Once i had started, i wandered around to find an outpost owned by the Cobalt Knights. They were not friendly. They terrorized me, and as payback, i Nuked them. here's what was left of their structure.
The morale of this story is don't mess with someone who has the resources to craft a Nuclear Missile.
Me standing triumphant with their armor ;).
On the flip side, i did manage to find a few Diamond veins in the rubble :D.