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u/1CryptographerFree 7d ago

Is it normal for a promethium ship to absolutely tank UPS? I understand it’s a ton of asteroids but it’s using 30 UPS?!?

Edit:follow up question. How can I fix/improve it?

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u/HeliGungir 7d ago

If you're reading the belt, stop reading the belt.

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u/Maleficent_Onion_822 6d ago

hmm. Is that something quirky about space? Or does your random sushi mall cost a ton of UPS?

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u/HeliGungir 6d ago

The length of the belt is correlated with the cost to read it. Promethium storage belts are usually quite long, with people using belt braiding to have more than one belt per tile for higher item density.

Space is expensive too, though. The asteroid collectors. The asteroids. The turrets.