That new multi-tool should be useful! Not sure if you can easily switch multi-tools but I can set shortcut codes on PC so I have a pistol for scanning and a rifle as a weapon because I think it's damage stats are better.
Nice that you found a ship! I lucked out with finding a sentinel ship and sold it for around 30 million units which meant I was sorted for money.
I think one of the hardest tasks for me was the arachnophobia one in phase 4, the 8 corrupted quadrupeds was a challenge. Friend helped but we both needed 8 kills and it wasn't counting some of the sentinel kills even though they seemed to be quadrupeds. They also go invisible at times!
You're clearly a trendsetter when it comes to base locations, must have chosen a nice spot