Lack of Resources - No Expedition?

[Farwest]

As I am about to beat the first colony, the map I am playing doesn't have enough steel for me to build spaceship. And I had sold some steel weapons and sculptures already without thinking ship components and component table would cost so much steel beforehand. (Steel cost of Component Table is also pretty high and consuming 25 steel for every component! a microchip cost equals to 5 metres steel wall?)

And steel is not a resource that I can find among traders too...

What to do? Any advices? I already deconstructed all steel furnitures and walls already.

Can't we go to expedition with few colonist or sending them to mine necessary resources on the map elsewhere? Any thoughts? Thanks

[Mutineer]

Bulk traders sell steel. This is basically one of challenge of the end of game, get enough steel to fly why not die in process. Melt chanks, resycle low quality weapon and do not waste steel on anything you can build with out steel.

[Farwest]

Thank you for the answer,

However you tell me there are no features like going for a Raiding Party to plunder, or Expedition to Mine resources (even setting up a new camp to grow extra food or metal) and we need to hold fast on grinding steel. That's so sad. It seems this is the end of game for me until seeing a new update.

And having a large Map of the World without going anywhere is very stressing.

[Naeem]

Sorry the only way I know of an expedition is a mod that sends you once and you come back with loot. But unfortunately their is no such thing in the main game without mods. The only way is to melt steel chunks from debris around the map and from the raiders that drop down in pods. Mechinoids also carry steel so kill them and dismantle them if you haven't already.

[Farwest]

Sorry the only way I know of an expedition is a mod that sends you once and you come back with loot. But unfortunately their is no such thing in the main game without mods. The only way is to melt steel chunks from debris around the map and from the raiders that drop down in pods. Mechinoids also carry steel so kill them and dismantle them if you haven't already.

I need other good ways to bring steel, which constructing the ship with my poor colony resources seem to be impossible right now.

If that is in your reach, is it possible for you to share the expedition mod? I searched the forums and couldn't find it unfortunately :/

[Listen1]

The best ways to get steal are smelting weapons, smelting metal slags, deep mountain mining, Space traders (from the orbital trade beacon), trade caravans, dissasembling mechanoids and waiting for it to come raining down from the sky (any drop pod gives metal slags, ship parts can be decostructed for steel and components)

Unless you mod, there's no way to get steel otherwise. If you arrive at a "Flat" map, withou any mountains, this is one of the biggest problems you will get.

As for suggestions, something like: You emit a signal via Orbital Trade Beacon that you are in the need of Steel/Bulk Resources. A trader may come in contact but the prices are way higher than a normal bulk goods (Law of demand, the more you need, the higher you will pay)

The signal should cost something (500 silver maybe) and there's a chance of nothing happens, a chance of being intercepted by raiders or to the ship come to your colony. This is can be a suggestion for the vanilla as well as for a mod.