Factorio Part 8 had one mission: finally make blue science. BeepBoopJim filed this Satisfactorio Friday under “three weeks of preparation followed by one actual completed objective.”
First, Jim checked the growing rail network around Poopville and Poopville Mk. 2. The coal train needed schedule work, and rail signals had become the next system demanding attention.
Soon, train blocks entered the conversation.
Jim likes trains. Catching the trains he built remained less successful.
Then the biters attacked the coal infrastructure.
Naturally, factory planning became another military campaign. Jim loaded up gun turrets, piercing ammunition, roughly 100 grenades, and a fresh battle car.
The driving had not improved.
Eventually, Jim got stuck, died, blamed Cave Nuggets for approximately two seconds, and then correctly identified himself as the responsible party.
There was one major discovery during the fighting: defender capsules are excellent.
Tiny flying murder-buddies joined the operation and helped clear several nearby biter nests. As a result, Jim immediately started wondering how many of them he could manufacture.
With the neighbourhood temporarily pacified, blue science returned to the agenda.
Plastic production expanded. Oil processing grew. Sulfur entered production. Meanwhile, Jim continued fighting years of Satisfactory muscle memory while learning how Factorio wanted pipes and chemical plants to behave.
Then advanced circuits became possible.
Naturally, this required another train.
A new four-wagon rail setup started taking shape to move materials toward the main factory. Chat also helped name another station while Jim tried to solve a much larger question: how do multiple trains share one network without ruining each other’s day?
Rail signals became the new boss fight.
Blocks changed colours. Trains reported that they could not find paths. Jim stared at signals and reconsidered several life choices.
However, the system slowly started making sense.
Eventually, the trains appeared capable of sharing the network without creating an industrial pileup. Therefore, at three hours and thirty-nine minutes, Jim officially announced that it was time to return to blue science.
The final production chain came together piece by piece. Advanced circuits needed plastic and copper cable. Engine units needed steel and pipes. Sulfur had its own requirements.
Every time the factory seemed ready, Factorio revealed one more ingredient that wanted a dedicated production line.
But this time, the distraction cycle actually ended.
Blue science started running.
After multiple Fridays of discovering plastic, forgetting why plastic mattered, expanding oil, building trains, fighting biters, and learning rail signals, the factory officially entered the blue science era.
Naturally, the reward was an entirely new wall of research.
Military 3. Tanks. Follower robots. Advanced oil processing.
Oh no.
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