Like pizza slices with a double helping of cheese, mods can be gooey, slippery rascals. We will not be held accountable for your ship blowing up.
As always, be prepared to back up your files, ready contingency plans and have the instructions examined three times over. And because mods are such wondrous inventions, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that Starbound, in spite of only having been around for a short time, is already bristling with community-generated content. They're the unsung heroes of the gaming universe, the vanguard against boredom, the first and the last bastion of hope for all those unwilling to surrender their favorite game just because they're run out of things to fiddle with.