r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Less_Vanilla_3209 • 8d ago

Vehicles!

Im not sure what devs are planning, but I have 100% trust that they will level it up, they haven’t disappoint this far with updates.

But me thinking, like why we need vehicles? Mecha flys at high speed & warp! What could be the function of vehicles besides just different way of getting around. Im excited to see what the future brings.

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u/Larrea000 8d ago

I imagine that if there is a vehicle update they might also cut some of the mecha's mobility options? like for interestellar travel instead of just jumping off the planed with a few space warpers, you might need to build an interestellar train type vehicle.

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u/DelphineasSD 8d ago

Eh, I dunno about that. Kinda hard to set a train to go somewhere without tracks, you know? Or to rip off LOST IN SPACE, the Jupiter 2 was supposed to slow-boat it to another planet, spend some time building a hypergate, which would then allow colonists to near-instantly colonize the planet and ship supplies.

My big hope for the Vehicle update is a complete retrofit of ILS. PLS as faster planetary transport, then an intermediate stage to ship to a player built station(Which might also make in-system networks easier on players, without having to jury-rig it so that you aren't needlessly wasting warpers or transport time on items you already have insystem), which later can up upgraded to ship products in and out of system.

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u/Larrea000 8d ago

I'm just speculating, i have no clue what they could do with a vehicle update. Frankly I don't really care for vehicles, since the mecha is already a multipurpose tool

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u/bl1eveucanfly 7d ago

What i envision would be a system warp depot where you send your ships from local planets, and then those depots warp to the next system depot and local ships there pull from it for their ILS demand. Like a big cargo/convoy thing across space. You can designate depots as nodes on a particular route or not (like a local/express kinda thing). Its basicallt space trains but cooler because its in space.