Superconductive Asteroid

The Superconductive Asteroid is characterized by a sea of Magma with islands of Obsidian on its surface. There are rare materials such as Niobium just beneath the surface which can be used to create high-tier Thermium. While the asteroid on its own looks rather intimidating, it is possible to reach the Niobium and Niobium volcano beneath the magmatic sea, but it would require some thoughtful planning before heading to the asteroid.

Map Layout

Strategy

Sending two duplicants with Trailblazer Modules made out of Steel, then deconstructing the modules will allow the construction of a Rocket Platform to allow the recovery of the landed dupes and to plan future excavations later on. One can bring Steel on the asteroid to build Manual Airlocks/Mechanized Airlocks downward, and either Bunker Tiles for their strong tolerance to pressure, or Obsidian Tiles for their abundance on the asteroid. Any other material than can't handle the extreme heat of over 1400 C°/2552 F°, would melt these buildings down. One can also pump away the magma with a Pitcher Pump as long as it's not directly touching the liquid from its walkable platform, then use a Bottle Emptier on a tile placed in Vacuum, although this method is best used to make the surface safer to walk on than to dry out the asteroid of all magma.

Rovers cannot dig through any of the materials on this planetoid or build Rocket Platforms, so they are not worth sending down.

for food, oxygen, and water, the player will have to bring their own resources, unless they, somehow, have world traits(older patch, other.(confirm?)), and got a lush/frozen core. <As of 494396 (Feb 23 2022), Lush Core is still available as a trait for Superconductive Asteroid>