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Endurance FOB (RE / Vanilla)

Size class 5, unlock level 10 for RE & Vanilla Empyrion. Highly efficient use of space, with extensive room to improve. Oversized hangar can take small fleets of ships, a single large ship, or combinations of both. Low initial investment of materials means that after installing a teleporter, more planets are easily reachable from that point forward.

The Endurance is meant for late-beginning game, all the way through end-game as an efficient way to reach multiple planets.

I designed this Forward Operating Base as a means of establishing permanent residence on any planet I had even small interest in, for minimal investment of resources. I was tired of sprawling bases with tons of rooms that had little functionality, and which took up large plots of land (which are hard to put blueprints on evenly). While pretty, they become impractical.



Giving the Endurance a greater than 270 degree field of view for each turret means that overall less of them are needed. It also helps keep turrets on-target longer, usually meaning quicker kills.



Built right into the structure, eight total Sentry turrets ensure enemy troops and predators stay off your back, and your base.



Sinking the base's Core under the ground and behind multiple layers of armored, reinforced concrete helps keep the base up and running in the event of attack.



A white line running the perimeter of the base helps with placement on uneven terrain. Simply sink the base when building down to the line (or a little above so it is below ground).



Landing large ships in a hangar can sometimes be difficult - the system that comes with Endurance gives you multiple visual centering aids (vertical white slats and orange landing lights) to help with this.



All accessible from the main hangar bay, switches for external lights, interior lights (which are automatic by level), and turret emplacements can all be used when needed. Power cut-off switches are available in the base's control panel.

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Customizing:
Endurance was built with efficiency and economy of resources in mind. To that end, some items were left out so that you could add in and customize for your own needs. The entire second floor is empty for you to setup as you want - constructors, food stations, furnaces, etc. Additionally, if you want to be able to easily jump to the base you'll want to install a teleporter (space marked on upper level with a 'T'). Leaving it and a few other objects out meant meeting certain CPU and resource limits.

The good news about meeting those limits, is that dropping an Endurance on any planet you are interested in becomes that much easier.

Upgrading:
Endurance has more than enough space to expand as you need her to. Space for a shield is marked on the subfloor, and most grey blocks on that level can be removed and replaced with equipment (some are container extensions). When first installing a Teleporter (or shield, etc), keep a close eye on CPU and power requirements these objects require. I recommend adding/upgrading generators & CPU before placing the more power-hungry components down.

Space was also reserved in the ground floor area for four 3x3 grow plots (36 plots total).

High-g compatibility:
Although I have not tested yet, due to the way I designed Endurance she should be able to fully support exploration on 5g planets (if you manage to find them). All of her stairs are double-long, and moving between floors uses elevators. The only exception is roof access - if you plan on staying on a high-g planet and want to use the roof for additional docking space, remove a solar panel and put double-long stairs in place of the singles there.

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Base equipment at build:

• Two (2) 504k Storage arrays
  
• Four (4) 8k Cargo containers
  
• Two (2) 32k Ammunition controllers
  
• Wireless Access
  
• Food Processor & Fridge
  
• Biomedical Chamber
  
• Oxygen station
  
• Armor locker
  
• CPU Extender (Basic)
  
• High fuel & oxygen capacity
  
• Three roof-mounted minigun turrets (space for 3 more)
  
• Eight sentry turrets (hidden, retracting)
  
• Twelve (12) Solar capacitors & two power generators
  
• Automatic interior lights (per level) to save on power
  
• Automatic ramp/hangar doors and lighting

As noted above, early upgrades you may want to install into Endurance include:

• A teleporter
  
• A base shield and pentaxid tank
  
• Constructors as needed
  
• Additional roof turrets
  
• Upgrading/adding on additional generators
  
• Upgrading with CPU improvements as needed

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Build costs (Reforged Eden):

• 17436 Stone Dust
  
• 13632 Carbon Substrate
  
• 5812 Crushed Stone
  
• 5091 Iron Ingot
  
• 2080 Silicon Ingot
  
• 1037 Copper Ingot
  
• 168 Cobalt Ingot
  
• 130 Titanium Ingot
  
• 38 Wooden Planks
  
• 20 Neodymium Ingot

Build time w/raw materials: 4h. CPU Efficiency at build: 100%


Build costs (Vanilla Empyrion):

• 5824 Stone Dust
  
• 2940 Carbon Substrate
  
• 1226 Iron Ingot
  
• 1093 Silicon Ingot
  
• 477 Copper Ingot
  
• 218 Cobalt Ingot
  
• 20 Neodymium Ingot
  
• 18 Titanium Rods
  
• 10 Wood Planks

Build time w/raw materials: 3h. CPU Efficiency at build: 94%

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Ships shown in the hangar bay screenshots:

• FA-070X Pitbull (RE/Vanilla)
  
• Scarab STC
  
• Paladin M3
  
• Ronin SH

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