Overview:
This mod is meant to be a comprehensive rethink/change/addition to the outpost system, its production systems, and many other aspects. The idea is to turn the outpost system into an immersive space colonization simulator, using elements from the game's core lore and story.

"While wandering the countryside of many beautiful worlds all I could see is areas of great potential and thought.... "With the right material, building a city/farm/personal home, in this location would be amazing." The dream is to take all the beauty and give you the tools to take that space and make something special. Whether that be a building, a beautiful and thriving colony, an expansive farm, your resource super generator, or even your own singular house growing one plot of bananas on the moon, it's all up to you. The focus is less on building egg pods and weird space hab shells, "that look just fine btw" and more on making functional, rustic, and realistic-looking settlements.

The other core functions of this mod is to:

Make a production line-based resource generation system

Make your colony more centralized and less about being forced to have many different outposts to get a ton of completely individual materials from all across the galaxy. And allow for it all to be reasonably mined from a signal location, with a lore-friendly spin.

I have also been working on a farming system for a few months here and there and wanted to incorporate this into a whole system.

Conclusion:
This mod is the bedrock of a much larger collection of ideas I have for the future of this game, and may, or may not, serve as my hub mod for future projects.
Once the ck comes out and better editing tools that support advanced implementation become available, I will be adding so much more.
With that being said, if you like this mod, I'd recommend tracking it, as I intended to update it with new stuff regularly. With this being the initial release, this mod is just starting its journey, with plenty of new things to come.

Things like:

Scripts that will change the biome and climate based on your outpost and what you've set up. Giving us the chance to terraform or destroy a planet, it's biosphere, and other potential interesting ideas.

NPC ships arrive at the colony and offload prospective buyers and other NPCs to visit. As well as cargo ships coming and going, making your new colony feel like it has a thriving spaceport. In addition, I'd like some of these new arrivals to be unique crew or NPCs with standard quests as well, more on that later.

NPCs will need food, water, and other things, as well as, packages that tie them to the settlement you build.


What to expect and what this includes:

This mod includes many new fully constructed buildings that are prefabricated and buildable
"All hand-made painfully via nifskope"

In addition to those new Buildings some function as logistical or production operations for your colony.

Functions like:
The bar and chunks franchises will generate passive income for you the player

Powerplants....... Will generate power etc

There is a new resource generation system.
I made new fracking stations that mine the following without restrictions
Iron / Aluminum / copper / nickel / Lead / cobalt / Neodymium / Lithium /

In addition to those fracking stations, I've included companion converters called iron grinders: these machines will grind iron ore and extract enough trace elements to produce Gold, Silver, and Platinum.

You'll be able to harvest all ores up to uncommon. Past that, you will have to find the resources. 

Now you can harvest these resources at any location with no requirements
In addition / helium-3 can also be harvested through a converter
I've also added nitrogen as a resource, which can be harvested through a converter.

"Disclaimer" I added these ingots long before the mod that also adds ingots. my mod does not alter the entire vanilla crafting system"
I've added back ingots to the game! 
You can now smelt raw ore into ingots to craft some of the products I've made for the mod or sell them for bulk sale value.
On top of selling bulk ingots for trade value, I've made a bulk packing conversion system where you can pack products into bulk and sell them at double their value or more. The packing systems are all automatic and will work similarly to fabrication units. 


Other new production systems generate resources

One of the main features I've included is a full farming system! You can now farm, craft, and sell new fruits and veggies!!
have livestock

I've added over 40 new farmable plants and production items. These can be sold, used in crafting, or eaten.

"Disclaimer, yes, I saw that someone else had made produce packing, understand that I have also been doing that for a few months now. I see no reason why both mods can't co-exist." 

In addition to the new farming system, I've added all the farmable flora!!!! But there's a twist, I made their fruits pickable and obtainable. All of the wild exotic fruits have been named, given lore, and now added to the crafting system with unique crafting abilities. 

New automated production systems that loop into one another for a fun production system experience.

The new farming system is supplemented with a new workbench called the colony food printer.

I've added a whole host of new food items and recipes to go with the farm system, I've also combined my Nuka cola mod and plated not crated mod to utilize the farming items for a more immersive crafting experience and to consolidate ESM space.


The bio-domes!!!
In addition to everything else, I've added the classic sci-fi arcology structures that are the mega bio-dome. These domes are biome-themed and allow the player to bring a slice of any biome they enjoy to any world they're on. You can now deploy a patch of green to Earth, the moon, or anywhere else.
They come with a sealed environment and breathable atmosphere.

"Yes, they are massive, they're meant to be a whole colony in one."

On top of the ATMO generated from the domes, I've made atmosphere generators that will do exactly what it says on the tin.

There are shield generators, these are more meant to give the illusion of holding in the atmosphere rather than defend, as of now they don't actually do anything and they are meant for plans down the road when I have more time to develop this mod.

I have plans to make terraforming a thing later on when scripts become more modular

And now, for the spicy things everyone really wants to know about!

We hear about, colony war this, and colony war that, and see vague and very light effects of this monumental event that changed all of the current existing humanity and I thought.... Hmmm, I'd like to do something with that.
Why wouldn't some rouge explorer make relics from that bygone era again if they've been made before? More so when we can print out habitation structures at will.

Yes, Mechs are now craftable and added to outpost defenses!!! Using lore from the game
There is a large variety of them to pick from! And more will be added soon!

On top of these Mechs, players can now craft many new turrets.
Mid-sized to heavy defense to superweapons!!

Expect everything from a new set of non-lethal turrets meant for incapacitating hostiles for future capture and take-down mods. To experimental anti-gravity cannons!

Built in the colony wars these colossal Titans saturate the battlefield with heavy firepower.
These defenses have a wide variety of weapon systems that I hope you all will enjoy!


Fair warning: "Yes some of the Titans are indeed overpowered, this is intentional, if you do not like that, do not build them."

The superweapons are ground planetary defense weapons used in the late colony wars!
From Macro ballistic canons to anti-ship lasers.

All relics that have not been seen since the colony wars.

Fair warning," the super weapons are indeed super weapons and are, in fact, very overpowered, this is intentional, if you don't like that don't build them then. For those who want extreme defense, however, these are for you!"

You can now hire/build/recruit civilians, soldiers, and colonists for your colony.

I will list the vanilla menu title and what I added in that menu.

STORAGE
Simple containers for storage.

BUILDERS
Slot 1: All of the ingot smelters
Slot 2: All of the ore harvesting units
Slot 3: Passive Resource generators        / These don't require additional ingredients to operate"
Slot 4: Farm Crop Greenhouses                / Apart from base plants these solar farms will automatically produce crops"
Slot 5: Farm Stuff                                       / Greenhouses, farm plots, and other farm-related items."
Slot 6: Intakae Resource producers        /These will require some operational cost, these produce or convert resources into other crafting components"
Slot 7: All of the Automatic Packing Stations:    /these pack items into bulk goods for market value"
Slot 8: Singular Farm crops "Plants"                   /The plants are pickable and will regenerate "
Slot 9: Working custom vending machines
Slot 10: Wild Farm Crops                               /A fun new feature! I've converted all of the wild flora into plantable and farmable crops that produce new items."


STRUCTURES
Slot 1: Colony utilities:       /this includes stuff like oxygen generators, shield generators, a glass dome, and some rooftop solar generators."
Slot 2: Production building:      /this will include your own Bar and chunks franchise"
Slot 3: The Main buildings!       /this will include all of the main buildings for your colony, "Yes I will add many more."
Slot 4: Personal Houses           /All of these can be used as colony buildings but also primarily act as options for player homes
Slot 5: Defensive structures      / Walls, Gates, towers, and an entire square fortress compound "whole piece." 
Slot 6: The Bio-Domes!!             /Large one colony structures that act as a massive arcology structure."

CRAFTERS
Colony Creation Fabricator:    /Has general crafting items and deployable turrets "These are in the implementation phase still"
Colony Food printer:              /This prints new food items! Yes, it's a cooking station."
Colony Drink Station:             /Makes drinks 
Colony packing station:        /The manual packing station for your colony's bulk goods
Colony Cloning station:        / Lost your companion? take their commitment item and clone them to have them back!

DEFENSES
Slot 1: Colony Military:                      /Your own private military: Adds 9 classes 
Slot 2: Mid-Defense Turrets:             / an extensive list of 23 different defense turrets all stylized 
Slot: 3 Large-Defense Turrets:          / Larger Colony Defensive systems to stop just about anything 
Slot 4: Super weapons:                      / Planetary Defense systems!  "These are super powerful 
Slot 5:  Turret stands                        / Use these to place your turrets on a higher ground"Please read placement directions."
Slot 6: The Titans!!!                         / I've added new, colossal, battle titans not seen since the colony war!
Slot 7:   Random Dummy               /A Random target dummy "This will aggro allies "Initially I had more targets but the recent update broke all of that."

MISCELLANEOUS
Slot 1: Colonists                               /All colonists have the player faction, as of right now they don't do much aside from wander around, but that will change."
Slot 2: Colonists dwellings                /Little shacks for your colonists to live in."
Slot 3: Bio-Dome Flora                      /General Decorative Flora, I didn't add too much as I never used any of the "I've added every vanilla static." outpost mod
Slot 4: Bio-Dome Grass and stuff    /Bio-Dome Grass and stuff."
Slot: 5: Tundra Biome items              /snowy items for the snow-dome 
Slot 6: Cactus   "I will add more to this later" 

Installation 
Installation Guide 

Use Vortex: "I've heard people have had issues with Vortex lately / if you don't use Vortex use mod manager. "

If a mod has an ESM file you will need to enable the ESM otherwise the drag-and-drop method will not work.
If Vortex doesn't work, drag and drop all of the files in the data folder into your Documents/Mygames/Starfield/ or steamapps/common/starfield/data. And then be sure to activate/enable the ESM

If you placed the files in your root folder and it is still not showing up try placing them in your documents file location. 

If you are still having issues I recommend following it up with a plugin enabler "If you are manually installing" a plugin enabler will be mandatory. If you do not enable the ESM the mod will not show up. 

(plugin enabler)
https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/4157 

If you use the mod from the link above be sure to follow the directions included on that mods page.

Don't forget to keep everything updated and enable your custom.ini <-- if you do not know what that is, I 100% encourage you to look it up and look up a few introductions "how to install starfield mods" tutorials to help you better understand what you are doing, this is important because not knowing what you are doing you could break your game. 


If the model doesn't show up in-game, more than likely:

You've updated your game or custom folder and it's changed its ability to load mods
Baka whatever updated or any of the other major game-changing experimental mods that rewrite major system functions have updated.
The installation location or method of installation is incorrect. 
The mod is missing packed files. "If you open the folder and see that all of the files are there then you can rule this out."
The ESM failed to activate.
You have not enabled your custom.ini
You have not placed Plugin Enabler in the correct file location
You are not running the game with the SFSE exe and instead are launching it with steams exe.
Or many many many other problems, as I always say. It's good to look up tutorials on how to mod games first.

Lastly: if you notice that everyone else has the mod in particular working and you do not, then there is a 99% chance it is likely the way you are trying to install the mod and not the fault of the mod you are trying to install. "Showing up and exclaiming a mod is broken because you don't see it, despite the vast majority of other people seeing it, is a bit disingenuous and misinformed." Don't take this as an anti-asking question mission, questions and confusion are natural and normal and there is nothing wrong with asking for clarification. There is just a big difference between asking a question about something versus blaming a mod outright for your confusion.