Interplanetary Resource Transport

[vamad695]

It's a pain for most players (Especially people who like Automation) to transport resources between planets manually, so I suggest a way to do so automatically. You can make the final call on how but I suggest one of the following: An autonomous Rocket Platform (transports resources via rockets) or a Gateway Transporter (uses the gateway network to transport items).

[Sleeves]

there's already an in-lore way to transport resources in an interplanetary way, or even interstellar way, the trade platform, if only we could use that (or something like it) to move resources from one planet to another, could even have sizes, a small one only being able to carry 8 or so items, a medium one having a medium slot or two, so on so on...

and the cost of automation would be intense if we need to fuel it with hydrazine or something, but i'd absolutely prefer needing to put hydrazine into that thing over going to other planets myself, novus is just too cozy to leave

it's so annoying needing to visit atrox just to pick up my canisters full of methane and helium.

[Macaronis]

I was REALLY hoping we could use the rail systems eventually just run a line to the core and make a gateway link interface and just treat it like a dimensional door for the trains. I would have loved that

[Nate McCloud]

Came here to make the very same suggestion: we need a way to be able to automatically transport resources between planets! It's a pain not being able to fully automate certain resources like Nanocarbon Alloys.

[LarpToadsRegret]

This definitely strikes me as the next evolution to tech and automation. No doubt the devs have had some internal conversation about it, whether in support or not.

My ideal is like this - you can build one shipping link between two planets via the use of special rockets and platforms. If shipping to a main base planet, this would require a platform for each link. The multiple platform component resolves the logistics of rockets backing up and issues with timing. Plus it would look cool to have a hub of inbound and outbound ships.

The singular platform per inter-planet link then puts the requirement of rails into full effect. Auto extractors and automated transport haul the resources to the platform for processing/shipping. This network then expands as resources are exhausted.