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Factorio now has 2 logistical means at different scales: a "small" system, with logistic robots, and an "intermediate" system with trains. But these systems remain limited to a physical link between them. It could be interesting, according to the principle of the game "Dyson Sphere Programm", to add a system of...hubs of air cargo, which would allow to transport a lot of resources in a cargo ship/plane, over long distances, for example to cross an ocean (and potentially be able to operate this vehicle manually, as for trains.)
This vehicle could look like a transport helicopter, a spacecraft or an overcraft.
And hubs could simply store the materials to be transported, with a possibility of assigning a destination to a cargo ship, and the materials to be transported with the appropriate quantity.
That's all for me, but damnit how I would love such implementation... It could give this game a real upgrade I think.

Some ideas about a fourth transport ( trains, robots and you forgot belts) had already been discussed.

Some of them are in general board. Before answering to them I recommend, that it is eventually more useful to answer here/in this board.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13122 Player/Cargo teleporters?
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13200 Discussing the (missing?) 4th type of transport!

There are a lot of links inside, please look at them!


From what I remember the most discussion, was that there is exactly some kind of very fast transport over long distances.

There are many mods about filling some kind of chest, and then “fire”/rocket that to some “catch”.

BTW: My opinion about how Dyson Sphere has implemented that is, that it just spares them to implement some trains-equivalent.