, computers.
So fast platforms, more than one platform, etc..
Here is the simplest approach:
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But as your throughput increases, then so does the wasted science packs. This leads to more and more stomper attacks.
You could disable your production lines when ag science is not being requested, and use a larger ship. But what about when you are researching something that doesn't even need ag science?
Here is a solution:
Build an ag science consumption detector on Gleba that prevents the export of ag science to Nauvis when it isn't being consumed.
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How it works is, orbital requests come in from a rocket silo on the bottom pole. This is fed to a combinator and output to the top pole so you can use that signal to enable your production lines. The 2 wired inserters are fed to an RS latch that sets when science is inserted and spoilage is not removed, and resets when science is inserted and spoilage is removed.
The combinators in the red square are a timer. The bottom left should be set to higher than it takes to fully load a platform with science packs. The top one should be set to an amount higher than the bottom left one, or else the timer will reset without resetting the RS latch. The bottom right combinator is set to higher than the top combinator so that the timer resets every time the set condition is triggered.
All that is left is to truck in the rest of the science packs so it can start detecting!
BTW the set condition is triggered the first time science is loaded into the lab. You can cut / paste the RS latch to fix.
Obviously you would need at least one ag science biochamber operating at all times for the detector to work.
Disabling production lines would be done by wiring up all of the pentapod egg inserters, bioflux inserters and nutrient inserters to enabled when ag science signal is > 0
This isn't the best example, because the nutrients and bioflux are belted. But in this example, those inserters are set to ag science > 0 and unused eggs go straight to the burners
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