During my time as a member of Starfield's Constellation, I've also become a Freestar Ranger, worked undercover to take down the Crimson Fleet, and joined the ranks of the United Colonies Vanguard. But if there's one missing piece to the Settled Systems puzzle, it's the Great Serpent-worshipping faction, House Va'ruun. It's the one group in the galaxy I've heard so much about, yet seen very little of – but that's all about to change.

Bethesda promises to at long last lift the lid on Starfield's religious zealots in Shattered Space, an upcoming expansion which the studio describes as a self-contained experience that will bring us to the faction's elusive home planet, Va'ruun’kai. During a chance to take a closer look at the Starfield Shattered Space DLC, I get a taste of what's in store in the "hand-crafted" world, from the strange events that will lead us there, to the feuding groups within the faction vying for power, and the way it's going to capture how "scary" space can be. As an unusual faction that plays such a big part in the history of the Settled Systems, I've long been hunting for Va'ruun missions in the base game, and Shattered Space offers plenty of reasons for me to dive right back into Starfield.

Experimental Ever since I stepped foot in the Va'ruun embassy as part of a quest in Starfield, I've been dying to learn more about the faction. Not only am I curious about the mysterious deity-like figure, The Great Serpent, but I'm looking forward to visiting their .