Few weeks later, after crashing to the planet, your colony will receive quest with the exact location of a fully functional starship ready to take you off this hostile planet. The problem is that it usually spawns far from the colony, so you either have to travel on foot for several weeks or use a transport pod to cut down the travel time:
But in that case transport pods need to be lauched several times from different places, because its simple not enought range to reach the ship.
Also, there is another way to beat the game – you can construct yours own starship in colony!
Building Starship
Escaping from this planet – it would be freedom at last, and maybe a return home. But also incredibly dangerous.
A new Ship category is available in the Architect menu from which you may build ship parts once the appropriate technology is researched. Ships require several different parts in order to launch, including a ship reactor.
Ship reactors take 15 days to charge up and many desperate souls want off this planet. Once you begin that process, the ship reactor will emit an energy signature detectable from thousands of kilometers away. Raiders will flock to attack you in waves, with an intensity you’ve never seen. Mechanoids are also known to be attracted to such energy signatures.
It won’t start until you activate your ship’s reactor, but when it does, it’ll be ferocious. You’ll need to stockpile resources, weapons, and defenses for the onslaught if you hope to escape alive.
Core location
While trying construct a ship, you will receive message:
Троко оf “Random Faction” contacts you with an offer of information: The location of a persona core, which you’ll need in order to build a spaceship. They inform you that this item is quite rare and usually its owners have it under heavy guard.
Call them with your comms console if you’re interested.
After that you can buy core location with comms console:
So we going to the place where core storage, with the will of God and four assault rifles:
Then we go all the way back to the colony. WIth Persona core of course.
Research tree
Second step will be research all tech for ship construction:
Starflight basics – Construct the structural and supportive elements of a starship. This is the first step in building a ship to leave this star system. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Advanced fabrication. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Ship structural beam. Cost – 6000.
- Vacuum cryptosleep casket – Construct hardened cryptosleep caskets tough enough to be exposed to vacuum, for transporting people on the years-long journey between stars. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Starflight basics, Cryptosleep casket. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Ship cryptosleep casket. Cost – 2800.
- Machine persuasion – Build a reward-signal system to persuade an existing persona core into serving as a ship’s machine captain. Since people sleep during interstellar travel, a persona core is necessary to handle the complex decisions of a years-long starflight. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Starflight basics. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Ship computer core. Cost – 3000.
- Starflight sensors – Construct long-range sensors for a starship. These sensors are essential for navigation, communication, and threat avoidance. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Starflight basics, Long-range mineral scanner. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Sensor cluster. Cost – 4000.
- Starship reactor – Build a long-duration nuclear reactor to power a starship. Note that reactors have a long startup process that will attract raiders. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Starflight basics. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Ship reactor. Cost – 6000.
- Johnson-Tanaka drive – Construct a Johnson-Tanaka drive for a ship. The JT drive can push you to other stars by leveraging quantum scale effects to beam momentum to distant stars. Of course, as with all starships, it still takes many years to get anywhere. Your faction tech level is industrial, but this project’s tech level is spacer. Research speed will be multiplied by 100%. Prerequisites: Starflight basics. Required research bench: Hi-tech research bench. Required research bench facilities: Multi-analyzer. Unlocks: Ship engine. Cost – 6000.
Construction site
Third step will be secure area when ship building is happening. Maybe later will be added some turret as well.
Materials
For starship construction at leas we need:
Ship reactor – Powers a ship on its journey between stars. Takeoff requires a long powerup process that is likely to attract raiders.
Requires: Construction 8
- Steel x350
- Plasteel x280
- Uranium x70
- Advanced component x8
Sensor cluster – A multi-function sensor module. Can scan and signal across the void for communications, threat detection, deception, jamming, and other purposes.
Requires: Construction 8
- Steel x140
- Component x6
- Advanced component x6
- Gold x4
Ship computer core – A computer core housing a machine persona who can guide a starship through any challenge during a multi-decade starflight.
Requires: Construction 8
- Steel x150
- Gold x70
- Advanced component x4
- Persona core x1
Ship structural beam (multiple) – A structural beam around which a starship can be constructed. Includes all the necessary conduits and transit pipes for communications, power, and materials transport.
Requires: Construction 5
- Steel x200
- Plasteel x40
- Component x3
- Advanced component x1
Ship engine (multiple) – Johnson-Tanaka drive capable of launching a ship into orbit, and crawling across the vast expanses between stars.
Requires: Construction 8
- Steel x260
- Plasteel x140
- Uranium x70
- Advanced component x6
Ship cryptosleep casket (multiple) – A cryptosleep casket hardened against the dangers of space. Capable of maintaining a person in cryptosleep for centuries and surviving atmospheric re-entry.
Requires: Construction 8
- Steel x120
- Plasteel x40
- Component x3
- Advanced component x3
Summary for 10 seats ship:
- Ship reactor x1
- Sensor cluster x1
- Ship computer core x1
- Ship structural beam x6
- Ship engine x2
- Ship cryptosleep casket x10
Equivalent in resources:
- Steel x3560
- Plasteel x1280
- Uranium x210
- Component x54
- Advanced component x66
- Gold x74
- Persona core x1
So its will be a lot of trading items, crafting components and mining needed resources.
