r/Stationeers

I had to build a new rover, steam workshop rules surrounding the rover are clear that you cannot use extracted game data. Should I put it up on the steam workshop to get feedback, because I need a larger testing pool, specially in multiplayer. Doors on the rover open and close. The rover, hab trailer and cargo trailer take steel to upgrade the armor for storm damage, plastic to keep them from sliding in storms. Rover also takes a rocket engine for downward thrust (uses a tank o2 slot) for better tractions on low gravity worlds.

Updating this play through.

To-do list:

Pressurised hab
Autolathe
Electronics fab
Pipe bender
Furnace
Station battery
Tracking solar
Water dispenser
Temperature control
Hydoponics
Cooking
Small fridge
Tool Priner
Rocket manufactory
Ice crushers and fuel mixer
Mission control room
Rocket deepminer region scan
Shower / toilet
Oxygen filler / swap-and-go
Make a shed load of steel
Swap water and oxygen tanks to make pipework simpler
Add safety valve to oxygen system
Build a third dorm room for another mate
Build a rover garage and a rover to put in it.

The deep miner scan is underway!

Getting a rocket up is easily within the realm of early game. Without distractions and screwups, I think it would be doable within the first 30 days. If you were determined, you could probably manage it before doing hydro and oxygen but you'd need a bottle filler for water. I have two boxes of muesli bars and one of water left from the initial setup.

I'm a bit annoyed with myself for not getting any pics of the rocket internals. Its four batteries arranged around a central 200 litre inline tank. A wiring harness runs around the bottom to a right angle umbilical. Another harness runs around the top to feed the avionics, downlink and scanner. The fuel filler is above the top harness at the same level as the avionics and downlink.

My only annoyance is you have to cut one of the charging harness cables to connect the engine before launch. If I removed one battery it wouldn't be an issue but this is a single use vehicle so who cares.

The batteries were charged using a direct feed from the solar array. That took three days because I choked this to 2.5kw with a transformer to make sure we didn't run out of power overnight. Go on, ask me how I know that is an issue...

Fuel was a crude mix from crushed ice. I pressurised to 15MPa but I reckon ten would be enough for a one way flight to orbit.

Now I have some tidy up jobs to do while I wait for the scan to complete enough to show me where my mining base should be. There are already promising candidates both north and south of me to investigate on foot.