Prescriptions of the Past is a compact exploration quest set inside Spaceport’s Departure Building. Your task is to reach the Medical Exam Room and search the records in a single round. Here’s the exact route, what to expect, and the rewards for completing it.

Prescriptions of the Past quest overview

Vendor. Lance.
Map. Spaceport.
Area. Departure Building.
Objective 1. Visit the Departure Building in Spaceport.
Objective 2. Find the Medical Exam Room inside the Departure Building.
Objective 3. Search for the records.
Completion. All objectives must be done in one round. The task completes when you interact with the records inside the Exam Room.

Rewards

Spaceport Container Storage Key. x1.
XP. 25,000.

Records location in the Departure Building (Spaceport)

The target is the Medical Exam Room located inside the Departure Building. Use the side entrance on the extraction-point side of the structure, then head upstairs to the corridor with the medical rooms. Inside the Exam Room, the interaction prompt appears on a desk as Search medical records. Interacting here completes the quest’s in-raid objective.

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Detailed walkthrough (one round)

Step 1: Speak to Lance in Speranza to accept Prescriptions of the Past. Confirm the objectives in your quest log so you know what will update in-raid.

Step 2: Deploy to Spaceport and navigate to the Departure Building. Keep your loadout light and mobile to move through the interior quickly.

Step 3: Approach the side of the Departure Building that faces an extraction point and enter via the side door. This entrance places you close to the interior stairway.

Step 4: Go upstairs to the upper level. Follow the hall that leads to the cluster of medical rooms.

Step 5: Enter the Medical Exam Room. Look for a desk with the prompt Search medical records.

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Step 6: Interact with the prompt to complete the objective. The quest registers on interaction; there is no item to carry out.

Step 7: Verify the objective has updated in your quest tracker. Extract or continue the raid at your discretion.


Quest order context

Previous quest. Communication Hideout.
Next quest. Water Troubles.

Once you know the route inside the Departure Building, this becomes a fast objective for a valuable key and a solid XP payout. If you’re following the chain, continue with Water Troubles afterward.