Aegis Expedition questline possible unintented behavior

[PaposikG6]

If you ignore Horticulture mission and explore all remaining ruins besides it, you can report to Oldfield the discovery of submarine, leading to the talk about JSHQ, ACORN and Abyssal Station Zero, despite the fact that he hasn't told you anything about ACORN before. You can then after getting acorn report to him about abyssal station, ending the expedition without even advancing through expedition questline and receiving info from Oldfield about the subject. Possibly unintended.

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[PhrygianDominant]

Crimson Meadow is indeed skippable. If I recall correctly, originally you had to report it, but that was changed at some point, as the location is not mandatory for the progress of the questline, regardless of who your working for, if anyone, if you already know what you're doing.