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

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	Total
Smart Plating	50	500	1,000	5,000	6,550
Automated Wiring	0	100	750	60,000	60,850
Versatile Framework	0	500	2,500	10,000	13,000
Adaptive Control Unit	0	0	100	8,000	8,100
Modular Engine	0	0	500	2,500	3,000
Assembly Director System	0	0	0	4,000	4,000
Magnetic Field Generator	0	0	0	4,000	4,000
Nuclear Pasta	0	0	0	1,000	1,000
Thermal Propulsion Rocket	0	0	0	1,000	1,000

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

Production requirement calculations

Phase	Item	Total required for phase	target per minute	Dependencies
4	Assembly Directory System	4000	4	Automated Wiring 60p/min + Adaptive Control Unit 8p/min
4	Magnetic Field Generator	4000	4	Versatile Framework 10p/min
4	Nuclear Pasta	1000	1	none
4	Thermal Propulsion Rocket	1000	1	Modula Engine 2.5 p/min
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