The Starfield Colony Update You've Been Waiting For Is Here

players disappointed with Bethesda's lack of post-game support are in luck asone talented fan has created a mod that's so massive it could serve as the RPG's first major piece of DLC. While Bethesda may have promised more content for in the months after its release, the studio has remained surprisingly quiet when it comes to meaningful patches and the already-announced expansion. Fortunately, the game's community is picking up the slack to make the sci-fi RPG even better with the help of some incredible mods like the «Galactic Colonies Expanse.»

Posted to Nexus Mods by Tank-girl444, the «Galactic Colonies Expanse» significantly builds upon the base-building mechanics already in and enables players to create entire colonies on discovered planets, loading them up with new buildings, resource generation systems, and even colonists. The mod intends to allow players to make "" rather than single outposts dedicated solely to gathering materials. The amount of options included in the mod is staggering so it's easy to see why the creator dubbed «Galactic Colonies Expanse» as DLC-sized.

The «Galactic Colonies Expanse» effectively turns into a city-building by adding a plethora of new structures that can be built and connected to one another to form a functional colony. Players will need to construct homes for citizens, power plants to give everyone power, and even factories to ensure the NPCs, which are transported in via colony ship, have somewhere to work, thus generating money and resources. All of this will need some defenses to hold off any attacks, so new combat equipment, including mechs, can be constructed to keep folks safe.

The «Galactic Colonies Expanse» mod also allows players to build a Cloning Station that can create copies of companions in the event that someone gets lost while exploring the stars.

Perhaps most exciting for players wanting something a little more relaxing is the inclusion of farms that can be populated by 40 new plants. These crops can be