During the quest line with the Crimson Fleet in Starfield, Naeva will task you with stealing something called the Earth Savior Award on board the Siren of the Stars. She says she has been after this award for years and it will be primed to steal on the luxury cruise line ship.
However, there is a captain on the Siren of the Stars, named Evgeny Rokov, who also knows about the Earth Savior Award. In fact, he and Naeva have both been after the award in the past, which makes for an awkward confrontation on the ship. In any case, many players have been wondering if it’s even worth it to steal the Earth Savior Award for Naeva, as it’s an optional objective on the Siren of the Stars.
Should you steal the Earth Savior Award in Starfield?
There is absolutely no disadvantage or downside to stealing the Earth Savior Award. Provided you do things correctly and don’t get caught or have to kill anyone, you can easily walk off the Siren of the Stars with the award and no one will be the wiser.
How to steal the Earth Savior Award in Starfield
Fortunately, there’s not much to stealing the award. To steal the Earth Savior Award in Starfield, you’ll need to:
- Persuade a woman named Holbrooke to give you her Claim ID card
- Walk into the Purser’s Office
- Swipe the award from a safe.
- After your quest is done on board the Siren of the Stars, you can return to The Key with the award safely in your inventory.
There is one thing you should know before trying to steal the award, though; if you mention the award in any capacity to Evgeny Rokov, he will confront you about it and demand a cut of the profits if and when you decide to sell the award. As such, I recommend not mentioning the award at all to Rokov, especially if you plan on stealing it.
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This brings us to the question: should you steal the Earth Savior Award? My answer is absolutely yes you should. As previously mentioned, there is no downside to stealing it and you can make some nice credits off the award.
Should you give the Earth Savior Award to Naeva?
Speaking of credits, when you complete your main mission on the Siren of the Stars, you will have to return to The Key and Naeva will confront you about the Earth Savior Award, asking if you were able to steal it or not.
Here, you have two choices:
- Give the award to Naeva, which makes her “almost respect you” and rewards you with some credits.
- Lie and tell Naeva you couldn’t find the award, which gets her extremely upset, but that’s the extent of what happens.
It’s ultimately up to you whether you want to give her the award or not. If you decide to give it to her, you can earn either 6,000 or 3,000 credits. You will receive 6,000 credits if you didn’t tell Rokov about the Earth Savior Award and only 3,000 credits if you did tell him. As I mentioned earlier, he gets a cut of the profits.
On the other hand, if you decide to hang onto the award, you will be able to eventually sell it. It’s found within the Miscellaneous tab of your inventory but needs to be sold to the right person at the right time.
Hanging onto the award will also deduct your overall mission pay for completing your current Crimson Fleet quest and any future ones.
I suggest keeping the award and selling it later, as you will get more total credits doing it this way, especially if you have the Commerce Skill. On top of the additional credits, I’ve found Naeva to be one of the more annoying characters in Starfield, and it was another factor that pushed me to sell the award instead of handing it to her.
Overall selling the award instead of giving it to Naeva should net you an additional 2,000 Credits. This number will also depend on your Commerce Skills as vendors will be paying you more during trades if you have a high Commerce trait.
How to sell the Earth Savior Award
If you hung onto the award and are looking to fence it, you need to do a couple of things:
- First, complete your current mission by speaking to Naeva at Jasmine’s shop.
- With the Earth Savior Award in your inventory, leave The Key, wait some time, and then return to The Key and visit the Trade Authority shop.
- After waiting some time, you should be able to sell the award for at least 8,000-9,000 credits. This number can be increased depending on what skills you have unlocked.
Starfield fans have also been reporting instances where they’re unable to sell the Earth Savior Award despite having it in their inventories. If that’s also the case for you, it means you might need to do one more Crimson Fleet mission.
Once again, it’s my recommendation to steal it from the Siren of the Stars. Then, I would keep it from Naeva and sell it for the extra credits.
