Update 2.1

Although most of people had no issue adding the ship and ver 1.1 works perfectly, some had issue with activating the switch. So 2.1 addresses the issue with a new script, introducing click-and-fly method. Go to Vectera, in Narion system, North East of Alpha Centauri system, where you were first called dusty. You can find the ship within the 100 m perimeter of the landingpad. When you face the Argos's extractor buildings from the landingpad, turn around and run for 15 seconds. Climb the rocks. You can't miss it. See the video for the exact location.

Intro

You can pilot Vader's ship in Starfield.

May (the dark side of) the Force be with you! ;-)

While in game

Ver 2.1 you can find the ship at Argos Extractor mining outpost in Vectera, Narion system (where you began your game) For the exact location, refer to the images section. Find the ship, click, and fly away. (You will find the camera angle is different when taking off - it is intentional. When in space you can have a 360 view of TIE. To go back to the normal camera angle, simply change the view from 3rd person to 1st person, and it will come back to normal. Enjoy!)

Notes

This ship is designed and meant to be iconoclastic in nature. So there are a few things to keep in mind.

There is no bay interior.

To activate the ship, in 3rd person point of view, simply look at the front view port and a message box will appear in 0.5 sec ) The bay hatch will animate toward you, if you choose to "Board." When inside, activate the pilot seat to sit and fly away.

There is (practically) no interior.

Once you "get up" during flight in space or when landed, you can not move around. You can activate the ship cargo hold, navigation console, captain's locker and of course a pilot seat to resume piloting the ship.

There are no (visible) landing gears.

Just as seen in the movie.

NO COMPANIONS!

This is obvious - She is a single-pilot ship. No other humans but you are allowed in the vessel, which means you have to DISMISS ALL!!! beforehand including VASCO. This is a must! Otherwise, you will see them fall into the weirdest trap due to the absence of collision or too much collision (stuttering violently) They will act weird like going up and down infinitely. Do make sure to dismiss them. If it not possible to dismiss, say, Sarah, proceed with your main questline and at some point, you will be able to dismiss them.

This mod replaces the following vanilla assets:

Interior bay exit floor hatch door

before: with ladder after: without ladder

pro: clean, unobtrusive and uncumbersome con: nothing to hold on to when exiting the ship ;)

Interior docker ceiling hatch door

before: with ladder after: without ladder and red enclosure

pro: clean, unobtrusive and uncumbersome con: nothing to hold on to when exiting the ship and could be hard to find where the docking hatch is

ship weapon sounds (I recorded the sound FXs directly from the movie) "VT" Laser cannon sounds replace B-class Light Scythe Laser sounds
(wem id #s are 117432125, 149837349, 518115086, 935337206)

"VT" cluster missile sounds replace C-calss Ballistics Missile sounds (wem id #s are 78539885, 461687858, 497131821, 646111761)

Disclaimer

This is an extremely experimental mod. Make a backup copy of your save file in someplace safe. My save file is intact so far and I have no problem using this mod, but as you know, your saves can be corrupted, but I am not responsible. ;-) Download at your own risk.

Credits

George Lucas for the SW universe Todd Howard and his team for giving us the “universe” to dwell in

Change log

ver 1.0 initial release ver 1.1 made viewport color from inside pitch dark jet black ver 2.1 find the ship at Argos Extractor Mining Outpost, Vectera, Narion System. Click-and-fly feature added