Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
No stone left unturned I see.

As for the base, set the base terminal down. I would recommend finding a planet you like as you will be spending a lot of time there. Then go to the computer, interact with it and claim base (forgot to mention that part ), this will show a large top down view of how much area you have to make your base in. Now you have access to the blueprint items you discovered and base building items by pressing up on d-pad. Build one of those round or square prefab buildings, add a door and install construction terminal inside. Once created a little Gex friend will appear to start you on your way.
Yeah, I just kept flying around from building to building, scanning constantly as I went along. It worked wonders though! I found at least 15 or 20 drop pods on that single planet, I found dozens (had to be at least 50-60+) manufacturing facilities, observatories and transmission towers, so I ended up with crafting blueprints up the ass. Also found a lot of whispering eggs and opened at least 100 damaged machinery, which got me a ton of nanites and numerous A and S class upgrade modules for my exosuit, ship and multi-tool.

It was extremely time consuming, I spent literally the entire past week in real life, up through Thursday, on that single planet. But it gave me a hell of a jump start for leaving and jumping to new systems now.