Unveiling the Ultimate Ranking: The Most Sinister Starfield Characters You Won't Believe Exist!

Bethesda's Starfield features a multitude of named NPCs that play a crucial role in the game's success or failure. Spanning across its vast landscape of streets, ships, and stations, these characters come in various forms - from friendly and compassionate to the opposite extreme. A significant portion of players holds a special affinity for the recruitable crew or team members, while others appreciate the presence of unique vendors, quest givers, or random NPCs.

However, it is often the remarkable villains and morally ambiguous individuals that leave the most lasting impression on players in any game. Starfield is no exception, as it boasts a collection of larger-than-life personalities within its lineup of antagonists.

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10 Nicolaus Slayton

Nicolaus Slayton, the CEO of Slayton Aerospace, is widely known for providing high-quality ship parts that are popular among many players in the game. However, despite his success, Slayton's ethical character raises concerns. Instead of handling corporate espionage with diplomacy, he resorts to extreme measures by fortifying his building and ordering the player to be shot on sight. Additionally, he goes as far as confiscating their ship. Not only that, but Slayton also harbors intentions of eliminating a former employee who had stolen company property. Such behavior is unfortunately a common occurrence in the ruthless world of Neon megacorps, but it certainly lacks a sense of decency.

9 Lucas Drexler

Lucas Drexler, the CEO of Infinity LTD, a rival company to Ryujin Industries, is portrayed as a morally questionable character in the Ryujin Industries questline.

In the cutthroat corporate realm of Starfield, it is expected for individuals like Drexler to engage in activities that are considered illicit. One such act committed by Drexler involves overseeing an illicit human clinical trial, where untested and hazardous Internal Neuroamp technology is used. Tragically, the majority of the test subjects either perished, suffered severe brain damage, or fell into a state of coma. Additionally, Drexler employed mercenaries to obstruct the delivery of these illicit shipments.

8 Ularu Chen

Ularu Chen, the epitome of corporate villainy in Starfield, occupies a high-ranking position within the tech behemoth Ryujin. Driven by a devious intellect, Chen's ultimate ambition is to overthrow the current CEO, Masako Imada. Employing nefarious tactics, Chen effortlessly frames loyal subordinates for crimes they never committed while simultaneously scheming to undermine rival companies by divulging privileged information. With her actions responsible for many of the issues plaguing Ryujin Industries, Chen assumes the role of mastermind behind the company's intricate questline. Disturbingly, she even endorses the usage of dangerous mind control technology against her own colleagues.

7 Ron Hope

Ron Hope is an exemplary entrepreneur known for his unwavering dedication and philanthropy. He not only established a pioneering spaceship company but also created an entire community. Through his ventures, Ron Hope has contributed significantly to the economy by providing numerous high-paying jobs, empowering countless individuals, especially devoted family members. Without Ron Hope's intervention, these individuals would be left with limited opportunities. Ron Hope's commendable actions indeed make him an exceptional individual.

Except in reality Ron Hope has hatched a secret scheme to deceitfully acquire the farmlands from hardworking farmers. Through the utilization of an experimental fertilizer that enhances the mineral composition of the soil, Ron Hope aspired to force farmers out of business while augmenting the mineral content of their land. This shrewd tactic enabled him to purchase the properties at a low cost and utilize the acquired minerals for his spaceships. By employing mercenaries and disaffected veterans, Ron Hope endeavored to transform his malicious plans into reality, only to be thwarted by players during the Freestar Collective questline.

6 Benjamin Bayu

The highly controversial city administrator of Neon, Benjamin Bayu, is deeply involved in the illicit activities that plague the city. Known for his close ties to the Seokguh criminal syndicates, Bayu has a hand in every criminal enterprise within the city. Players frequently encounter him during various quests, and numerous Starfield NPCs claim that anyone who dares to criticize or oppose him publicly mysteriously vanishes. Adding to this dubious reputation, Bayu also holds a position on the Council of Governors for the Freestar Collective.

5 Naeva Mora

4 Delgado

As the second-in-command of the Crimson Fleet pirates, Naeva embodies an insatiable greed and a penchant for violence, devoid of any moral compass. Naeva assigns the player character various piratical missions, ranging from ship destruction to theft, relishing in the chaos and bloodshed that accompany the life of a Crimson Fleet pirate. Moreover, Naeva assumes the responsibility of dispatching Crimson Fleet pirates to secure bases and establish strongholds on different planets, amplifying their effectiveness as a notorious pirate crew. Remarkably, Naeva exhibits not even the slightest trace of remorse.

Delgado is the leader of the Crimson Fleet faction of space pirates and general criminals that prey upon the people of the Settled Systems from their space station, The Key.

3 Vae Victis

While Delgado may come across as a dreamer, his priorities lie more with the pursuit of a fabled pirate treasure than with managing the day-to-day operations of the Crimson Fleet. However, it is important to note that Delgado remains in control of the ruthless acts of killing, destruction, and piracy committed by his fleet members without flinching. To Delgado, these actions are an integral part of being a space pirate, and the legendary treasure serves as an opportunity to further facilitate the endeavors of his crew. It is worth mentioning that battling Delgado presents a formidable challenge to those who dare to face him as their boss.

Renowned as Vae Victis, Francois Sanon has an illustrious past as a gallant soldier within the United Colonies. Holding a significant rank in the UC hierarchy, this esteemed commander valiantly took action during the Colony War. In a courageous act, Vae Victis diligently demolished the spaceport of the city of Londinion, successfully containing the perilous terrormorph infestation that posed a threat to humanity's survival.

2 The Hunter

Still alive and concealed beneath New Atlantis, Vae Victis, sentenced to death for his involvement in war crimes during the Colony War, devised a clandestine plan to unleash terror upon the city. His scheme involved employing the formidable alien entities known as Terrormorphs, with the ultimate goal of augmenting his own power within New Atlantis.

A mysterious being known as the Hunter embodies the complexities of the Starborn, serving as a stark warning to those who pursue the Unity. Tired and disillusioned after navigating through countless iterations of nearly identical universes, the Hunter reaches a chilling conclusion: the most efficient path to accomplishing his objectives is to ruthlessly eliminate anyone or anything that stands in his path.

1 Victor Aiza

In the main story quest, High Price to Pay, the Hunter assumes a significant role, showcasing his terrifying approach to achieving the Unity. Within the Starfield universe, he stands out as one of the most nefarious characters, taking pride in the numerous innocent lives he has snuffed out and seemingly deriving pleasure from it.

In the final missions of the main story quest, players are introduced to Victor Aiza, the brilliant mind behind the revolutionary Grav Drive technology. This groundbreaking invention allows both players and NPCs to embark on interstellar journeys. Everything seemed promising at first, right? However, the shocking truth unravels as the story progresses – Victor Aiza was well aware that the utilization of Grav Drive would lead to the catastrophic destruction of Earth's magnetosphere. This devastating consequence would result in the extinction of numerous plant and animal species, ultimately endangering humanity's existence on their homeworld. Astonishingly, Victor Aiza deliberately kept this grim reality concealed from his employees, as well as from NASA and his fellow colleagues, until it was tragically too late and irreversible damage had already occurred.

Starfield

Platform(s) PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series SReleased September 6, 2023Developer(s) BethesdaGenre(s) Action, RPG See at Amazon