Under Xbox/Bethesda-showet afslørede Todd Howard, at en ret signifikant del af Starfield er at du kan designe dit eget rumskib, og sågar besætte det med karakterer du møder på din vej.
Men hvis det alt sammen lyder lidt for kedeligt og langtrukkent, så kan du altså også bare stjæle en andens rumskib. I et interview med Pete Hines (via GamingBolt) er det blevet afsløret, at det altså er muligt at tage andres rumskibe:
"We don't want to put too many limits on what the player is or isn't allowed to do. We love it when players say, 'I wonder what happens if...' and then they try it."
"Oh yeah, I just ran in and stole a ship and shot all of the crew members and took off. Like... you can do that? You can do anything. I think that is a special part of a Bethesda Game Studios game."