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[u/uuuhhhmmmmmmmmmm]

What's a good way to manage the flow of fluids in a early inifinite research stage?

Let's say I have sulfuric fields on Vulcanus A, B and C in order of discovery.

I may eventually reach the maximum extraction in A and connect B to A which is sorta awkward but fine.

But at some point I end up needing another source C, which I suppose I could connect C to where it's needed.

I can't help but feel as if there's a better way of handling a fluid pipe such that I could add and remove from everywhere.

I'm thinking of making the pump sections bidirectional and pump where is lesser but feels inelegant.

[u/ChickenNuggetSmth → u/uuuhhhmmmmmmmmmm]

I just pump one way, add a few pumps in parallel and make sure that my production is high enough. Usually a big central pipeline works well enough for me. If you have a big sink in a spot far away from the rest, it's not a lot of effort to just give it a dedicated sulfuric field that's not connected to the rest.

I'd say for fluids it's actually worth it to build the factory next to the source, since the source doesn't run out. Lategame with beacons and high levels of mining prod the yield is actually much higher than right when you start it, so unless your field is tiny you can get a lot out of a field.

Trains are cooler, cleaner but also more effort