A Better Beginning

A Better Beginning is the fourth priority ops mission. It is acquired on the Nexus while speaking with Director Tann in Tann's Office.

Description
The Nexus needs a resource-producing outpost, but Eos is the only planet in range. As the only Pathfinder, you have been asked to achieve the impossible: find a way to settle Eos and give the Initiative the foothold it needs. Director Tann has committed the resources for a last ditch effort, including a ship and support team for the Pathfinder.

Eos colonization effort failed because of radiation in its atmosphere. But you recognized a signal like you found on Habitat 7. If similar alien technology is here, you may be able to create the conditions to place an outpost. Find the signal, make Eos viable, and give the Initiative the foothold it needs.

The search for a way to activate Eos' atmosphere processor has led underground to a mysterious Remnant vault. Most of its systems appear to be locked down. Explore the vault and find a way to lift the system lockdown.

Prodromos is founded. The radiation will be slow to clear, but Mayor Bradley will ensure the outpost thrives. Return to the Nexus and speak with Director Tann.

Objectives

 * Speak with SAM on the Hyperion
 * Go to your ship
 * Go to the bridge
 * Go to Eos in the Pytheas system
 * Land on Eos
 * Clear atmospheric radiation
 * Search Site 1's main control building
 * Restore power to Site 1
 * Find a code to access locked buildings
 * Investigate the power relay station
 * Activate the generators
 * Scan the power pylons to find an interface
 * Activate power pylons (0/2)
 * Defeat the kett
 * Reactivate the power relay station
 * Scan containers to find a vehicle
 * Call down a forward station
 * Unlock the Nomad container
 * Get in the Nomad
 * Investigate the strange signal
 * Search for a glyph to scan
 * Use the strange console
 * Defeat the hostile bots
 * Activate Remnant monoliths (0/3)
 * Investigate the entrance
 * Explore the Remnant vault
 * Follow the conduit into the vault
 * Activate the gravity well
 * Follow the conduit farther into the vault
 * Repair the conduit flow
 * Find a way through the caverns
 * Follow the conduit to the source
 * Escape the vault
 * Optional: Retrieve the unsealed item
 * Establish an outpost at an appropriate site
 * Speak with Tann at the Nexus Pathfinder HQ
 * Give Eos radiation time to clear

Kett Research Center

 * Clear the kett
 * Find and disable the generator powering the shields to access the monolith

The Monolith

 * Scan for glyphs (0/2)
 * Use the console

Research Opportunities
There are a lot of items that can be scanned for Research Data (RD) on this mission. +290 Milky Way RD, +380 Heleus RD, +540 Remnant RD. Additional small amounts of RD from explosive canisters can also be acquired but these items are found throughout the game so that RD isn't listed here.

Site 1: Promise
There are three items that have to be scanned during the mission, awarding +30 Milky Way RD. Taking the time to walk around Site 1 and look for additional items yields another +210 Milky Way RD and +20 Heleus RD.

For a detailed RD list with images, see: Site 1: Promise Research Data.

Northern Monolith

 * +10 Heleus RD - Element Zero Node
 * +10 Milky Way RD - Initiative monitor x2 (+20 Milky Way RD Total)
 * +10 Milky Way RD - Initiative Shuttle
 * +10 Heleus RD - Platinum Mineral Node
 * +10 Heleus RD - Scourge Tendril Anomaly

Western Monolith

 * +10 Remnant RD - Unknown Resonant Device

Kett Research Center

 * +10 Heleus RD - Artifact Crate x2 (+20 Heleus RD Total)
 * +10 Remnant RD - Artifact Crate
 * +100 Heleus RD - Kett Core Encryption Tech x3 (+300 Heleus RD Total)
 * +10 Remnant RD - Technology Fragments

Southern Monolith

 * +10 Milky Way RD - Nexus-Issued Scanner x2 (+20 Milky Way RD Total)
 * +10 Heleus RD - Titanium Oxide Node

Rewards
Board Tempest:
 * +270 XP

Land on Eos:
 * +2 AVP
 * +2% Eos viability

Restore power at Site 1:
 * +73 AVP
 * +5% Eos viability

Scan reconstructed images of Wilcox and Farthingale at Site 1:
 * +540 XP
 * +270 XP for first conversation
 * +270 XP for second conversation

Activate 2nd monolith:
 * +270 XP

Activate 3rd monolith:
 * +73 AVP
 * +5% Eos viability
 * +270 XP

Activate vault:
 * +1150 AVP
 * +50% Eos viability
 * +1330 XP
 * Fusion Mod of Shielding Icon.png Fusion Mod of Shielding
 * +Encounter XP for collecting unsealed item

Establish outpost:
 * +300 AVP
 * +10% Eos viability

Talk to Tann to finish:
 * +1400 XP

Achievements and trophies
The following achievements and trophies can be earned during this mission:
 * Initiated.png Initiated
 * World-Shaper.png World-Shaper