Make Erick Von Price Recruitable Again

VERSION 2 UPDATE I've updated the mod to deal with a rare issue where Erick may not have returned to Jane's Goods after Start-up Stopped has completed. If Erick isn't there when you arrive at Jane's, read "Letter from Erick" again while you're there and he should appear.

DESCRIPTION Erick Von Price is the only "missable" companion in the game. In order to recruit him as a follower or crew you have to complete the quest "Start-up Stopped" by allowing the Ecliptic mercenaries to keep the ship, but convincing them to let Erick go. Many people playing won't realize this is needed, and will either go for the harder persuade option to force the mercenaries to give up the ship, or will just choose to fight them.

This creation will allow you to recruit Erick even if you didn't choose the required option. With it installed you'll have a slate added to your inventory, "Letter from Erick" Read the slate, and Erick will again be recruitable. Erick has Payloads 1, Astrodynamics 2, and an unlockable piloting perk. As he's free to hire, that makes him a useful crew member particularly in early game.

This fix isn't really needed on PC, you can just use the console command setstage 00196BAE 1 instead. But if you're on Xbox, or just don't want to use console commands, this fix is doing the same thing. It does include a couple of sanity checks, like checking "Start-up Stopped" has finished and that Erick is not already hireable. It also moves him to Jane's Goods if he's not yet been hired and he isn't there when you arrive for some reason; read the slate again while at Jane's Goods if he's missing.

I've also added a copy of Noel's outfit (as seen in the screenshots here) to Erick's inventory, so you can equip him with that if you like. It looks better on him than the default flightsuit, anyway. Erick will still be given the outfit even if he's already recruitable.

Original Nexus Mods post: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/images/7815

This creation has been tested and is compatible with the 1.16.236.0 (Free Lanes) update.

I can be reached at Nexus Mods.