Satisfactory Planning

Primary goals

• Create a surplus of everything for a mall. This creates a steady backlog of items for construction
• Plan a dedicated space elevator production area
• Make all designs aesthetically pleasing - include walls, places to walk, color coded, etc.

Space elevator total parts needed (Update for v1.0 in progress, with what we know)

The production of space elevator parts is the ultimate goal - these parts aren't used for anything else, and knowing what we need helps us plan for each step.

Project Part	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5	Total
Smart Plating	50	1,000	1,000	1,250	1000	4,300
Automated Wiring		100	750	5,000	2,500	8,350
Versatile Framework		1,000	2,500	1,250	640	5,390
Adaptive Control Unit			100	1,000	500	1,600
Modular Engine			500	625	500	1,625
Assembly Director System				500	250	750
Magnetic Field Generator				500	256	756
Thermal Propulsion Rocket				250	200	450
Nuclear Pasta				100	1,100	1,200
Biochemical Sculptor					1,000	1,000
Ballistic Warp Drive					200	200
AI Expansion Server					256	256

(from https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Space_Elevator)

Production requirement calculations

Phase	Item	Total required for phase	target per minute	Dependencies
?	?	?	?	?
5	AI Expansion Server	256	1	none
5	Ballistic Warp Drive	200	1	none
5	Biochemical Sculptor	1000	1	none
5	Nuclear Pasta	1000	1	none
4	Assembly Directory System	500	4	Automated Wiring 60p/min + Adaptive Control Unit 8p/min
4	Magnetic Field Generator	500	4	Versatile Framework 10p/min
4	Thermal Propulsion Rocket	250	1	Modula Engine 2.5 p/min
4	Nuclear Pasta	100	1	none
3	Versatile Framework	2500	10	none
3	Adaptive Control Unit	100	2	automated wiring 15p/min (note that we need to upscale or store enough for 8 p/min)
3	Modular Engine	500	2	smart plating 4p/min (note that we need to upscale or store enough for 2.5 p/min)
2	Smart Plating	500	2	none
2	Automated Wiring	100	15	none
2	Versatile Framework	500	10	none
1	Smart Plating	50	2	none (note that we need to upscale or store enough for 4 p/min)

If we assume that the first phase of the space elevator will be available around 10 hours in, second phase 25 hours, third phase 50 hours, and last phase 100 hours, we can roughly project how many space elevator parts we will produce (using the rates above), and any short falls. By storing excess production, we can prep for the next phase, simplifying production lines.

All items plan