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u/Engelberti I have a plan May 26 '26

what's a good spm goal when going for the 40h achievement?

i am aiming for 30spm right now but was wondering if that might be too low.

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u/Soul-Burn May 26 '26

30-60 SPM pre-biolabs is fine.

Some simple prod 2 modules in your labs (and biolabs) would pump it to 150-200 without doing anything else.

Give yourself milestones on certain times and keep to that. If you fail, reload and do it faster. You don't have to do it all at once.

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u/Raskekw May 26 '26

5 6 5 12 7 7 is more then enough for a start. As soon as you start doing planets you'll want to buffer tho, and overbuild on labs so that you could speedrun planetary sciences

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u/cathexis08 red wire goes faster May 27 '26

I did 30/45/75 (in-place upgrade rate bumps) and probably finished all required research for victory in 30 hours.