So, I was playing this the other day, and as I said, still early on. Actually had a giggle, was at the part where you need to get a pass to go past some guards (trying not to give anything away but also don't know what I'm on about).
Anyway, spoke to a local who asked me to help clear off some dirty beasty things (honestly, I don't know anything about this game) so they could farm. I was like "sup, yea, cool, I'll sort that". Took the quest, kept wondering around, just having a good ol' chin wag with some muppet who tried to cheat me out of a bunch of credits for said pass... Suddenly I got a prompt for failing the quest.
"ohhhhhh, so quests are both active and passive".
Oooops, must pay more attention!