Allow logistics transfers between space platforms

[Yugoslav]

Super +1. This is a really necessary sci-fi element for station building.

[kalani]

I am surprised that no one has made a mod for this.

[spice.man]

+1 please do consider this feature
*thumbs*up* for the well written suggestion here

[Adam.Podstavka]

+1 to the suggestion

Same as many others I was surprised by lack of this option in the game. After 300 hours spent in Space Age I understand it is not necessary, but I would still utilize it for several of my in-game projects.

I would not mind if there would be cost related - same as for drop pods to surface, it should still be negligible compared to rockets going from surface to orbit.

For anybody crawling through this thread - there is now a mod for this - https://mods.factorio.com/mod/orbital-transfer , however it uses a special chest which could be exploited and simplify you platform logistics (at least in orbit).

[Sxan]

I scanned, but I didn't notice the obvious argument is that it's bizarrely unrealistic to not have in-space transfers. The technological complexity of between-ship transfers is certainly no harder than surface-to-ship; the logistics are orders of magnitude smaller; and it's just a really weird mechanism that feels more like a bug than an intentional balancing mechanism. Sure, gravity restrictions -- while still difficult to believe -- are acceptable; but having no mechanism for transferring items between platforms around the same planet, given all of the other fantastic technology marvels in the Factorio universe, is baffling.

[wilk85]

Yea, was thinking on the same idea, that should be implemented, transfer between platforms +1