Bug: NPCs shwing up before Quests even begun.

So it didn't really register with me at first but Nuru has been hanging out with Esther before I ever talked to Esther, and now K.. Ka... hylotl guy is there too - and I still haven't done the Floran Hunting Grounds.

Any idea what's going on? I use mods but none that I would image affects these NPCs.

 

hav u completed their respective missions b4? if yes, then the outpost has progressed beyond what u hav thru ur previous playthroughs. to fix this, the easy way would be delete ur universe files, but for obvious reasons this isn't exactly a good idea. there is another option that doesn't delete everything, related to editing/deleting a specific file, but idk what file

 

There is also the admin command /resetuniverseflags which will reset the Outpost to it's original state, ie before the Erchius mission will all the shops closed.

 

If your other chars have already finished the game / get to that certain point -> then the outpost will have the same progress of the other ones ye have regardless of you char being a newly made one or not (The avian can give you a buff for a headstart)