WIP - THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS MOD
Actual stage: beta testing

Your crew was approaching the fractured world of Fracta Mantis C — a shattered planet identified by Deep Core Operations as rich in valuable resources for space mining. During orbital insertion, the Space Rig collided with one of the planet's massive fragments. The damage was critical. Thrusters were lost, and large sections of the structure were destroyed. Your crew is now trapped inside a small cargo compartment, cut off from the ship's vital systems. Most of the rig lies in ruins. \n All that remains operational is a small terminal. Through it, you discover you can still control the ship's external mechanical arms. Perhaps, by operating them, you can gather essential resources from orbit and begin repairing the most critical damage — enough to rebuild a functional control room. A damaged but intact transfer duct still connects the exterior to your compartment, allowing materials to be moved in and out.

This is a combat / mining / extraction mission / cave adventure! Get your crew, manage your broken Space Rig and drop down to dangerous cave missions.

Features

-Start aboard a small, limited Space Rig platform in orbit.
-Experience a short lore-driven intro sequence where you restore power and bring the Space Rig systems and terminals online (can be disabled in mod settings).
-Use the Mission Terminal to select contracts and deploy your crew in exchange for Credits and XP.
-Descend into dangerous underground cave systems and complete over 10 different primary mission types, each with optional secondary objectives.
-Explore 7 unique planetary cave regions/biomes, each featuring distinct enemies, hazards, and environmental threats and resources.
-Choose between 4 playable character classes, each with unique gameplay styles (optional).
-Complete contracts to unlock new characters, planet regions, technologies, equipment, and upgrades (optional).
-Face powerful enemy bosses deep within the caves.
-Call support equipment such as supply pods, extraction pods, and companion drones during missions.
-Gain XP and progress through an RPG-like progression system with unlockable upgrades and technologies.

Recommended mods:

-Mod pack skins (a pack of character sking to use with classes)
-AAI Loaders (check mod options to set no fluid required)
-Better Victory Screen
-Grappling gun

Multiple Space Rigs/teams

-You may play with multiple team forces, each one with its own Space Rig. To set up the player forces, use Team Competition mod.

Notes:

-This is a brutal hard difficulty mod, challenging players with chaotic events and tough enemies... Failure / death / lost missions and resources are all expected and part of the experience.
-It is best played with friends. Extra hands will help to deal with all the threats and work to be done down there.
-If you are looking for a relaxing gameplay, uninstall this mod.
-You need to start a new game to play this mod. Do NOT add it to saved games.

CREDITS

-Custom machine graphics from Factorio Buildings by Hurricane046
-Custom main menu music from Suno AI