Your first job is to make an abandoned coastal site function. Start small: connect the gate, establish command, then give the construction team people and power. The chapter is about a working foundation, not a complete spaceport.
Your route through the chapter
From plan to operation
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Grade 25 m of connected Dirt Road
Start from the existing gate and keep the new road continuous. The objective counts road length, so stop once the mission panel confirms the target rather than estimating it from the camera.
Build Headquarters
Headquarters becomes available after the road target. Place it with road access and let construction finish. An outlined or queued site does not count as an operational building.
Commission the Construction Lab
The completed Headquarters unlocks the lab. Once the lab is operational, the rest of the starting building choices become available.
Commission Residential Housing
Build the first housing facility to add resident capacity. Its own services need staff and power, so housing is part of a functioning base rather than an unlimited worker supply.
Build a Solar Farm
Finish a Solar Farm to establish generation. Keep its expansion area clear and check that all five mission objectives show as complete.
When progress stops
Common blockers
Headquarters is unavailable
Check the 25 m connected-road objective. A disconnected strip elsewhere on the map will not establish the starting access route.
I placed every building but the chapter has not changed
Wait for construction to finish and check road access, staffing and power. The directive checks completed facilities, not just placed sites.