Esther Bright Not Appearing After Entering Gate

I'm new to the game so I may be wrong about how events in the game are supposed to go but by what I've seen online I believe this is correct. When I got to the ancient gate to go to the outpost it said I had 25/20 of the material needed so I entered immediately without having to go look for supplies. Esther Bright was not there to welcome me and now I can't progress. I have no mods on so I am not sure what to do without restarting from scratch. Additionally I have tried restarting the game multiple times and she does not spawn in. As a result I'm stuck on the Getting Started quest and I am also on Windows and windowed mode.

(I got it fixed by using the admin command to summon her, but am not sure how to delete the thread or if I can)