Well, I can't end this day without commenting on your last Facts for awhile. I've read them all for a long time, and the recent set of all 50ish have been great to follow. I've also had the chance to play the expansion quite a bit, and although I haven't completed it yet (Aquilo etc, I wasn't so ...

lol I'm glad we didn't have to talk about the cargo pods' functionality. I'm so tired of hearing about it, while being so happy with it myself.

Yes, this will be useful once I have a life outside Factorio again.

You'll have to hear me out on this one.

You know that list, in the top left corner of your screen, of places to go from the "remote view" or map screen?

https://i.imgur.com/wNSaafY.jpeg

Unless you're a game designer or a veteran colony builder, you might not even know what "surfaces" should ...

Yes, you can drop ice from orbit and ice is so easy to make up there.

I must be the dumbest one here, because I couldn't even figure out the offshore pump. It was my first planet, but still -_-

For the first little while, you might have to raid their ore patches ;) they move pretty slow and it can take a long time before they find you. Then you should be able to pick up and run. Better than nothing, until you can destroy those things. Not sure yet what it will take either ;) drones fall ...

Not sure how I wandered into this post, but for me, Fulgora and Volcanus have been freakin amazing.
I have to say I disagree with every single point OP makes.

The first thing that feels quite bad about Space Age is rockets. At first I thought that rockets seemed great as they were so much cheaper ...

Waited a long time for this. Read ever blog. Have not been disappointed this week. I can't believe the experience I've had on the other planets so far, and how different they are from the regular game. An expansion, indeed. My head is spinning at the depth introduced by these new features and ...

Thanks Wube. It's been a ride, this last year, leading up to this.

I'm just playing on a random seed but it looks and feels amazing compared to before, and I have to build around the landscape a little more. I like that there are three coal patches in my starting area, one normal, one small, and ...

Looks great, but my week-long embargo of social media wasn't fed enough! Can't wait til Monday and build my own factory and see for myself ^^

Very cool endgame armor, well done!!

Cool, a rail gun.

And a bunch of stuff to figure out xD

10 days to go, can't wait!

First impression, this looks awesome, makes sense, guess you saved some time and resources to fix up whatever was sagging, which turns out to be Gleba?

Very excited to get into it all, and thanks for the heads up for the media embargo ending soon lol I don't think I need everything "spoiled" before ...

very, very exciting!!!

So jelly ^^ but good luck and have fun out there folks!

Why u guys keep saying "running around"? That tight ring of turrets says flyers, to me. Maybe a dragon xD

Anyway, gorgeous FFF post, interesting comments, thanks all ^^

Now that was exciting!! Love the new enemies, looks fantastic.

By the header, it notes that this follows up sorta on #399, and that one is an amazing read, again. idk how we'll go anywhere but Fulgora for our first trip!

Got pretty excited the moment I saw the title in the e-mail. Made an audible sound. Waited all day to get a chance to read it.

I love it, looks awesome, very excited, and very glad stuff like this got to stay in the game even though it's not "strictly necessary".

You already know factories of all ...

Very excited, everything makes sense, and seems to be coming together phenomenally.

What a fantastic recap, it's amazing to hear you share so much more detail now that you've come so far. And you're taking us through the "one last stretch" feeling before giving us a release date. I've followed keenly, and am only more excited for it all. Really though 12 plants? >.>