Omi-Landing-Facility

Omicron Landing Facility

Base designed for providing a level landing area for mid to semi-large sized capital vessels. It can be deployed on level to semi-rough terrain, although it will need some modification in truly rough terrain.

This is a PVE Survival Base with several elements designed for look. It is too fragile to survive in a PVP environment and may not do well in higher security (difficulty) planets without some modification.

Specifications: * Built using mostly concrete to save on other resources and provide a use for crushed stone. * Landing platform for mid to semi-large sized capital vessels such as the Hakon and Polaris from Mr. Ice Cat’s Workshop (See links / credits below - Hakon gets a cameo in some of the screen shots.) * Repair bay for a small vessel or hover vessel. * Small vessel landing pad on roof of facility. * Watch Tower * Crew amenities: Galley, Entertainment Room, Sleeping Quarters, Lavatory and Shower. * Basic PVE defenses for drones and local hostile fauna. * x1 Refrigerator * x2 Cargo boxes * x5 Small Ammo boxes * x2 Large and x1 Small Fuel tanks * x2 Large Oxygen tanks * Turrets: x1 Cannon, 4x Sentry Gun * Unlock level: 10 (for earlier deployment – Upgrade the various systems as you see fit.) * Critical components are encased in heavy steel blocks in two locations for some redundancy.

Deployment: The base was built on pylons 4 blocks tall to allow it to be deployed on relatively uneven ground. However, even with the pylons, the base is not suited for truly rough terrain without some modification. Because of the pylons, for the most effective deployment, it is recommended to submerge the base into the ground slightly. This can be accomplished by using “Page Down” when spawning the base. (Continue reading on how to get “Page Down” working.) You will want to roughly submerge 1/5 (20%) or less of the spawn box.

Note: Practice spawning the base in creative mode first. There is nothing worse than waiting 2 hours to spawn the base, then have it not spawn where and how you want it. This is usually followed by trying to fix things. You could have half the base crash into the ground due to structural integrity issues. In the other direction, perhaps parts of the base are underground and need to be dug out. Look, don’t frustrate yourself. 1) Practice base deployment in creative mode first. 2) Backup your survival game before you deploy any base that takes a long time in the factory. 3) If things don’t deploy acceptably, restore from backup. 4) If you are more of the iron man/woman type and think backup and restore is considered wimpy, then at least practice in creative mode. 5) If real men/women don’t play in creative mode, well… best of luck to you. I don’t have enough chest hair to qualify or judge.

Note: on using “Page Up” and “Page Down”: As of the Alpha 1.5.4.0424 build this is still somewhat broken. Most of the time “Page Down” will: 1) Do nothing. 2) Will cause the spawn box to jitter. 3) The spawn box will start to submerge, but then after a second snap back to where it was.

Don’t give up hope. It is possible to get “Page Down” to work, but it involves moving your view around and/or changing where you are standing. Sometimes it takes a good part of a minute of (move, page down, change camera view, page down, move, page down, etc.) When you can hit “Page Down” and have the spawn box stay in the ground, you are good to go. Hopefully this will be fixed in the near future.

Further deployment information will be provided in one the screen shots. Detailed resources list will also be provided in one of the screenshots.

Credits: Thanks to Mr. Ice Cat for his wonderful ships that inspired this base. Please subscribe to his work if you think the same.

Mr. Ice Cat’s Workshop: Polaris - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=684872090 Hakon - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=673855055