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when you request an item from chests/inventory, if there is none in the logistics network, the required items will be taken out of storage, taken to the assembling machine, the item made and then returned to storage/inventories

so more acturately a "Logistic Assembler", a combo Requester and active provider chest inside of an assembler that auto-requests the materials to build with?

yes. the assembler does not have a set recipe, but if there are none of the requested item in the network, the assembler will request the required items, set it's recipe to the item requested and then provide it. e.g. if an engine unit is requested, but none are in the network, the assembler would set it's recipe to engine unit, drones would take the pipes, steel and iron to the assembler and a engine would be produced

Lutra wrote:yes. the assembler does not have a set recipe, but if there are none of the requested item in the network, the assembler will request the required items, set it's recipe to the item requested and then provide it. e.g. if an engine unit is requested, but none are in the network, the assembler would set it's recipe to engine unit, drones would take the pipes, steel and iron to the assembler and a engine would be produced

sounds like a slightly more advanced cyberchest.