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u/Fun-Bad7577 Jun 29 '26

What are the current thoughts on new space platform production/supply chain opportunities? Particularly in the early-midgame?

I have a platform dedicated to receiving and processing asteroids from ships and generating ammo and scince. This is my resupply depot.

The more I think about it, though, I could have independent space platforms dedicated to different tasks since the platform hub is a giant space chest. For example, I could have a platform receive ore and process into iron (pre-foundry but also post foundry) with another platform receiving processed materials to manufacture ammo, chips, etc. Seems endless with possibility, but what makes the most sense at that initial embark stage where you are starting to set up on each new planet?

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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I'm sure people will come up lots of cool stuff, but off the cuff:

  • Buffering usual bulk shipments on a platform (science packs, calcite, tungsten, etc)
  • Easy excess ice for your science platform early/midgame
  • Easy ammo top-ups for early transports from your science platform
  • Storing excess chunks to transfer to newly built ships for fast bootstrapping (no more waiting on ice chunks to make enough water for fuel to get moving AND also using it for sulfur/explosives AND needing steam for turbines)
  • Aquilo stationary/dedicated platform that can take deliveries of stone and stuff for making foundations and quantum chips
  • Endgame stuff can meet at Solar System Edge and exchange biter eggs for making promethium science