Starbound

Starbound

Frackin' Universe
Why won't the first main quest start?
One problem I'm facing, idk whether it's due to having too many mods installed but I cannot get past the "Getting started" Quest, I take it i'm supposed to get a quest from the guy in the science lab after doing all of the research stuff for the first quest. My main issue is that when I completed the cavern the quest just told me to "Use the Core fragments to power the gateway" but when I tried powering the gateway at the end of the cavern the quest reset, my problem is that I cannot get the main quest from that big alien guy on the first planet, this is long and kind of confusing but if anyone can help me with it