Thx you RazorApple for a great starter base, and Lion1469 for solving the O2 prob. cheers!

The O2 Problem: The metal stairs are not airtight. The top of the both stairs that lead to the inside from the "garage" are on top of two shaped blocks that let the air out (inside corner of the generator room and grow plot room).

Remove the stairs, replace the blocks underneath them with two blocks that actually stop the air from escaping (it will be quite obvious once you remove the stairs), and finally place back the metal stairs exactly where they were before.

But I REALLY love this base albeit it's a "little" on the small side. I had to build the advanced constructor out in the bay. The Zirax attack it every day like clock work, but it's held up pretty nicely although I tend to go out and greet them personally with my SV before they can really get to the base, although they usually crash next to it.

Storage is great although I've added some specialized storage to sort things a bit, like a medicine cabinet and a weapons locker.

Oh I also changed the bedroom lighting to be a bit more subdued and added doors and plated over the elevator to make the bedroom a bit more private, although no one ever comes over so I guess that's not needed.

I put capacitors in the generator room for the solar and two keeps the place pretty much running on solar all the time, or was it 3.

But aesthetically it's just a nice place to come home to on a lake that couldn't be nicer... except of course the over sized insects but you know how that goes.

I can't say enough good things about this base. I love it so much I just think of it as "home"! I placed it on a scenic lake on Omicron near Sanctuary where the bedroom looks out on the mountain next to Sanctuary and the lake. There's a beach not far away but this lake is so scenic that I chose it over the beach.

I had to make some modifications to it. The barracks became a bedroom. I think I added a T2 CPU. The kitchen got remodeled a bit as it's just me living here. I setup a solar farm. One of the bay doors wouldn't open for my hover tank (but was fine with the other HV) and so I removed the bay doors and put up force fields. I have my own private Pentaxid spawn where I go out every morning and gather it.

I shut off the motion detectors and turned everything off so that I could run the base entirely on solar. Even on the south end of Omicron where it only gets like 6 hours of daylight each day.

@7ftdustbunny You are more than welcome to do so :) I'm glad you're getting use out of the base.

Hi RazorApple
I have been using this base in my recent YouTube series https://youtu.be/52uZII8Cbyo where i have made some pretty large modifications. I have been asked if I can post a copy of it with the modifications when finished.I just want to check if this is ok with you, I will of course reference your original build in the description. let me know if this is ok with you

The airtight issue with the base to make O2 work is at the two stairs from the HV parking area up into the building. I replaced some blocks in that location removed stairs and blocked them temporarily while working it out. Also I had to put a block in the ceiling at the corner adjacent those stairs in the grow room. Had to delete the decorative block and that fixed the issue. I also made the elevator go from the bottom all the way to the roof so I may have fixed another area if a problem existed. Otherwise i love this little base.

Is this based off of the Abandoned Depot? its exactly like it, awesome base build

Base won't hold O2.

Very nice design. has everything you need when first starting off. Added a shield to it and watched the free fireworks come to me lol ty for the great work

I like the base but it doesnt hold Oxgen.

@Rhettorical Even starter bases need some pizzazz :P

Claims to not have crap you don't need, has multiple benches and beds. 0/10 would not use.

It's a nice starter base.

Now make it out of concrete instead of iron

Can't go wrong with a solid starter base like this. 10/10

Perfection! Thank you :)

Finally got to drop one of these down and give it a test run. It's working out great as a starter base which I've been modding the crap out of as I progress. I was plotting a secondary elevator shaft to go down by the core from the main door of the second floor and possibly sealing up the current basement entrance. I built a defense tower near the side with the landing pad to cover blind spots over there.

I'll likely mod this to better accommodate a furnace so I can use it as a mining outpost. For now I just threw it outside, haha.

good starter base easily expandable by extending lift and extending underground. Oh I moved the med centre too. Upgraded defences as I level.

This is beautifly done RazorApple!

@roelansems I tested Oxygen without issues myself. If its turning off I think there may be something wrong with your stored amount or something wrong from an engineering standpoint. Maybe try Oxygen debug from pressing N?

Hi, i'm loving this base because of its simplicity, i am however having problems getting oxygen in the base, have you heard about this before? i can turn on the oxygen but it turns itself off immediately?

I love this base. Have you thought of removing the medical center? this would lower the lvl 10 req; which at the mineral cost , it seem to be where you're targeting,

*thumbsup*

@Hemberg It was always designed for simplicity and basic defense while being as cheap as possible haha. I'm glad you're giving it an actual defensive test. Maybe one day I'll do a sequel meant for higher levels that includes the solar panels and much more defenses. For the moment, this is just meant to be a nice beginning for players.

I do like the elevator idea, I realize now it would be simple to implement while keeping the ventilation shafts intact, and would allow you to access every floor. Maybe I'll get around to that.

Hi There,
Very nice indeed. Using it on our current private server.

Just found a few Issues:

- A few hundred points over Tier 1 CPU.
- Core easily accessible for Dropped Infantry. Even after adding a sentry gun under the platform. One broke through and nearly destroyed it.
- Outer walls not very durable, third wave of Zirax (5 Drones) broke one corner (hangar side), even with added sentries and a 30mm gun outside. (We are procedurally upgrading)
- Elevator way too complicated, why cant I go all the way down to the farm... Too many ways neccesary.

Overall, very nice and upgradable. You gave me a lot of inspiration!

PS: added crenelations and maticulis to the outer wall. Good against Infantry too close for Main guns.

This is beautiful - functional, simple, easily attainable with stuff right on the initial planet... Yep. Quite happy with it. Excellent job.

Thank you very much.

Nice work! Simple, easy to build and very functional. Keeper. Thanks for the hard work.

@RazorApple The top flight pad with the Avatar/ Terminator looking helicoptor ship.

Great looking functional base. I like that it is asymmetric. Awesome work!

@Trip do you mean Paul down below or the Custom Orca Scout SV on the landing pad?

Very nice looking utilitarian base. Question: Is there a link for that hover vehicle on the landing pad?

@shiz314 Thanks! The only thing I can think of adding to it is another wall layer underneath so its easier to place on non-level ground, but I wanted to keep the materials low.

Nce job you've done there ^^ I love it. Congrats!

Good Job. I agree, don't need a lot of fluff. just the basics in a smaller space. All else is wasted.

Looks great, I will be adding it to my A12.4 playthrough, thanks for the effort!

Thanks so much @RazorApple. That will fix me up good. I was trying to figure out a way to get to a moon and mi e some cobalt....lol.

@Battlemints there are no grow plots, just steel blocks meant to be replaced.

@Hemli @Ursus Primal It turned out to be the T2 Fuel Tanks and O2 Tanks. They have been removed and replaced with T1, and everything has been updated to match. :)

@Hemli, the antenna blocks all require cobalt. Take them out and that should solve your problem.

No joy...still trying to figure it out. I have been dissassembling it in creative mode but no luck.

Cool...thx. @Battlemints. I'll pull those out and see if it does the trick.

@Hemli probably the grow plots. If they're steel, they need Cobalt Alloys.
@RazorApple Might I reccomend changing the Grow Plots to wood if they aren't already?

What is made of cobalt in it? I want to use it but don't have access to cobalt yet.

Really nice layout and styling. Something a bit different with lots of nice use of thin blocks. V cool.

thank your for creating something simple

Excellent design. Thank you.

As someone who has been decrappifying a lot of the cool blueprints I downloaded in the past to make them more minimalist, the idea behind this base really caught my attention. I plan on checking this out in creative in the near future as this might become my go-to outpost BP. Looks good and seems to cover all the basics at a low cost. Can't ask for much more than that.

glad to see you finally put in a screen shot of material costs at long last thanku for doing so

Doesn`t the last frame show material cost? very cheap.