Space platform
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This article is about a feature exclusive to the paid Space Age
expansion.
Space platforms are mobile factories that exist in outer space between planets. Space platforms can be used to:
- Manufacture the space science pack
- Carry the engineer to another planet
- Transport and drop off items between planets on a schedule, similar to trains
- Collect and pulverize asteroids
Each space platform is a self-contained factory supported by a space platform hub. Space platforms are expanded by building space platform foundation. The entire platform surface functions as an electrical connection, so space platforms do not need to build any power poles.
Platforms have several building restrictions:
- Chests can't be built in space. The main storage device is the platform hub.
- Robots and roboports don't function in space, and no railway items can be built
- Burner devices can't be built in space
- Advanced buildings that require certain planets or pressures can't be built on the platform, such as the bio chamber and biolabs
Platforms encounter asteroids which can be blown apart by turrets. Small asteroids can be grabbed by asteroid collectors and processed into useful materials by crushers. Large asteroids that directly hit the space platform can damage it and destroy buildings. If the platform hub is destroyed, the entire space platform and all of its contents are lost.
Making a platform move requires building thrusters and also manufacturing thruster fuel and thruster oxidiser on the platform.
Platforms can deliver items to a planet surface by dropping them into the platform hub's orbital drop slots. These items are then captured by a cargo landing pad on the planet. This workflow doesn't require you to build a container to deliver the items. However, shipping items up to space platforms requires loading and launching a rocket from a rocket silo.
When the engineer rides on a platform, they are immobilized inside the platform hub and cannot spacewalk. Everything on the platform is built remotely and automatically. The engineer cannot put anything into their inventory while on a platform.