Starfield mod unlocks the ability to build your own spacestations - "all of the code was already in the game"

You’ll need an outpost and a spare spaceship

In smashing news for the galaxy’s irrational planet-haters, some adept tinkerer has created aStarfield modthat lets you build your own space-stations. Mind you, it appears the associated functionality was secretly part of Bethesda’s sci-fiRPGall along, perhaps destined to be unlocked by a DLC pack, like a slumbering fairytale royal awaiting true love’s kiss.

The modder in question is vexthecollector, whose catchily-named Spacestations for Outposts lets you bolt together hab modules, windows and docking bays to fashion your very own Deep Space Nine. Sadly for my character,the acutely terra-phobic star pirate Mary Read, you’ll need to first build an outpost on a planet in order to access the goods.

“All of the code was already in the game, but a few things were broken and just didn’t work,” vexthecollector writes on theNexusModspage. “As you can see from how it is currently even with this mod, a few things like docking are still somewhat broken.”

Here’s how the mod works: having founded an outpost, go to the Misc section in the building menu and create a spacestation control pad. Then use the small terminal on the latter - you’ll need to click the terminal once, wait a second, and click it again. Then read the message and click “modify space station”, which somewhat bizarrely, converts the lastStarfield shipyou acquired into a prototype starbase.

The modder notes that you should only modify this ship, and recommends that you add at least three docking units, or five to be safe (right now, every component is free, because the modder “can’t be bothered to add values to a hundred items”). Once you’re done, exit and save as when customising a ship in unmoddedStarfield. Then, fly into space and marvel at your handiwork. There are some caveats, alas: as with regular ship customisation, decorations despawn whenever you edit the spacestation, so you’ll need to install another mod if you want to glam up your creation.

Thanks toGamesradar’s Kaan Serin for passing this o- hey, I know that guy!