Your Salvage ship is leaving a planet is overtaken by a recently salvaged (and really expensive) Mechanoid AI. It disables main systems and power to the pulse engines while the ship attempts to leave the atmosphere, causing your ship to fall back to the planet.
Caught by suprise, your small crew of 3 attempt to reach the escape pods, escaping from the rampaging robot. One of the crew get vaporized by the Mechanoid, leaving a sizzling scream as you shut the pod door to your small cramped pod.
As you disconnect from the ship, it explodes before you hit the ground. You and your co-worker gaze at the aproaching the quiet horizon. Just as your grim realization hits.
He wouldn't of fit in this damn thing anyway.
Your faction will be a New Arrivals.
Start with 2 people.
Your people will be at most 45 years old.
Arrive in drop pods.
Start with research: Electric smelting
Start with research: Microelectronics basics
Start with research: Machining
The stat "smelting speed" will be universally multiplied by 5%.
Start with:
-Steel x400
-Component x45
-Medicine x20
-Packaged survival meal x30
-Pump shotgun
-Plasteel knife
Map is scattered with:
-Steel slag chunk x200
-Ship chunk x7
