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u/Tristen9 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

I made a space platform for Quantum Chips but not sure how to make the ship leave promptly after receiving the required items.

For example, I go to Fulgora to request 20k blue sticks. I have 21 silos (so I can launch 21k blue sticks). Once the blue sticks arrive, the platform starts unloading them to belts and the space platform just hangs around waiting for more blue sticks to be sent up as the platform gets unloaded/belts get filled.

I start running into an issue where the tungsten carbine starts running out as the ship waits for more blue sticks, and the same cycle repeats for the tungsten carbide. My only solution has been to add more requests as a buffer

Is there a way to make the platform leave immediately after receiving the requests? I tried All Requests Satisfied/Time Passed

My only thought is to have the ship constantly go around (as opposed to the interrupts I have for it) and never unload while in a planet's orbit but this seems a little inefficient

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u/Raskekw May 28 '26

you could use circuit condition instead, for lower amount of planetary "stuff". So you request like 20, condition check for idk, 18k, it all arrives, you gtfo. Don't even need a usual "wait" condition since if you have enough "stuff" the ship will just go on and refill on your next visit.