Planet Crafter: Planet Humble - Insects Stage

Nere butterfly larva spawns in the Underworld

Nere butterflies in the butterfly dome

Beehive T1

I reached 8 GTi and the Insect stage without seeing any larvae. So I did a web search and the advice was if you've reached the stage when they should spawn and they haven't, save your game, return to main menu, then log back into your saved game. I tried that and when I logged back in, larvae started spawning instantly. So now I've got lots of common, uncommon and rare larvae (plus two Nere butterfly larvae found in the Underworld near the greenhouse) and I'll be able to get the beehive and butterfly dome up and running.

 

Starform Robotics recruitment message

I got a message from Starform Robotics saying that they know I'm the only person on the planet at the moment and I've been forced to participate in Sentinel Corp's crime. If I bring them the evidence they need (start by collecting 15 drone logs from around the planet), they'll recruit me onto their terraformation team.

 

Bacteria Factory (work in progress)

I built my first automated factory for bacteria in the Osmium Caves. I have a T2 algae generator and a lake water collector on the lake and the building above the lake with an autocrafter that can automatically collect the algae and water and produce bacteria. I also have storage for algae, water and bacteria inside. When I get drones, I'll be able to send excess resources into storage here and to my main base. I may also start making mutagen and fertilizer in this factory later too.

 

Textiles Factory (work in progress)

Next, I've unlocked the silk generator and the recipe for making fabric, so I can start building a textiles factory - breed some silkworms in the incubator, get a few silk generators and an autocrafter and voilà - plenty of fabric for decorating, crafting and earning Terra Tokens (not many, but it'll be a passive income).

I unlocked the outdoor farm, hooray! Production of eggplants and squash for T1 and T2 fertilizer respectively, mushrooms for bioplastic nuggets and beans for high quality food can all start ramping up. I'll just need a lot of bee larvae.

 

Broken Hills (Insects stage)

Staircase to Black Rift shipwreck

Sentinel Corp sabotage mission

I was just checking the map to see where I could mine super alloy and noticed a lot of trees (the same types I have in the tree spreaders) growing in the Broken Hills area. I decided to go have a look for myself and found a giant forest with Nere butterflies fluttering around (did they escape from my butterfly dome?). I had some iron so I visited the shipwreck in the Black Rift and built a staircase up to the entrance. Inside, I found several super alloy rods, some rockets, spacesuits, mutagen, fertilizer and a ruberu tree seed. Apparently this ship belongs to Sentinel Corp and has mission instructions to sabotage Starform Robotics drones then leave the planet discreetly.

Teleporter

After working on automating some crafting recipes for awhile, I unlocked the teleporter. I built my first one in the main Home base, and a second one in my "Tree House" base in the Underworld. I'll need to find or learn to craft more pulsar quartz before I can make any more teleporters.