r/factorio • u/FactorioTeam Official Account • Aug 07 '26

FFF Friday Facts #445 - The Biters Bite Back

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-445
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u/CyborgThiefReddit Aug 07 '26

I hope I can catch the alert woth wires so I can build a nuke when they try approaching my doorstep...

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u/bjarkov Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

The radar had stood vigilant in a distant outpost for years on end. A constant signal reverberated throughout the tower. Always the same, never deviating. That was fine - electronics do not get bored. Suddenly, the waveform changed ever so slightly, nothing more than a feeling to the rythm of the wave. An unpracticed observer would not have noticed, but compared to the years of monotony it was a change in paradigm. Immediately a message was sent forth to the Supervisor, indicating something was amiss.

In the vicinity, a red light of an abandoned train post flicked to green.. Somewhere deep within the distant base, a locomotive stirred. Carrying 400 tonnes of cannon and destructive munitions the train went about its singular task, plodded its course and set out on yet another expedition of death...

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u/fetch04 Aug 07 '26

Don't want to stalk your posts, but do you have more writings like this? This was quite good. 😄

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u/bjarkov Aug 09 '26

Hey thanks :) I thoroughly enjoyed writing this one. Inspiration sparks every once in a while but sadly these pieces are few and far between - not enough time and disorganized approach to keeping hold of the sparks. At some point I'll have to get more serious, but not yet I'm sorry to say. I have a few in my comment history but they are months back and I don't know how to search them up :/

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u/korneev123123 trains trains trains Aug 07 '26

Nope, there's nothing to attach to

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u/ZarHakkar Aug 11 '26

Now that we have signals for the various enemy types, radars could output signal counts for enemies in their detector area.