Miners, furnaces, assemblers and industrial production.
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An early miner that uses burnable fuel and can help bootstrap a basic ore supply without electricity.
A powered miner extracting resources within its mining area and outputting onto belts or containers.
The starting furnace for smelting ore and providing early plates.
A faster fuel-based furnace upgrade used before or alongside electric smelting.
An electrically powered furnace suited to modular layouts and machine upgrades.
Automates recipes within its capabilities using item inputs and power.
An upgraded assembler that supports more complex production and fluid input connections.
A high-tier general assembler with additional possibilities for module-based optimization.
Transforms crude oil into oil products with selectable refinery processing.
Processes chemical recipes involving fluids and items, from plastic to sulfur products.
Processes uranium and other specialized recipes in advanced progression.
Consumes science packs to research technologies selected by the player.
Shares module effects with nearby machines according to current machine and beacon rules.
Space Age: Vulcanus-linked metallurgical machine specializing in molten-metal production and advanced casting.
Space Age: Fulgora-linked production building for advanced electronics and related processes.
Space Age: Gleba processing machine used for certain biological production recipes.
Space Age: Aquilo machine for cryogenic processing and late-game research.
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