Minecraft gave you your bare hands. Space Engineers have this kit. Contains only the bare essentials to survive any realistic hard start environment. No tools or scavenging required. Many competitors have died trying to reduce this minimalistic survival starter kit further. Never leave home without one.

Considered one of the best ways to learn survival in Space Engineers (with instructions), or one of the most challenging to figure out for vets (without instructions). Can you assemble, mine, and succeed to build a reliable power source in time, without scavenging for supplies? If you do, the sky is the limit. From a box to a base to an empire, it all starts here.

This kit requires that you disable progression since it forces its own minimalist progression by design.

CONTENTS:

Blocks: 1
Weight: 1,170 kg
Grid: small

* Medium Cargo Container
* 1 Computer
* 2 Large Steel Tubes
* 3 Medical Components
* 20 Power Cells
* 7 Steel Plates
* Welder
* Grinder
* Hand Drill

The above kit contains all the parts to build the following:
* Advanced Rotor with a small head
* Battery on a small grid
* Survival Kit on a small grid
* You will need to collect resources to build an O2/H2 Generator, and other equipment as necessary.


INSTRUCTIONS:
1. grab welder, grinder, drill and 2 plates
2. grind off at least 1 construction component from the Medium Cargo Container
3. plop adv rotor chassis on its side, do not weld it
4. grind off the large head of the advanced rotor
5. weld a control panel on the advanced rotor
6. open control panel and add small head to the advanced rotor, and lock the rotor
7. grind down control panel completely
8. weld the Medium Cargo Container back to functional
9. Grab 4 steel plates to add to the 1 in your personal inventory
10. Plop a Battery chassis on the small head of the advanced rotor
11. Weld only 5 steel plates and all power cells into Battery chassis
12. Grab remaining steel plate
13. Plop a small Survival Kit chassis to the Battery chassis
14. Weld 1 computer and 3 medical components into Survival Kit chassis
15. Grab 2 large steel tubes to empty Medium Cargo Container
16. Grind down the Medium Cargo Container entirely
17. Weld up the Survival Kit first
18. Weld up the Battery second
19. Go drilling for stone to produce parts to weld a small grid O2/H2 Generator to the Survival Kit, use the 2 large steel tubes to complete it.
20. Go drilling for stone to produce parts to weld either a small grid Solar Panel or Wind Turbine to power your core long term.
21. You have now survived. Time to thrive.


TEST RESULT:
I tested this method several times on the equator of the Moon.

Enjoy, and feel free to leave feedback or ask questions!



Kit when completed:
https://i.imgur.com/TvE52Of.png

When you've added small grid O2/H2 and a small grid Solar Panel:
https://i.imgur.com/j6aVAt4.png