Crimson first ‘cause I had the parts. Then I thought if the other was harder to get (required drops from quads I think didn’t it?) it must be better so I reloaded my quicksave and went and got crystallized hearts or whatever it was so I could get both.

I appreciate the info, however, my post is just a tasteless joke.

Are you buying storage slots at such a price because it’s faster than questing or scrapping ships for storage expansions or ‘cause once you’re rich it doesn’t feel so expensive? I’ll always buy slots (whether it’s for ships or multitools) until around a hundred million or so, but after that if I don’t have the storage expansion item, it can wait ‘till I do.

Exploration is a big part of it though. From finding the planets where the plants I want to farm grow natively so I can collect the seed-stock, to trying to complete the local systems encyclopedia, there’s always something to do if you want to stay in game and play while things grow.

Ha! Underwater, that’ll go a long way to keeping those dang domes from looking out of place. Nice thinking.

I buy a lot of stuff, like a new ship or multitoool, then I gotta upgrade it to max, which means spending a lot of credits to get a lot of nanites. Then I find a tool I like better and I need to rinse and repeat. Same situation with the fighters in my squadron, gotta max out a ship so I can swap it with theirs. Still, all of that only takes so much cash, so there’s an element of keeping a nice big round number in the bank as well. And I should say I’m not maintaining multiple farms, and never building on a scale that nets multimillions per hour. Part of that’s because I won’t make them big enough, and part of that is I only hit it once a day even if the turn around is every few hours. I got too much exploring (and not enough game time time) to zip back and cash in multiple times a day.

Yeah, some of the names that generate are just so amazing it’s hard to believe they were generated procedurally.

Another great shot! Can I just ask, cause you seem like a bit of a planetary connoisseur, what’s the deal with colors?

Some planets seem to be “normal” red is red, blue is blue, and so on. Some planets seem like all of this or that color has been drained out; not like green is gray now, but like it’s all just been drained out. My purple ship is now blue, and the yellow on it is now the bleached out blond of an old, unsealed wooden deck that desperately needs a sand and a coat of stain. It’s wild.

Alright, I sucked it up and watched some YouTube. Twitch I can sort of understand, it’s like playing a single player game with your friend after school in the ‘90’s. It’s their turn and you’re watching, planning what to try during your turn. YouTube is a 20 minute video, with ads, that’s buried a ten second sound-byte of useful information behind piles of trash and the worst speaking voice on Earth. And it’s always edited by someone who things mic-in and line-in are the same so ready your ears for the bleedening!

Robot fauna occur mainly (possibly only) on planets or moons in uncharted systems. It there are robot fauna on a planet, there are no organic fauna on that world and vice versa. The ion battery/creature pellets showing in your companion register identify the type of fauna, and will do so as soon as you land. There’s no need to actually find any fauna first.

I’d like to apologize for wasting your time if you read this and it’s all old-news & common-knowledge. I had no idea so thought I might as well post in the spirit of keeping the content flowing.

Very nice! I’m always jealous of the bases people manage to put together. I build bases like a 6 year old making a dirt house in Minecraft (no offense to 6 year olds).