A "compact" fusion powered space platform, which is designed to produce Promethium science packs, to supply Aquilo and to transport the science packs from Fulgora and Aquilo to Nauvis.
A full round trip, including a ~64k travel towards the shattered planet, takes about 60 min and produces ~2.200 science packs (consuming ~1.200 biter eggs).
Since the latest version, biter eggs will be ejected, if there is no promethium left. I recommend doing your first trip without eggs, but you can change the Inserter condition if you don't like this behavior.
This build uses some quality items. Mostly uncommon. They are not mandatory, but they certainly help and improve "QoL". Most rare items can be safely downgraded to uncommon ones. If you run out of ammo due to reduced production speed, the ship stops, and it will continue with stop and go.
Important hint for the very first start: The "thrust control" (see screenshot) prevents pumping fuel into the engines while the ship is in orbit. Since you won't have any fuel in your engines, after building the ship, it won't move from Nauvis. I recommend removing the top most condition in the right decider (Nauvis= 3).
Some highlights
- Self-sustainable ammo production.
- On-demand foundation production (needs manual input for tungsten, carbon fiber and lithium plate).
- Automated thrust control with 3 speed modes and emergency stop.
- Asteroid management to prevent cargo overflow.
Changelog
2025-01-26
- Added a belt to eject biter eggs, if all Promethium chunks are consumed.
- Slightly increased magazine production by replacing an efficiency module with a speed one.
- Removed the "backup" rail turrets (left and right), which are active while the ship is not moving. Since this barely ever happens, I added more gun and laser turrets, which reduces the chance for asteroid impacts significantly.
- Minor increase of the Promethium belt storage.
- Changed the rarity of some turrets to improve the overall coverage.
- Upgraded all accumulators to rare quality to help with the energy spikes, which are more noticeable with the added laser turrets.
- Increased the travel speed between Aquilo and the Solar System Edge from 180 to 200.
- Improved belt saturation for magazines by merging the production with the storage. <b>WARNING:</b> I had to switch lanes for rockets and magazines.
2024-11-27
- Replaced the ugly belt storage with a better looking one. Storage capacity increased by about 500 chunks.
- Removed/replaced some beacons with uncommon ones to make room for the bigger belt storage and to improve the ammo production.