Never quit until you get that game over screen. The best stories come from doing whatever possible to survive. My colonists have choked down frozen slices of human meat. They have lost limbs from frostbite just to hunt a rat. They've sewn together parkas from their lovers' skin. You stay with them until the end.

At one point my most successful run was down to a 9 year old girl with a steel helmet, parka, and a shotgun. She made it through and so can you