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So much for that "massive area"
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I chose this area because I thought that I'd have room to automate all the super early game mats and build my space elevator. Now I'm not so sure. Right now I have iron plates, iron rods, screws, wire, cable, and concrete automated with smelters ready to set up copper sheets the next time I play.
Ah no worries - there are always more spots... and you can always go up ten 4x foundations and just pave over paradise. I tend to grab terrain features and build factories that fit them - but there's no wrong way to industrialize an alien backwater!