At the heart of the New Arcadia base is a mighty specimen of L. Frostliateum, one of the largest plants native to Gain's Folly. As soon as I selected the base's site I decided I was going to build around this plant rather than chop it down. In general, I'm very interested building bases that harmonize with the native landscape as much as possible within the constraints of NMS's building mode.
Had a cool unscripted moment in my first 10 minutes of checking out the Abyss update last night. I build the new mini-sub and head down to the first abandoned building the quest points me to, head inside and find the spooky log, but when I come back out I see... fish, stunned or dead, floating slowly down to the ocean floor. I look up ~30m and see three massive shark-eels in a feeding frenzy.
Hopped in my sub and sped away, staying low to avoid their notice.