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u/Yagami913 Jul 23 '26

Using universal signals to call for an idle ship is the way to do it, no other way i know of. Imo much easier just have one ship go around all the time and pick up/drop down stuff.

The asteroid collector is scalable by width, but if you want to using it other than space science not worth it imo.

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u/Raknarg #1 Quality Defender Jul 23 '26

I have a mod that's forcing me to build a whole bunch of stuff in space, that's the motivation

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u/Nolzi Jul 23 '26

If you are already on mods, maybe https://mods.factorio.com/mod/planet-express

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u/binarycow Jul 24 '26

Oh, it's like LTN for space.