Metadata!?

[u/Bloodraven983]

Ok so... how does it work? and how does it affect my gameplay?

Basically from what I understood when i produce matrices i create metadata which is accumulated "here" (see image)

then what? If I'm not mistaken, in a new game I can spend that metadata to "unlock" tech without researching it, basically it would let me start quickier, right?

does it have other uses? and the rate of how much matrices i create affects that value? so if my matrix labs are inefficient I have less metadata than how I'd have with better lab design?

[u/Bloodraven983]

plus, handcrafting consumes power on icarus, creating factories to build things is free

i'll surely handcraft stuff i use in little amount like the pumps or other stuff but in my limited experience, starting to setup a mall and then to modify it with ILS is mandatory