Expanding the Base
What does the quest Expanding the Base give? The terminals that bring specialists to your base: the Construction Terminal for the overseer, then the Science, Weapons, Agricultural, Galactic Trade, and Exocraft Terminals, across its 10 parts. Most of them open another quest of the base.
How it starts
The overseer's quest opens at a base you have claimed, early in The Artemis Path. It is the first of the base quests: the Science Terminal it gives opens Scientific Research, the Weapons Terminal Weapons Research, the Agricultural Terminal Agricultural Research, and its last part the Exocraft Technician.
The steps
Each part is one entry of the log, and the next opens when it ends. The overseer asks for a material or a task each time, and most parts hand over a terminal. The table gives every step as the log names it, with the hint the game shows under it, and on a part's last step everything that part gives along the way.
| Part | Step | Hint | Gives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build a Construction Terminal | Your base needs an Overseer. They will need a construction terminal from which to work. The Overseer will allow the construction of advanced base structures. | Construction Terminal |
| 2 | Hire a base Overseer | The Overseer will help expand your base. | |
| 2 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | Glass |
| 3 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 3 | Collect Chromatic Metal for the Overseer | Refine Chromatic Metal from Copper (or other Stellar Metals). Find Copper with the Analysis Visor. | Science Terminal |
| 4 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 4 | Search an abandoned building for data | Find a terminal within the building. The Overseer will be able to translate this into a new blueprint. | Storage Container |
| 5 | Hire a base Scientist | The Overseer will help expand your base. | |
| 5 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 5 | Construct a Microprocessor for the Overseer | Microprocessors require chromatic metal and carbon nanotubes. Creation requires use of a Refiner. | Weapons Terminal |
| 6 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 6 | Acquire Pugneum | Pugneum is found in the remains of destroyed Sentinel Drones | |
| 7 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 7 | Gather Solanium | Gathering Solanium requires Haz-Mat Gauntlets | Agricultural Terminal |
| 8 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 8 | Acquire a Circuit Board | Aid the Scientist to learn how to build circuit boards | Galactic Trade Terminal |
| 9 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 9 | Gather a Gravitino Ball | Find Gravitino Balls on high security worlds | |
| 10 | Return to the Overseer | The Overseer awaits at their terminal | |
| 10 | Gather Mordite. | Mordite is released when animals are killed. | Exocraft Terminal |
What the items do
Everything the quest hands over, with the description the game gives it.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
Construction Terminal | A research station tailored to the needs of Construction Overseers, and equipped with architectural and engineering design software. |
Glass | Shatter-proof, scratch-resistant glass with a self-cleaning, UV-cured coating, for general construction use. |
Science Terminal | A research station tailored to the needs of Scientists, and equipped for research and development of scientific blueprints. |
Storage Container | Spacious additional storage for inventory items. |
Weapons Terminal | A research station tailored to the needs of Armourers, and equipped for the development of munitions and explosives as well as selected civilian tech. |
Agricultural Terminal | A research station tailored to the needs of Farmers, and equipped for the analysis and cultivation of farmable crops. |
Galactic Trade Terminal | A trading terminal that provides instant local access to the market for resources and commodities. |
Exocraft Terminal | A research station tailored to the needs of Technicians, and equipped with bespoke vehicular design software. |
The base's own archive is the Base Computer Archives.