate with the Gluttonous Forge.
Talk with the Gluttonous Forge starbase and get a Momentum Inhibitor.
Bring the Momentum Inhibitor to the Measure Consul, receive 2000 RU.
Go to the Epsilon Xiphios system.
Interact with the Communication Satellite and fight the defense drones.
Use the Communication Satellite to contact Jeff.
Go to the Beta Najmanowicz system.
Land on the first planet and interact with the structure to get the Empathy Machine.
Return to Eta Xiphios and give the Empathy Machine to the Gluttonous Forge.

The issue I have is with the Communication satellite. It thinks its a planet, and tells me I can't land there (graphics on screen switch to Planet-Interaction View). I also get no chance to interact with it to talk to Jeff, and even tho I found the Empathy Machine, it doesn't let me talk to the Measured forge ship in any way, and there is no forced Dialogue option for this. The Mowlings will die, and there's nothing I can do about it XD

[btamd62]

The communications satellite is not on a planet, it's in the system and difficult to miss. You have to talk to the Mowlings in Eta Xiphios and they tell you this.

[l0aper]

Was there ever a resolution on this? I have the same issue. Nothing happens when I approach the satellite. It's just stuck on the "Stop the gluttonous forge" step.

[jaymersj]

I am similarly stuck being unable to interact with the satellite. When I approach it, the screen switches to a planetary interface and informs me there is nowhere to land on the satellite. The Mowlings in Eta Xiphios do not mention it at all to me, Mowlings in the sector say nothing, the Forge itself has no further dialogue options, and the Measured ship in the sector (the one I gave the Momentum Inhibitor to) does not say anything either.
I, too, wonder if anyone has noticed this and found a way around it?

[CaptainCassidy]

Same issue. However, Jeff has already left the Mowlings as of this point in my game (to be fair, I don't think I got it to work before, but I'm not certain). Has Jeff left in your game(s) as well? That... might cause it.

[YDeathYLORD]

So, I've stuck on this quest too, but I've found a solution.
And the name of the solution - keep doing the quests... Yep.

As it seems, you could start this quest before you should on the "main" DLC story :(
At some point (stage 4 !!!) you'll met with friendly Scryve (Beacon-807), which will give you 3 tasks [Heir to the Scryve]. One of the tasks will be about this Forging station.

Only after that you could talk with Mowlings about the star (new dialogs!), Jeff (haha, he'll be sooo happy) and finish this mess. There are a lot of stuff that bugged in this game with quests :/ It's sad.

[Gwen]

Does this solution work even if Jeff already left the Mowlings ?

[YDeathYLORD]

Originally posted by Gwen:

Does this solution work even if Jeff already left the Mowlings ?

Yes, because you'll find the comm base to talk with Jeff (not in person, but still), in the Mowlings system.
Destroy the defending droids and talk to him.

[Zcyth .Z.]

Originally posted by Kitster_2000:

Quest steps state the following:


The Forge
Stop the Gluttonous Forge base from accelerating the death of the star in the Eta Xiphios system.
Talk with the Measure Consul ship to get the password to communicate with the Gluttonous Forge.
Talk with the Gluttonous Forge starbase and get a Momentum Inhibitor.
Bring the Momentum Inhibitor to the Measure Consul, receive 2000 RU.
Go to the Epsilon Xiphios system.
Interact with the Communication Satellite and fight the defense drones.
Use the Communication Satellite to contact Jeff.
Go to the Beta Najmanowicz system.
Land on the first planet and interact with the structure to get the Empathy Machine.
Return to Eta Xiphios and give the Empathy Machine to the Gluttonous Forge.

The issue I have is with the Communication satellite. It thinks its a planet, and tells me I can't land there (graphics on screen switch to Planet-Interaction View). I also get no chance to interact with it to talk to Jeff, and even tho I found the Empathy Machine, it doesn't let me talk to the Measured forge ship in any way, and there is no forced Dialogue option for this. The Mowlings will die, and there's nothing I can do about it XD

[Zcyth .Z.]

In May of 2092. A quest given to me by the scryve to update the map in eta Xiphios system. They send out a message to meet them at beacon 807. This unlocked the next step in this quest for me to communicate with the satellite. Perhaps you need this quest from the scryve still to allow you to finish this one. When you get this request from the scryve. Speak to the mowlings on Capsin and that is when they tell you to contact jeff. Hope this helps

Originally posted by l0aper:

Was there ever a resolution on this? I have the same issue. Nothing happens when I approach the satellite. It's just stuck on the "Stop the gluttonous forge" step.