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The original was posted on /r/factorio by /u/bstanv on 2025-02-06 12:09:19+00:00.

It occurred to me that the reason it is so mysterious is that it’s some sort of computing substrate. My theory is the shattered planet was a planet sized computer in interstellar space and I’d love to see an expansion or mod that expands on that.

The infinite research is neat but it’s natural to want more. My theory is that in the current end game it’s not even clear that it is some sort of computing substrate, but that you can crudely use it along side quantum computers and biter eggs to do some sort of research already. Your goal should be to then figure out what more you can do with it. I can imagine some production chain where you refine promethium to start with and it’d be neat if someone can come up with uses for it that are kind of convoluted for that stage of the game. E.g. Something where you’d absolutely need to use arithmetic combinators to get the production chain running.

Finally as a gameplay balance thing, I’d think it makes sense if promethium pack research and beyond were only doable on biter labs or some other even higher tier building in this scenario. It also makes sense for any content that deals with promethium beyond what we already have to simply give you better items. Legendary items already kind of break the game so you need an evolution to the factorio scenario.

I know Wube is done with factorio beyond bug fixes and 2.1 minor additions, but I’d like to think the shattered planet is a nice setup for another expansion scenario and I’m eagerly awaiting to see how modders explore it. I’m glad you don’t actually leave the solar system, but that you keep going.