Ikhlas

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**Ikhlas** is a missing person on the planet. They formerly worked on board a spaceship that is now a wreck located in the Great Desert. Ikhlas' whereabouts are currently unknown, and it is not confirmed if they are dead or alive.

Ikhlas' first arrival on the planet was in the second half of the year 3037, 21 years before the arrival of the player. The starship they were on board crashed into the planet for "unknown reasons", in which most of the crew died on impact and the rest perished on the surface of the hostile planet. Ikhlas claims to be the only survivor left, as written in a message left in an underground bunker west of the crash site. The bunker is accessible by an  Indoor Ladder leading underground.

While it is unknown if Ikhlas has any affiliation with the Planet Crafters or Sentinel Corp, their bunker uses the same  Living Compartment,  Locker Storage, and ladder that the player can construct.

A second base built by Ikhlas can be found south of the Warp Gate, in the bottom of a large sinkhole. There is another message inside, written in the year 3038. Ikhlas has laid out their plan to build a rocket and leave the planet forever, citing it to be cursed. They plan to return to the crash site in the desert for supplies in a hidden room by the control bay. Within this base, there is a single  Iterra Tree, the only one on the planet. This tree cannot be crafted or obtained again, and is presumably brought from another planet that Ikhlas hails from or has been to.

A third base (1135:15:2355) can be found to the west past the crash site. The bunker has three locker storages that can be deconstructed to reveal a larger room behind, leading into a tunnel and a second room. Another message from Ikhlas is located there, written in 3040 where they have been able to find the resources to build a  Launch Platform but not yet able to locate a suitable meteor crater to build it and launch without the planet's volatile winds affecting them.

Ikhlas's fourth and fifth bases were both built in the Meteor Crater, and dated 3041. #4 was built at the bottom of the crater, but Ikhlas decided that this one was impractical due to poor visibility, and decided to try again partway up the south rim. #5, the final bunker, can be found there. This one is massive, an irregular loop of dozens of compartments, with various furnishings and side rooms. A Communication Antenna was built here, but taken down and stored following dozens of failed attempts to send a transmission. Ikhlas's final message (so far) can be found in a sleeping basement; they wrote of an irrational attachment to the planet, and had apparently given up on trying to escape and focused on building a comfortable, permanent home instead.

With the "Space Trading Update" a sixth base (-130:-4:2174) has been added in the cavern west of the Meteor Crater, just before entering a Lost Warden ruin. The base is underwater and require a bit of swimming so some spare oxygen might be usefull to bring. The base has some Tier 3 Heaters, Debris,  Locker Storage and a message from Ikhlas dated from 3042. In it, they reaffirm their will to not get "taken by this cold and dusty planet", and to craft a rocket to get offworld, though the lack of a multitool make this work complicated. They then say that they will even dig deep to find the necessary materials, ending their message with "I won't surrender, I won't surrender." The closeness with the Warden ruin also asks interesting questions about Ikhlas' whereabouts and fate.