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[GreatWyrmGold]

Improvise up some piping to connect the oil rig to the refinery.

Would be hard. To make the pipes, we probably need plastic, for which we'll need to refine oil.

And to refine oil, we need pipes, and for pipes we need plastic, and oil for plastic and pipes for oil and plastic for pipes and oil for plastic and pipes for oil and plastic for pipes and oil for plastic and pipes for oil...
Thank goodness we aren't doing Gamerlord's plan yet.

If we ever make true AI, let's name them after ourselves.

I'd suggest an alphabetical nomenclature. Ash, Beatrice, Charlie, Darla, Earl, Francine, George, Helga, Ivan, Janet, Kyle, etc.
If you want to fit Hank in there, we could do Alice, Bishop, Clair, Dennia, Emily, Frank, Gretchen, Hank, Iris, Jim, Kristal, etc.

We also need to create at least 2 powerwires, in order to hook up both the oil rig and the digger to the network.

I also propose we create 5 plastic containers, giving use 10 units of oil storage. That will allow the robot to continue operating at maximum capacity for a much longer time.

Sounds like a plan, although at some point we'll need to make another refiner or something.

[Tomcost]

I have a question: to make electronics, would we need a blueprint?

[Evil Lincoln]

I have a question: to make electronics, would we need a blueprint?

You can have a blueprint if you want to save time on manufacturing.

Otherwise you can make electronics at the fabrication workshop. I said something before but i'll veto with this: 1 plastic + one silicon + one grey-metal = 5 electronics. It'll take two turns for you to make it and only the science clones and hank are qualified to make them.

On that note I just remembered I forgot to have any engineering skills available for bots. I'll address that next update probably (if i remember).

[Tomcost]

So, a blueprint will require a small time investment, but would eventually allow us to produce them en masse, right? I think that we should reasearch electronnics blueprints, then.

[GreatWyrmGold]

So, a blueprint will require a small time investment, but would eventually allow us to produce them en masse, right? I think that we should reasearch electronnics blueprints, then.

+1

[10ebbor10]

So, a blueprint will require a small time investment, but would eventually allow us to produce them en masse, right? I think that we should reasearch electronnics blueprints, then.

+1

Additionally, we should also put developing Engineering software on our list.

[kopout]

-Keep smelting.

+1

-Have the concrete making bot make the pipe.

I think we can use the Manufactury for that, the bot can instead Begin applying concrete to the dirt wall

-Have one the idle scientists analize te other tree.

Why would it be different?

So, a blueprint will require a small time investment, but would eventually allow us to produce them en masse, right? I think that we should reasearch electronnics blueprints, then.

+1

Additionally, we should also put developing Engineering software on our list.

+1 (to both)

We also need to create at least 2 powerwires, in order to hook up both the oil rig and the digger to the network.

+1

I also propose we create 5 plastic containers, giving use 10 units of oil storage. That will allow the robot to continue operating at maximum capacity for a much longer time.

I think since we are building a pipe line to the refinery we should instead design a large tank with storage 10. this will likely take less material (say 4 plastic instead of 5) and will let us run the pipe from the rig to the tank and then have a smaller piece of pipe from the tank to the refinery this will mean fewer steps, less waste, and fewer materials (we can make one big pipe and cut it). Or we could just run the pump at half speed, no waste, no extra materials used and we still get lots of plastic per turn.

[Tomcost]

-Have the concrete making bot make the pipe.

I think we can use the Manufactury for that, the bot can instead Begin applying concrete to the dirt wall

The manufactury needs to be manned by someone, I think. And we should build concrete walls, eventually. The dirt wall is just temporary, so I -1 using concrete over dirt.

[Aseaheru]

-1 to the dirt. For now. We will get a wall soon enough, dont you lot worry.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

-1 to dirt +1 to everything else.

[Asgarus]

I don't think a wall as simple as we are able to build it right now would be a big help against dozens of aggressive clones and or natives.
We should concentrate on making our base more productive and efficient for now.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I don't think a wall as simple as we are able to build it right now would be a big help against dozens of aggressive clones and or natives.
We should concentrate on making our base more productive and efficient for now.

1. A concrete wall is a pretty solid barrier. I'd say it would be effective.
2. Such as...what?

[Asgarus]

You need a lot of concrete to build an acceptable wall. Instead we could concentrate on melting the ores we bought and building some robots. Then we can improve the concrete production and eventually build a real wall.

[GreatWyrmGold]

We need a LOT more than metal to make robots. We also need rubber, probably plastic, circuitry, computers, quite possibly glass lenses for the sensors, and probably some other things I haven't thought of. We aren't ready to make any of those, let alone them all. THEN, we need to assemble them properly...a concrete wall would be faster.

[10ebbor10]

Well, not really, we only need to research electronic blueprints, robot blueprints, and then mesh things together.

Additionally, robots don't cost much, so I doubt they use crystal lenses as sensors.