The Biosuit Mark 12.3b is a full-fledged AI and will be your constant companion through this adventure! He will be the source of advice, encourage you to explore, give you ideas for new crafting recipes gradually as you explore and obtain new items, and comment on all the new creatures as you see them. I've made him very chatty with hundreds of comments already so even if you are playing single-player you won't feel alone!



This map also contains my version of a custom crafting tech tree and I'm planning dozens of new items, modules, redstone components, and more! I'm putting a new spin on it though. Rather than just give you the crafting recipes in some spreadsheet, or tell you them ingame and make you remember them, new recipes in this game are gradually discovered as you obtain new items or prerequisite ingredients! Some are even alien technology discovered through ruins!

As you discover every new crafting recipe a quick info-note detailing the discovery will appear in the holodeck back at your ship automatically! Now if you forget the recipe, there is an in-game way to look it up again and learn about the new item! The best part about this is I don't have to publish the full list somewhere tempting you to cheat on discovering them!

The holodeck contains all the information you learn in the game and as you play your library and the number of info files there from your discoveries will grow. You can read about creatures you've encountered, look at holograms of them, or even peruse alien artifacts you've scanned

Player stamina upgrades: As you survive on the asteroids your physical abilities will slowly start to improve up to a certain point. You will run and walk faster, swim faster, your attack speed will increase, your health will improve, you will take less damage from falls, and your breath underwater will last longer! This is to simulate your body changing and adapting to its new environment! Player physical upgrades are time-based and gradually change with the turn of the seasons. I currently have them capped at around 2-5x normal depending on the stat so you don't get too OP, but it's a fun feature to feel your character level up over the first few years! This is a fun alternative to simply putting on OP diamond armor or enchants which is currently disabled on this map. You can only wear the biosuit in Space Expedition as it is critical for your survival and studies!

Even though you can only wear your biosuit, with some work it will soon become more valuable then any suit of armor ever would! You can craft many upgrades to make it better with the materials you find and it comes with a book with many features such as questions about the seasons, toggle-able abilities, and even music options you can listen to on the go! Here's a list of some upgrades:

Armor Rating Upgrades: There are 5 materials that you can find that will increase your armor rating up to a certain point (some better then others). The beginning biosuit comes with some useful enchants like feather falling I, Depth strider I, respiration 1, and aqua affinity 1, but no armor. That, you'll have to craft as you find the right materials. No more diamond armor in 15 minutes on this map!

Night Vision Goggle Upgrade: craft a night-vision upgrade to your visor that will allow you to engage/disengage night vision at will for better spelunking and swimming!

Augmented Limbs Upgrade: tired of that weak mining speed and attack speed? Upgrade your suit so it has the augmented limbs ability, a robotically-assisted power module attached to your arms and legs! Engage and disengage it at will engage to have a permanent buff to your attack speed and mining speed while on long exploration journeys. Gone are the days of slow coal mining, you can strip mine super fast while out exploring for new resources, no beacons required!

Scanning and Translation Circuit: Surprisingly enough you soon find you were not the first to visit this system. What happened to the previous visitors? You will find traces of them about including an alien written language! If you collect enough samples you can translate it and begin to do some archaelogy! Learning about these mysterious aliens. The suit comes equipped with a translation circuit that can automatically translate alien writings you acquire so you can read them!

Auto-Glider Upgrade: you can craft an Elytra glider that will unfold from your suit when you hold a remote. This system not only allows for gliding but is superior to the normal Elytra since you don't have to go into your inventory and waste time equipping it. If you fall off a cliff, simply press the item slot of the remote to instantly unfold it! Unfolding the glider comes at the cost of removing your armor, so choose wisely!

Auto-Jetpack Upgrade: you can craft a jetpack upgrade to go with your glider that will consume fuel stored in your inventory to give you rocket boosts to regain height! This allows for infinite flying (if you pack the fuel) and you can soar amongst the asteroids! The jetpack boost occurs automatically if you press the key to switch the glider remote into the offhand and lasts around 5 seconds. You can also take off on flat ground and are protected from taking damage from ceilings by the automatic safety shutoff system!
NOTE: This module was invented in 1.10 before the introduction of rockets. It still is very useful in 1.11 but with the addition by Mojang of rocket-boosting there is another option. The jetpack still enables much finer control than rockets though and the ability to take off on flat ground and run aerial obstacle courses with ease! It is also better at boosting horizontal speeds and has a longer duration.