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My preferred early game steam engine layout
cons
can't tile whilst running
very obnoxious to build without bots
not easy to walk between the steam engines
pros
place 5 in a row, tada nice ratio.
looks good (imo)
simple to understand
doesn't take a whole lot of space
when tiled, easy to navigate through a field of these.
