... deep in a ocean of lava (or is it magma?) surrounded by thin walls of ice a brave little steampunk colonist lived for a brief period of time until his life was snuffed out... A sad day. That said, that may be the worst location in the universe to settle, especially when the primary building material is ice.
Fantastic privacy and it all would of been fine if it weren't for those exploding lava (or is it magma) fish! I'll need to drill deeper on this planet before setting up again...
At the very least, go below the 'underground' point. It'll save you a lot of headaches. Then again, meteors could be a special 'to heck with you' weather that just sail down an infinite depth until they finally hit something. Next time, I'd recommend encasing your structure in a thick layer of magmarock or obsidian, three or four blocks thick. So far as I know, it's resilient enough to withstand meteor strikes while also ensuring the explosions don't punch holes in your structures. Ideally you'd want to mine out the dead core of a moon, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible as of right now. Even Diamond Drills and the max power Matter Manipulator can't mine out the stuff.
I really wish I could mine out the core of a moon... I'm working on fixing this (slowly), doing basically what you've suggested (using obsidian as the outer layer) and widening the space to the width of the island where I beam down. It seems that the meteor's (or whatever they are that blew a whole in the first structure...you can see one in the upper right section of the second picture) fall, slowly, straight down through the magma and explode when they hit something...not sure if that's what meteor's do when they hit magma or if these are something else. I haven't been hit yet with the new design. I'll post a picture of it when I finish fixing it (I need to mine more obsidian).
That was one brave... err crazy steampunker to live there! Alas, his incredible bravery and spirit will be remembered for all time.
Il add his name to the great monument i have built for npc's that died needlessly in Starbound. Hmm... not that much name space left on this planet...
I have a list of one's that like inviting poptops over for dinner if you need more names for that. I would recommend at least a solar system though.
Much more secure (this structure goes all the way from the bottom to the surface - 22 rooms to fill) and he has customer's now!