Hard science, drone network-POV, grunge/metal soundtrack, Factorio: Space Age fan fiction for you to enjoy
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:47 pm
Thanks to multiple folks who reviewed my Factorio: Space Age fan fiction novelette
I am particularly interested to hear from you:
- if you have any engineering/physics background in the feats of engineering the bot network pulls off
- if you connected with the "soundtrack" of each chapter
- if you thought my explanation of what happened to the Shattered Planet and Fulgora is interesting
Thanks, enjoy
Read the novelette here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/79448301Drone Song happens hundreds of thousands of cycles after the late game stage of Factorio: Space Age and is narrated from the Bot Network’s point of view. The Engineer has long since left the Nauvis star system aboard an interstellar spacecraft, and the emergent intelligence of the Bot Network and its massive distributing computing power has new engineering challenges to overcome. With hard science and science fiction, and with a 90s grunge/alt-rock/metal soundtrack, we explore Gleba, Vulcanus, Fulgora, and Aquilo, while trying to solve some mysteries in the story lore of Factorio.
I am particularly interested to hear from you:
- if you have any engineering/physics background in the feats of engineering the bot network pulls off
- if you connected with the "soundtrack" of each chapter
- if you thought my explanation of what happened to the Shattered Planet and Fulgora is interesting
Thanks, enjoy