⚡ TRANSMISSION 001 — KEPLER-442b SURFACE RELAY
Signal weak. Recording. This is Valerius Neumann, Operator, Outpost Textorio. If you're receiving this, you've already pinned my coordinates — your name is on the manifest.
One hundred of you so far. I count every one.
I've been alone on this rock for what the chronometer says is two years, three months, eleven days. Long enough to build a foundry from scratch. Long enough to teach the local soil to do what I tell it. Long enough to lose an argument with a steam tank twice my size and win the rematch.
Corporate finally cleared the broadcast window.
The outpost opens to visitors on the 11th of June, 2026. Cycle local time. You can land then.
What you'll find when you arrive:
A surface I've terraformed one tile at a time
Caves I shouldn't have gone into
A Core Chamber I'm not authorized to discuss
Steam, electricity, fluids, logic — all working. Mostly
MOTE, my companion. Don't pet it when it's in GUARD mode
A war mode for the brave or the foolish
The first arrivals will get the run of the place before the second wave lands. After that it gets crowded.
Signal degrading. Transmission ends.
— V.N., Surface Outpost, Sector 7
(Out of character: Textorio launches on Steam June 11, 2026. Built solo over two years. Wishlist if you haven't, share with a friend who likes factories and ASCII. Thank you for being one of the first 100.)