Following the advice and having watched Beeblebum’s video on building low orbit bases, I have managed to successfully start a build of such a base.

The limited time I had today, was mostly spent on building the tower from walls (using the wall / stairs method). The steps from the guide worked like a charm, and I managed to get a tiny base orbiting a dead planet (wanted a planet with no atmosphere).

Now I need to figure out what I want to build and plan it. For now my micro orbital looks like this (see attached screenshot).

For those who don’t know, I’m building a small island micronation; a hub for player merchants and explorers to shop, talk and relax in this open air market, don’t want to leave? That’s fine! This small island escape has 18 apartments in planning for you rent out (must contribute to the economy, working on an economic system as well, you can obtain work from the hub) and enough ship parking to go around.