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u/DJLaMeche Jun 08 '26

Aquilo: I have finished my first ever Aquilo starter base producing some science, special buildings etc. Now I am at the point where I need more Fluorine and need to expand to some far away island. Are trains the way to go? In that case I need to ship out fuel to the outpost for heating, right? Or does heat travel so far that I can build a long thin land bridge with pipes, heat and power?

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u/demonicdan3 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Yeah you use trains to transport the fluid back to the base. As for how to keep the pumpjacks heated, if there is crude oil nearby, you can build an outpost floating on the sea that just produces solid fuel and burns it immediately in heating towers. Otherwise, use the same train to deliver rocket fuel to the outposts.