Landing spaceship design
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2026 8:36 am
Hello / Ahoj
I have always wondered why it is not possible to build the original yellow spaceship that crashed on Nauvis. Is it on purpose or is it something that went completely unnoticed? I mean, it is something from the "engineers world". He should be familiar with how it works and how it could be made, the design is probably the closest to what he could come up with and, honestly, it makes sense that he would make his personal spaceship with similar design. Perhaps even an upgraded version of it, considering all his knowledge he acquired on different planets. The spaceship could be used for extremely quick travel above the surface of the planet Nauvis (or any other planet) / for bombing bugs/pentapods/demolishers from above / for quick travel between planets / the only possible interstellar vehicle in the game capable of reaching planets in other star systems. I understand this is not the number 1 priority for the develipers right now
but maybe the idea could at least inspire some modders here?
Best regards,
Petr
PS. You did truly incredible work on the game and I am very proud of you as a Czech citizien, as an ex-programmer student, and also as Red Alert 2 / Empire Earth / Simutrans etc. etc. admirer, too. The whole story of the origin of Factorio and how well you handled the develipment is remarkable and out of this world in the best possible sense of the word.
I have always wondered why it is not possible to build the original yellow spaceship that crashed on Nauvis. Is it on purpose or is it something that went completely unnoticed? I mean, it is something from the "engineers world". He should be familiar with how it works and how it could be made, the design is probably the closest to what he could come up with and, honestly, it makes sense that he would make his personal spaceship with similar design. Perhaps even an upgraded version of it, considering all his knowledge he acquired on different planets. The spaceship could be used for extremely quick travel above the surface of the planet Nauvis (or any other planet) / for bombing bugs/pentapods/demolishers from above / for quick travel between planets / the only possible interstellar vehicle in the game capable of reaching planets in other star systems. I understand this is not the number 1 priority for the develipers right now
but maybe the idea could at least inspire some modders here? Best regards,
Petr
PS. You did truly incredible work on the game and I am very proud of you as a Czech citizien, as an ex-programmer student, and also as Red Alert 2 / Empire Earth / Simutrans etc. etc. admirer, too. The whole story of the origin of Factorio and how well you handled the develipment is remarkable and out of this world in the best possible sense of the word.