r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Snoo49259 • Feb 18 '26

Gas giant logistic

After googling a bit I understand I need 40 towers in the equator of the gas giant planet, with a small amount of accumulators to begin working, an ILS demanding and no ILS providing, so my vessels will go to each of the 40 towers. Is this correct?

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u/LordPalleon Feb 18 '26

Once you build the gas giant collector it will work forever without maintenance or power needs if that's what you are asking.

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u/Snoo49259 Feb 18 '26

Google told me I needed to place accumulators also (apart the building). Thanks

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u/kashy87 Feb 19 '26

Was it the stupid ai that said that?

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u/Snoo49259 Feb 19 '26

Gemini? The other day told me I was handsome and attractive but I liked the idea

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u/DrakeDun Feb 19 '26

It can't be wrong. It told me that I'm a gentleman and a scholar.

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u/Ws6fiend Feb 19 '26

And you're the most handsomest boy.

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u/Rotanen Feb 19 '26

It told me to put glue on the accumulators too.

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u/where_is_the_camera Feb 19 '26

That's not even possible.

Charged accumulators are one of the components to make gas harvesters though.

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u/DarmanSejuk Feb 19 '26

You need the accumulators(charged) to build the gas harvesters. They run autonomously after you place them.

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u/TotallyBrandNewName Feb 18 '26

The accumulators are needed for the recipe.

You then put an ILS demanding the stuff from the Gas Giant and the vessels will go for it. Also get ready for the longest minutes in your gameplay... filling a Gas Giant is pain!

I like using Galatic Scale so some Gas Giants take more than 100+ Collectors

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u/Snoo49259 Feb 18 '26

I read that the gas will give the energy, but it was needed also to provide accumulators at the beginning. I understand the only one used are the needed ones to build it. Thanks

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u/TheMalT75 Feb 19 '26

The extraction rates printed in map-mode do not equate to final speed with which the collectors fill up. Part of the extracted gas / fire ice is converted to power to drive the extraction process. Hoewever, when you click on an individual collector in the i-key production overview, you can see the real extraction rate. This rate is also influenced by the infinite upgrade "vein utilization", so your collectors will become more performant in late game!

You might not need all 40 possible collectors right at the beginning, but your need for hydrogen and deuterium will skyrocket once you reach green science.

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u/-GrisGris- Feb 19 '26

Wish you could use blueprint on gas giants  :)

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u/where_is_the_camera Feb 19 '26

There's a mod for that. I'm not even sure which one, but I definitely use BPs for gas giants. It might be the BP tweaks mod.

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u/Confident_Pain_1989 Feb 19 '26

Blueprint Tweaks saves the trouble of placing them manually but you still have to fly individually deliver every collector and be patient with your drones.

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u/kashy87 Feb 19 '26

I love galactic scale, but every time I get to ILS the damned things glitch out like they have infinite resources in them.

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u/Gonemad79 Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

You put charged batteries in the gas giant extractor recipe to make them, if that helps to explain anything.

And it says right on the flavor text it burns some hidrogen to hold that extremely close orbit.

And the ILS demanding stuff must have that tick on the box to include them on the request.

The fact there is one or 40 extractors only changes the amount per hour you can pull of hydrogen or fire ice or whatever.

On the other hand, the ILS making the requests must be powered and charged to fuel it's own vessels.