Aquilo first trip

[CasualGamer]

I'm wondering what kind of firearm research everyone had obtained before reaching Aquilo. I thought 14 would be high enough along with 30 turrets up front, but my ship was basically destroyed 2000 km from the planet. It seemed like I had multiple asteroids target the exact center of my platform, so I tried again from a save and barely made it to Aquilo, just to have the platform destroyed while it sat in space. I have not been able to research rail guns and I do not use mods. Any suggestions, other than double or triple my fire power?

[PunCrathod]

Get rocket turrets.

[Fel]

What kind of turrets are we talking about here?
Going towards Aquillo means encountering "big" asteroids, with a flat 2000 physical damage reduction.
Gun turrets are definitely not strong enough to go against those.

You will need rocket turrets, preferably with the basic rockets (more single-target damage) since they instead deal explosive damage.
Of course, you could combine them with gun turrets, have the rockets only target the "big" asteroids while gun turrets target the medium and small, saving on the number of rockets required but requiring magazines instead.

[CasualGamer]

Oh boy, Rocket turrets. I feel like a dummy. I'm handicapped by spending so many hours in game before the new tech- that I don't consider the new tech half the time. Thank You both. I greatly appreciate the replies.

[oyssoyss]

using only gun turrets and made to Aquilo is more challenging.