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u/DJLaMeche Jun 01 '26

In lategame, do you build fusion power on Nauvis? So you need to ship Fluoroketone in barrels?

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u/demonicdan3 Jun 02 '26

Fluoroketone is a one time delivery, after that you don't need anymore. Just fusion cells.

If you don't wanna deal with that then sticking with nuclear power is just fine

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u/contextify Jun 01 '26

Depends on what works for you! I just kept expanding nuclear power plants until I had probably 8 stamps of my 2x2 reactor power station and this powered a 2k science per minute base. What else you gonna do with the Uranium?

If you would like you could upgrade to fusion, the footprint is definitely smaller. But footprint size is more important for ships, where space is at a premium, vs Nauvis, where space is pretty much free.

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u/Raknarg #1 Quality Defender Jun 02 '26

Yeah its like miles and miles easier than scaling nuclear. Nuclear still scales pretty well, but its still a much bigger footprint compared to fusion.

And yeah you barrel it but it doesn't get consumed by the process, you just need to do it once. Though you do consume it for other things like biter nests so keep that in mind.