Less than 5kly from the galactic centre. Suit fully upgraded, S class fighter fully upgraded, 100 million units in the bank.

Found myself an unmapped world in a mapped system, figured I’d build a base there to mark it. SUUUUUPER toxic world, but NBD – I’ve built bases in worse places. Found an S class power hotspot right next to my landing zone too, but it’s deep underwater so I have to go diving. I’m down there getting my wiring sorted out when the pizza I’ve ordered for the kids shows up, so I pause the game and go get it. Dish it up for the kids, they disappear back up to their bedrooms to eat, and I sit back down to finish off my base….

Turns out I didn’t pause.

Turns out, I’m back at the menu screen.

Turns out, I get to start again.

FFUUUUUUUUUU

You’d think I would be able to construct a 4×4 room with floor and ceiling and the lavish addition of a door without having every architect that’s ever lived hate me like I just kicked their collective puppy.

Yet…here I am, with half the structure suspended above the ground about 2m and rocks popping through floor on the other side. This was with attempting to flatten terrain.

It’s all a shame, really, cuz I kinda like the abandoned planet that’s in my starter system. It even has a frothy moon with bubbles.

I need to look up some guides.