Honkai Star Rail: The Complete Story of Herta Space Station … – TheGamer

After watching the early trailers and beta gameplay, one of the main reasons for many players to get into Honkai: Star Rail was its lore. The game's set in Honkai Impact 3rd's alternate universe, which explains the existence of similar characters like Himeko, Bronya, Seele, Welt, and many more.

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As you start playing the game, you'll first go through the story of the Herta Space Station. The Antimatter Legion will be your main enemy in this area, and you'll also get to meet the Astral Express crew for the first time. Eventually, you'll join the express and leave the planet to get to the next one.

Once you make an account and enter the game, you'll be greeted by a scene of the Antimatter Legion invading the Herta Space Station. There'll be a lady playing an invisible violin while the guards on the station try to fend off the enemies and get everyone to safety. After the cutscene ends, you'll learn that this lady is called Kafka.

Someone on the screen will tell Kafka that Antimatter Legion invaded the station, but "Elio" didn't mention it, so it's not important. Kafka will also mention their goal of placing the target before you start your first battle against the Antimatter Legion. You'll play this battle as Kafka herself, but don't get your hopes up, as she's not the main character.

After the fight, you'll have a little talk about Herta, a member of the genius society. She's essentially the leader of Herta Space Station.

When you're about to get into the next room, the monitor person from before will mention a Doomsday Beast also being present at the station. You'll get introduced to Silver Wolf after finishing the battle in this room, and you'll learn that she's the hacker who's been talking to you and also the person who attracted the Antimatter Legion to slow down the Astral Express crew.

Silver Wolf will mention that she was looking at the collection of "Herta's Toys" and a special gun that can score characters. This is where the Stellaron will be mentioned for the first time, and your next destination will be a room where you can find the location of the said Stellaron. You'll fight another wave of Antimatter Legion until you reach the room.

Here, you have to interact with a few items until Silver Wolf hacks all the monitors and opens a secret passage directly into the Stellaron room. Kafka will interact with the glowing sphere, and you'll get to choose the main character of this game between Stelle and Caelus. This choice doesn't change anything in the rest of the game.

There'll be a cutscene of Kafka placing the Stellaron in the heart of the Trailblazer you choose, and then they'll have a short dialogue when the main character wakes up. Kafka and Silver Wolf will then depart, and you'll be woken up by March 7th and Dan Heng. After some introductions, you'll learn that they're the members of the Astral Express crew mentioned earlier.

When you wake up for the first time, Kafka will mention that there will come a time when you have to make an important choice.

She suggests that you make the right choice, and all the confusion will come to an end.

After fighting a couple of Antimatter Legion enemies, you'll meet up with Dan Heng and Arlan. He'll accompany you to the elevator, and you'll find your first Light Cone in the next room. These are Garden of Recollection technology and can enhance your character's abilities by giving them special powers.

As you're about to reach the elevator, you'll go against the first mini-boss in the game called Voidranger: Trampler. Once you successfully defeat the enemies, a cutscene will play out where March, Dan Heng, and Trailblazer will get overwhelmed by the sheer number of Antimatter Legion enemies.

Although, before they can lay a hand on you or your friends, Himeko's drone will show up and defeat them all in one sweep. This will lead to you getting introduced to the character in the Master Control Zone. Arlan departs from the scene after a short dialogue and Himeko introduces herself as the navigator of the Astral Express, the third Express member that you meet.

You'll also get to tell her if March has been any trouble to you. While your choice here doesn't matter much, it does lead to some funny dialogues. You'll then be asked to talk to Asta, who's at the main station giving out orders to defend against the Legion's attack. She's the Lead Researcher at Herta Space Station.

This will lead to a small quest where you have to talk to different members of the Space Station to lift their spirits. While talking to Hinkel, you can simply select the last option to continue the quest. Once you're done talking to everyone, a cutscene of the Doomsday Beast breaching the Station's shield will play out.

At the end of this cutscene, Asta will ask Himeko to take the Astra Express and get out of the Space Station. After deliberation, Himeko will decide to take up Asta's offer. During the dialogue outside, Dan Heng will mention that Doomsday Beast can rip off the defense shield like its paper, and the Station can't defend against it.

He'll also mention that the Legion has the blessing of an Aeon called Nanook (Destruction). Himeko will still suggest that the Express has to leave with the Trailblazer, which will prompt Dan Heng to ask if we're that important. Himeko mentions that the Trailblazer might be what helps turn the tides in their favor.

As you get to the railway station and try to leave, your path will be blocked by the Doomsday Beast. It turns out that you'll have to defeat it after all. The beast will have two phases and three areas to attack. You'll have to deplete its head and both its arms' health to zero, and then constantly attack its body to finish each phase.

This is going to be a hard battle, so it's recommended to pay attention to all the turn-based mechanics introduced in the tutorial.

Once the beast is defeated, a cutscene will play out showing you facing Nanook himself. Welt will save you from getting destroyed in this process, and he'll be introduced as the fourth member of the Astral Express.

When you wake up, you'll talk to Himeko and also be introduced to Herta. She'll mention that she wants to perform some tests on you.

Once you finish the first beta test of the Simulated Universe with Herta, you'll be asked to talk to Himeko whenever you're ready to leave Herta Space Station and board the Express. After talking to her, a beautiful cutscene will play with heartwarming music, which marks the beginning of your story as the Trailblazer.

Before talking to Himeko, you can also talk to Herta and tell her that you don't want to leave with the Astral Express.

This will start a different quest where you'll be allowed to stay at the Space Station, but eventually, Herta will lose interest in you, and you'll just be a regular researcher.

Executing this side quest will take you back to the login screen, and you can log back in to have the quest to talk to Himeko again. This will give more meaning to your story. Herta Space Station is essentially a tutorial stage in Honkai: Star Rail and it'll already hook you to the story and make you want to keep playing.

You'll also meet Pom-Pom, the conductor of the Astral Express. She'll mention that you might be special, but everyone on the Express has their secrets. You'll then learn what the next stop of your journey is.

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