how do you get coal on Fulgora?

[lnleo]

i've been importing coal since its easier but i wanted to be able to craft everything without importing everything and im stuck on coal...since coal is needed to make plastic bar

[Hurkyl]

An easier way to make plastic bars is to recycle low density structures.

In fact, this is your primary source of both copper plates and plastic on the planet. YMMV, but in all my hours and varying production focuses on the planet, I've never had to craft a plastic bar on Fulgora. It's things like copper cables or electronic circuits that tend to require supplemental production.

But if you really need coal, an orbital mining operation can be a rather convenient way to supply any planet with lots of carbon and sulfur, which can be used to make coal ("Coal synthesis") if you have the relevant research.

(sulfur can be made on planet if you can't make it in space yet)

[Ishimuro]

research rocket turret from gleba ;)

[Liwet]

Can't you get plastic by recycling red circuits and low density structures?

[lnleo]

Originally posted by Liwet:

Can't you get plastic by recycling red circuits and low density structures?

yeah realizing that now. i used up all my plastic bar on the planet and all my red circuits were recycled and i forgot how to make them again lol

[Gnord]

I need coal to make grenades, to make Black Research bottles...
Is dropping it from orbit the only way?

[Biometrix]

Originally posted by Gnord:

I need coal to make grenades, to make Black Research bottles...
Is dropping it from orbit the only way?

Stop making other planetary research on Fulgora. That's the way. Also they're called Packs.

You can't easily "brute force" production like this. But yes, that is the only way.

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by Gnord:

I need coal to make grenades, to make Black Research bottles...
Is dropping it from orbit the only way?

There is no coal on Fulgora but once you research coal synthesis you can make coal on Fulgora by importing carbon (and extra ice if you aren't getting enough from recycling scrap) from a space platform. All the plastic I use on Vulcanus is made on Fulgora. The space platform that transports the plastic to Vulcanus collects surplus carbon on the trip to and from.

[Navin]

Originally posted by Biometrix:

Originally posted by Gnord:

I need coal to make grenades, to make Black Research bottles...
Is dropping it from orbit the only way?

Stop making other planetary research on Fulgora. That's the way. Also they're called Packs.

You can't easily "brute force" production like this. But yes, that is the only way.

It being hard is part of the fun, it's not very efficient but that's the point.

People can play how they like.

[cancer352]

On Fulgora the oceans consists of heavy oil, pump and crack it:
heavy oil ->light oil ->petroleum gas ->plastic

For coal earn carbon from a space station:
carbon+sulfur+water -> coal