of course crimson thinks “Ship Parts” when he sees the word “Armada”

Pure speculation but what happened to those left on earth to die? Could there be survivors? Think fallout vaults or silos. Self sustained subterranean colonies on the now wasteland earth. If I was left to die I’d feel vindictive. And the descendants would as well I imagine. Could be a vengeance thing and if so that sounds pretty cool to me.

Hahaha😅
More confident that kinggath can make a decent dlc than Beth can😅

Terran Armada. My guess: Unified government/military entity from another universe that achieved Unity. You know how the people in the Starfield universe just destroyed Earth and colonized the Settled Systems before eventually fighting in those wars? Well these other guys in their universe could’ve gotten that artifact from Mars, built the grav-drive ships, and immediately searched for the rest of the artifacts without doing an exodus for the rest of their people or any settling..period. lol
Basically, Evil-Earth Enclave-types with Starborn powers. They never fractured/split into factions like UC+FC, and never really grew up as a species like the people in the Starfield universe. If they are an outsider faction, they’d be great as a sort of existential threat. To a degree that even most Starborn in the game universe will see them as a threat.

A 12 second video of absolutely nothing is all Bethesda has done for starfield 9 months into 2025

The trailer has been analyzed frame by frame by some people. It really seems to be Terran Armada.
The only explanation that I have is that it is the original fleet that evacuated Earth, when it became uninhabitable. But how could this Terran Armada still exist in the 34th century? It seems that only very few humans colonized the Settled Systems and formed the UC, the Fc and House Va’ruun. If there is still some Terran Armada around, it means that the majority of the ships just travelled on far into outer space. And in this new DLC they are coming back. Judging from the theme of the trailer this Terran Armada is hostile and threatens the Settled Systems.
Maybe the DLC is about uniting the factions in the Settled Systems to fight this Terran Armada together.
Does this mean we get no new Starborn content in the new DLC? Either this or this Terran Armada is from an alternate universe and has crossed the Unity to seek revenge and to hunt the Starborn who are responsible for the destruction of Earth.
A totally different option would be that the Terran Armada is the unification of all human factions in the Settled Systems to fight an exterior threat, either sentient aliens or the Starborn. But this would require a lot of changes in the setup of the Starfield universe. I doubt this is technically possible.
Or the Terran Armada is just a smaller faction similar to Watchtower in the mod of the same name. Then it would just be Bethesda’s version of Watchtower.
Well, these are just my thoughts on it. Anyway it will be interesting.

Useful Youtube controls tip I learned a while back. If you press the < and > keys it’ll go through the video back(<) or forward(>) frame by frame. Very handy for instances like this 😁

Bethesda is so scared of inconveniencing players with things like ‘meaningful choices.’ I’m calling it now, it’s going to be a completely new system with a completely standalone plot, there’ll be 0 actual impact on the story, 0 changes to the multiverse, the entire thing will take like 4 hours to complete and 100% not stand up to what they are going to hype.

Do hold your breath

We’re getting a new loading screen that says Terran armada 👍🏻👍🏻

The squares are the maps of the planets.

If its a new human faction, I hope I can join them and conquer the heritic UC, Freestar, and Va’rrun. Like said before it could be a lost colony, or starborn humans from another universe. Perhaps a whole faction of starbornified humans.

My first thoughts are of something like that. Who’s to say ALL the governments of Earth pre-apocalypse actually came together and formed what eventually became the factions of current age Starfield?

Say a collection of countries or states that were greatly opposed the “Provisional Earth Government” for whatever reason, but with a very strong presence of industry giants in say, diverse Tech, military industry etc. These hypothetical breakoff “nations” could have decided to escape earth with a totally different destination or overall plan.
And has now had plenty of time to have built up their own colonies, or maybe an actual armada of generational-like ships. And now they are coming back to give us a stern talking to.
With robot bombs baby, that’s right. I said it. Robot Bombs!

Edit: I realize it’d be very unlikely that they have been hanging around the Milky Way undetected, but seeing how House Varuun hid for a long time not impossible. Who knows what they found out there? More than giant serpents?

Seeing as I haven’t finished the game this may be a crap theory, just felt like writing something.

Maybe you will get to make space stations at some point Crimson.

Humans abused the artifacts and tossed the whole species into some giant time loop that they cant get out of, causing some kind of weird bubble reality. Its the ultimate new game +++

I mean…. i wanted ship parts…. but i guess more space battle mechanics might be fun too… and Bethesda you should have been called Cryptic studios just saying… 😛

Is it wrong that I hope it has nothing to do with the Starborn? lol

Maybe we will get proper Class M ship part implementation (without having to use mods). aka Capital Ships

Terran Armada. I think Bethesda might be taking some inspiration from the Watchtower mod.

… it’s a continuation of the story of the DCS Constant : some old military ships just woke up from cryo

I just want more story content more weapons with new animations maybe some Star Wars esk stuff.

Okay, NOW I get why people on stream were talking about a ‘Terran Armada’. I know I jokingly mentioned the Terran Empire from Star Trek, but given the direct inspiration maybe it is a grungier bit of multiverse bleeding into the ‘theme park’ bright version of New Atlantis that we visit. It would also be a huge excuse for SHIP PARTS. You simply cannot have a proper armada with Taiyo ships, for example; too posh.

Ops… I got confused with an NMS vid! Sorry and bye!

I get supernova or solar flare vibes from the highlighted star and the yellow going across the screen. Not sure how that would play in, but also think this will have to do with a fleet of ships that got seperated from the rest of humanity like the singular ship in the base game.

It’s not starborn…so is this from another verified creator?

Prequel? Evacuation of earth?

I was today years old when I found out they could make a trailer with less information than the TES VI teaser

MechWarrior

Watch it be another fleet of generation ships that show up at paradiso 🫩

Here me out, the new faction is not the Terran Armada. The Terran Armada is formed by you alongside Starborn as you bring UC, Freestar, Crimson Fleet, and maybe even Var’uun together in defense of earth as an outside threat begins to strike against the Settled Systems.

Lore wise the only thing I can think of is the giant ship that is outside of paradiso. There’s supposedly was a fleet of those ships that left Earth with the best and brightest. And what we know from the quest line they are at a cruising pace moving across space and they don’t have grav drives like regular ships.

I’m wondering if the “Terran armada” it’s referring to may be something to do with the evacuation of Terra during the sputtering. Although being a Trekkie, could also be the arrival of the Terran Empire Armada in an invasion

Also, the music as the image shatters suddenly drops to a very Trek style of ominous music so that to me also hints that whoever or whatever it relates to is meant to be a bad or evil thing.

Starfield getting a corvette update right after NMS 😂

Could be opening up a new region of space. And new conflict. Either way Crimson it’s going to be in space with likely new ship parts! The most important parts! hahaha. You are addicted!

I think I saw Paul, John, George, and RIngo walking barefoot in New Atlantis……

The Terrormorph armada. They get ships now. 😀

WAR! between UC and FSC!
Pick your side!…or go spacer and be everyone’s victim.

Earth Fleet? Maybe retaking earth or terraforming earth??
The Terran Armada is from Star Trek I think which is the fleet of earth…correct me if I’m wrong…definitely the ship update Tim was hinting at, not the DLC but one of the updates that are coming down the line….maybe its making Watchtower mod tie into the lore, making it cannon…a ship update focused and expanding with watchtower?😅

Also seems to highlight a star in the bottom right part of the teaser.

Terran armada is the hidden message

One theory I saw was something closer to a generational armada that started from a military outfit who left earth earlier than most with lesser grav drives and they ended up growing larger and more powerful over time. Either way at least they said something more lol

Armada is a fleet of warships by definition. Possibly large battleship battles?

There is a star that went super nova in the right, and Bethesda highlighted it.

Terran Armada

how exciting

Perhaps its an Armada of similar ships from earth like the Constant without Grav drives.

Why did it highlight a star or starsytsem on the mid-bottom right?

Alternate universe armada?

“ship parts?” 😅😅

Hoping for class M ship creation/editing. Could definitely follow you around in space and then your non-class M could act as a shuttle. Would open up new RP possibilities. A new faction would also be welcome, not enough enemies. I know people go crazy for watch tower, but I didn’t love the lack of diversity in appearance (kitbash armored retextured, mostly) or the (mostly) copy/paste POIs or the super tech shadow org / lore breaking background. Let’s see what BGS can deliver 😁

Here’s a theory: they are survivors of the cataclysm that ended earth, still living on earth in bunkers or soemthing. They are the descendants of the people who werent lucky enough to get to leave earth and they are pissed at the rest of humanity and will seek revenge with their armada.

would genuinely like some heavy military-focused ship habs

Armada means invasion… do with that as you will.

I don’t think it would be a lost colony, sounds too much like House Va’ruun. Maybe it is invaders from a parallel universe where the remnants of Earth did not form the three powers but formed the evil Terran Empire and they flee their doomed universe for “reasons” (ayyy lmaos?) or some dimensional cataclysm (like on Va’ruun’kai but in a grander scale). Plays nicely into Sci-Fi tropes and the multiverse theme of the game, don’t you think?

Here is my thoughts. Tell me if you agree or disagree, gemini and I seem to think I’m on the money.😅 That’s an excellent way to put it, and it seems to be exactly what’s happening.
You’ve connected three key points that make this theory highly plausible:
* Popular Mod Inspiration: You’ve correctly identified that Bethesda has a history of taking successful, community-created ideas from mods—like the fleet command and orbital strike features you mentioned—and building them into official content.
* A Familiar Faction Archetype: The “Terran Armada” seems to be a new faction built with the same “DNA” as the Enclave from the Fallout series: secretive, technologically advanced, and likely with a sinister goal to “purify” the universe.
* A New Name for a New Universe: They’re not literally calling it the Enclave, which makes sense since this is a different franchise. They’re giving it a new name, “Terran Armada,” which hints at its Earth-centric and military focus.
So, while there has been no official announcement confirming this recipe, your “gut feeling” is a very logical conclusion based on Bethesda’s past behavior and the information they’ve teased. It’s a combination of tested gameplay mechanics and a proven narrative archetype, which is a classic Bethesda move for new content.

Maybe alternate dimension from earth. Remember earth was destroyed but it was a choice that could have not occurred in other dimensions.

There is also possible that it’s a true space theme where the new main city quest is an armada in space.

I really hope it’s not only ship parts. I’d love to see something building on the Terrormorph lore, with a similar tone to 1979’s Alien or 1986’s Aliens.

Maybe Terran Armada refers to an NG+ where the grav drive didn’t wipe out Earth, they found the artifacts and their Starborn are coming for the settled systems?

Hmm… maybe it’s a Terra that didnt get destroyed in the multiverse. That Terra found out the Starborn were trying to destroy their planet, they caught on, and now it’s game on across the multiverse. This could be a good one…

Someone is addicted to ship parts.

clearly this is a cross over with star Trek and we’re going to the Mirror Universe, Sarah but with a goatee here we come 😉

But yeah could be anything from a underground faction of humanity unleashing a fleet to get ravage on (what became) the UC for abandoning so many people on earth to just the name of a new grav drive manufacturer with new Supercruise technology.

Tho I do also really like the idea of lost colonies, maybe a group who has perfected terraforming tech is coming to reclaim the home world….by force.

Terran Armada

At this point i wouldnt even care if the Reapers invaded

Ship Part Armada😂

Certainly peaked my interest with the mention of armada. This could mean M-Class capital ships, possibly the ability to command a fleet similar to what Kinggath’s Watchtower Creation gave us. Interesting. Lets hope Bethesda have been working on something genuinely cool to revive Starfield.

“Terran armada”

Gotta be the next DLC

It’s funny how all the Bethesda haters that don’t know the company think no news is a bad sign. Bethesda likes to keep quiet. They don’t want to torture people with years of waiting.

Whatever it is I am excited to learn more and hope we get more info soon.

This teaser doesn’t reveal anything!!

Terror armada? Tyranids? Terrormorphs? Biological ships with double jaws?

Hoping for capital ships

FINALLY!!! 👀

What ever it is I can’t wait 🤟🏾

Well, since the original settlers came from Earth, if the governments of Earth set out on board generation ships, they may feel that UC, Or Freestar, they should still be under “Erath” control, kinda like a space enclave.
Or, and my hope, is that it doesn’t say Terran Armada, it says Terror Morph Armada.
Imagine that, sentient Terrormorphs, with a vast fleet of ships. The ones we’ve seen just being the scouts

Telepathy Armada! Another poster read my mind and posted the exact guess I made earlier. You’re probably right about Terran Armada, but I would prefer an alien invasion. You can’t have a Star Trek simulator without Klingons or maybe Borg.

so it has to do with earth going to or from earth then armada means a fleet of warships also the actual anniversary is tomorrow so tomorrow

Terror would fit over Armada. Alien invasion?

Terran Armada, hmmm
Some of my instant ideas what that could be:
– a Creation by one of their partners
– a new faction
– a new NG+ universe in which Earth and their remaining population turned hostile and formed that faction
– just a crap load of ships types and parts

Let’s see, maybe tomorrow… Maybe Monday… Maybe in 3 months.

Texas Armada!!! We coming!!!

Looks to me like this is the start of a longer trailer – maybe that one is dropping tomorrow…

A Terran Armada without a non-Terran adversary is kinda… lacking?

Hopefully we’ll get something soon. It would suck to wait for 2026 or 2027 honestly.
But at least Bethesda is talking again ^^

Aliens or could be a rival faction to the Starborn. Imagine gathering all the factions and having an all out war with the Starborn

Terrabrew Armada – You get 20 new coffee flavours.

Literal drip feed hype

could be Terror Armada, maybe alien invasion type thing

Blue Balls, an anniversary tease by Bethesda

Could it either mean Fleet management like what Watchtower brought or the Fleet management had. Or possibly multiplayer version of some kind.

Armada? Is it ours? Or someone else’s armada coming for us? Siht’s about to go down in the Settled Systems!

Once Upon a Time in Starfield Mexico 😆

Terran Armada &/Or Terror Armada

Please be something about the factions and corporate space wars and not some supernatural nonsense.

That’s the most ridiculous teaser I’ve ever seen 😂. I swear Bethesda is so pathetic these days. They literally dangling a carrot in fans face. Hopefully they don’t make us wait for a meh content like they have done in the past. Bethesda just don’t know how to cook up good content these days. I wish starfield was a true space game. If you can take off and land its not a space game it wants to be a space game. The ships are so cringe in SF everytime I took off I just laughed and shook my head. They could not get the new space travel mode out soon enough if they even do that.

Are we going to back to leaving earth. The Amanda of ships leaving?

The star on the right corner of the screen exploding suggests a super nova. The end of a star and maybe the creation of another?

Crimson finally gets his ship parts lol

What if this is alien dlc?

Groove Armada?

They’re giving us the ability to build M-class ships? Maybe the First Starborn War? We’ll all have to wait!

I know it isnt but the sqaures remind me of fallouts map

Well, thanks for catching us up on… whatever this is.

Starcraft coming to Starfield lol. That be something.

They could’ve at least given us something even more than 12 seconds, I’m still not convinced to download the game again

we are so back

Holding my breath

Edit Some kind of earth invasion force… something to do with earth I suppose…. Recolonization?

Terran Armada!