Bethesda’s new Starfield short sets the stage for Terran Armada before April 7

Bethesda added a new animated anthology short for Starfield on April 6, and this one points straight at the game’s next big story beat. Titled “Ab Astris Ad Terram,” the episode is part of The Settled Systems series and shows the Terran Armada at the height of its power, with a robotic army that moves with ruthless precision against the people of the Settled Systems.

The short is more than a lore piece. Bethesda says the events in the episode lead directly into the opening of Terran Armada DLC story content, which arrives on April 7. That expansion will put players into a new conflict where they help save the Settled Systems from a hostile takeover, with new faces, new choices, and an authoritarian threat that keeps pressing forward.

The DLC also lands alongside the Free Lanes update, which will be available to all players at no cost on the same day. Bethesda also confirmed that Starfield officially launches on PlayStation 5 on April 7 as well, so the date is doing a lot of heavy lifting for the game’s next chapter.

If you want more context on how Terran Armada first surfaced, we covered the earlier tease in our previous report. For now, Bethesda is clearly treating this animated short as the bridge into the next story line rather than a throwaway promo.

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Starfield

Developed by Bethesda Game Studios

In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.

• Genre: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
• Modes: Single player
• Release: 2023-09-06
• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Age Rating: CLASS_IND 16 / GRAC 19+ / ESRB M / PEGI 18 / ACB R 18+ / USK 16 / CERO Z
• IGDB Rating: 74.2/100

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