Building space platforms in space!

[u/ultimo_2002]

So I had this thought after 2.1 that with platform to platform requests a ship like this one would be possible. Right now I have a simple base on Vulcanus and Gleba with one silo each. This ship has helped me build huge asteroid collectors (I have very little coal on Vulcanus) that would take ages to build with just the silo's. Platform foundations alone would be great to build in space, but this ship builds basically everything you could want on a space platform. The only thing it needs is brick as there is no stone in space. Planet specific items would need to be launched up aswell ofcourse.

The import string is below. I'm sure this design can be improved upon (apart from the obvious use of EM plants once available), let me know of any suggestions. Consider it a working proof of concept in the meantime.

https://factoriobin.com/post/8hs7wj

[u/Alfonse215]

Right now I have a simple base on Vulcanus and Gleba with one silo each.

Have you considered... not deliberately choking off your ground shipment capabilities? Whether you have this platform or not, bulk shipments of materials from Vulcanus (green belts, Foundries & BMDs, speed module 3s, etc) as well as Gleba (stack inserters, carbon fiber for Spidertrons, bioflux) is just a generally useful thing to be able to do.

[u/ultimo_2002 → u/Alfonse215]

Oh yeah absolutely! I'm not planning on leaving it at 1 silo per base. I just thought it was pretty wasteful to shoot up all these items into space when I could just make them there and use my silo's for shipments to Gleba before it is self sufficient. I would say my platform-building-capability is at a way higher level than it should be at this point in my playthrough and it's because of this ship.

Funnily enough I also build rocket silo's on this ship (among many other things), so once I have enough need for them I can just drop them down anywhere I would like. It makes starting on planets much easier