In Starfield you can recruit new Crew Members to your Spaceship and Outposts. Recruiting 10 Crewmates total unlocks The Family You Choose Achievement.
What do Crew Members Do?
Each Crew Member has certain skills. Assigning them to your ship boosts certain ship systems that match the crewmate’s skill. These passive bonuses can be useful when engaging in spaceship fights.
Crew can also be assigned to Outposts, in which case they will help defend the Outpost.
Story-Related Companions
7 Companions are recruitable during main story quests (you meet them all automatically): Andreja, Barrett, Heller, Lin, Sam Coe, Sarah Morgan, Vasco.
Hiring New Recruits for Credits
More recruits can be recruited in certain bars/diners/pubs in the big populated cities.
The earliest option is to go to System: Alpha Centauri > Planet: Jemison > Landing Site: New Atlantis > from the landing pad walk straight ahead until you reach the open area with the train station, turn left and enter the shop “The Viewport” > talk to the people inside.
Most of the people there can be recruited for money, usually in the range of 6,500-18,000 credits per person. In the early game this may seem expensive, but you get upward of 1 Million credits automatically from Main Story and the 4 Faction Questlines. You can always make quick money by selling loot to merchants, sleep in bed for 48 hours (ship or lodge) to refresh their money and sell them more stuff.
After recruiting someone, you will be asked to assign them to a place. In order to allow more people on your ship you will need to modify your ship or buy a new one. Each ship has a crew limit.
Also see How to Use Crew Menu to Reassign Crewmates
For more Starfield guides check out Starfield Wiki & Strategy Guide.
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