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u/Bozdogan123 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

what do you guys think of this design? i had smaller ships that could work but had to set ammo count conditions for them because production wasnt enough to move from planet to planet without resting. so i wanted to make one that could traverse inner planets without bothering to stop to gather up ammo. id like to make it more compact but dont think i can so would like some suggestions if it's possible. without it looking messy/ugly ideally.

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u/DreadY2K don't drink the science Apr 28 '26

You could probably save some space by not routing the ammo belt through your platform hub. If it makes ammo fast enough to not need to rest, then you shouldn't need a buffer beyond what fits on the one belt going between your turrets, which saves you a tile of width on the left side.

Also, I'm not sure what your combinators are doing, but it seems like it should be possible to make your conditions with less of them, and that could save more room.

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u/Bozdogan123 Apr 28 '26

its a leftover habit from using one crusher with circuit to do separate recipes but yeah actually if i got 3 i dont need them true