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Star Wars Outlawshas a solidnine Expertsthat must be unlocked by completing Expert Quests, granting Kay access to unique Abilities upon doing so that will level up her game and make her the unstoppable scoundrel she aims to be. Something she’s already pretty good at.
And The Veteran is one such Expert Quest, having Kay carry out a mission for an old Droid that’s searching for its long gone unit from the Clone Wars, leading to many excellent moments between Kay and ND-5 and giving her the ability to decrypt Separatist Datadiscs upon completion!
The Veteran Quest Walkthrough: Finding The Abandoned Hideout
Before you may begin The Veteran Expert Quest, you must firstloot yellow containers while in orbitwith the Trailblazer. You mustfind Encrypted CIS Transmissions within these yellow containers,which willunlock at random.
Itdoesn’t matter which orbit,and there areno specific containersyou must loot, sojust fly through each orbit, looting these containers until ND-5 notifies you that he has triangulated the locationof the signal.
ND-5 will notify Kay that the signal is coming from anAbandoned Hideout in Akiva,unlocking anew fast-travel pointand landing zone for you. With that unlocked,travel to the Abandoned Hideout,step out of the Trailblazer, andmeet MT-7 for the first time,kicking offThe Veteran Expert Quest!
The Veteran Quest Walkthrough: Search For Traces Of MT-7’s Unit
After speaking with MT-7, you’ll be tasked withtracking down three Datapads.The first of which is nearby.Take the ladders down to the area belowandhead toward the righthand sideof the platform. You will see ayellow, climbable wallthat leads to a gate.
Climb the wall and jump onto the gate,thenclimb down the gate and drop off onto the large metal objectbeneath you. From here,run and jump across the gap, then scale the yellow beams into the sizable openingin the wall.
Here, you will have toshock three generators in quick successionwith your Blaster. So,turn and look out the large holein the wall.To your left will be the first generator.Shoot it, and thenaim to the right near the wall you climbed to find the second one.With both of those started, lookdirectly to your right to see the third and final generator in the same room as you.Shoot it to open the door next to it.
Enter the room and read the Datapadon the ground. It will give you the location of another one on Akiva, which ND-5 will mark on your map.
Find The Second Datapad
Thesecond Data Padwill besouth of the Abandoned Hideout.So,jump on your Speeder and follow the waypointuntil youreach a small cave filled with frog-like enemies.Shoot them down with your Blaster and continue pushing into the cave.
These enemies aren’t too hardto deal with, butthere are MANY of them,sotake your time and slowly move through the cave while using your Blaster to eliminate themalong the way. With all the frogs taken care of,head to the back of the cave to find a yellow wall.
Climb the yellow walland thenhead left to find a destroyed Droidholding a Datapad.Read the Datapadto gain information on the location of the third and final one.
Find The Third Data Pad
Ourthird and final Datapadwill be in thenorthwest region of Akiva,near the Sashin village.If you already completed The Scavenger Expert Quest,you canjust fast-travel to the village and follow the road down to the Separatist Basefrom there to make this process quicker.If not,thenbe prepared to drive a considerable distance northto reach it.
Once you’reat the Separatist Base,follow the pathway until you see a series of climbable walls.Scale these walls until youreach a point that requires you to use your grappling hookto clear a large gap. After doing this, you willfind the third and final Datapad on the ground.
Read the Datapad to gather information on the signal,ultimately having you head to orbit to complete MT-7’s final mission.
After gathering all three Datapads,fast-travel to the Trailblazerand’Take Off' into orbit.From here, follow the waypoint until youreach Trapper’s Field.
Upon reaching your destination, ND-5 will notify Kay that thesignal is being interrupted by Jammers nearby,having you seek them out and destroy them.
Destroying The Jammers
There are five Jammers in this area; some will be inside the dilapidated space stations nearby, while most of the others will be outside in the open. Upon destroying the first Jammer, you will be invaded by a group of Pirates. Take them out first before searching for the other Jammers.
Destroying four Jammer will trigger another wave of Pirates to ambush you. Deal with them the same as before, then search for the fifth and final Jammer. The Jammers are small red and gray objects that glow with a yellow light, so they’re not too hard to miss. Just ensure you’re looking in the open walls of the destroyed space stations.
Return To MT-7
After destroying all five Jammers, you canfast-travel back to the Abandoned Hideoutto trigger a cutscene between Kay, ND-5, and MT-7,completing the Expert Questand giving you access to therest of The Veteran’s Abilities!