Your immediate task is to construct a Machining Table, which is the core station of FU from which you can build all other stations. These can be extracted from, thrown to create lakes, or tossed into a growing tray or hydroponics tray to feed plants. Once you build a Foraging Table you will be able to create one. You're going to potentially need water before your Matter Manipulator can siphon it. I'll tackle the basics of stations for you here.
You need to keep in mind that a lot of the default play of Starbound has been altered by many aspects of the mod.
This guide will brief you on what you need to know to play with Frackin' Universe effectively. So, you fancy yourself a botanist? A scientist? Chemist? Whatever the case, you've a long road ahead of you.
