Monifactory Part 3 - LV, MV, and Basebuilding

Time to finish off LV and start basebuilding. First up, getting all the LV machines. I think the first priority is a bender to reduce the cost of plates. Time for another round of microcrafting.

Next, polarizer and lathe. Then chemical reactor, fluid solidifier, and extractor.

Next, taking a return back to the steam age to make all the steam multiblocks.

These should really help with processing.

Next, the assembler, then the rest of the LV machines.

My plan at this point was to microcraft my way to HV, where I would switch to an AE-based setup, and the slowly passive-craft components as my microminer capabilities scaled up. First order of business, a proper storage upgrade. Wait... that also needs aluminium. Let's make an EBF first, then.

Let's put the move to ME off some more and make a circuit assembler, the phenol needed for which pretty much requires a pyrolysis oven - and that's also generally useful anyways.

Next up, upgrading my power generation. I have enough boilers for 8A LV power, which I'd like to use to run my EBF continuously to make aluminium, I just needed to upgrade the piping, turbines, and wiring. Running the EBF resulted in some CO in the air, which was my first brush with the pollution mechanic.

For my penultimate task before building the base, upgrading my machines to MV.

And finally, using some fossil fuel power for my EBF.

Now, while the EBF processes, I'm going to start laying out the foundation for my real base. It's going to lay on a circular platform in the void dimension - I'm aiming for the aesthetic of the Star Trek Online Voth Ground Battlezone for the platform.

Next, I upgraded my EBF and got an MV circuit assembler. I was officially out of LV and into the midgame. As for my base, I needed to fill in the foundation and add some landscaping before building a few buildings atop the base. Each building would have a broad purpose, and they'd all be linked together with ME cabling.

Last, for my final project at the end of MV, I set up Benzene power production in the real base; this produces about 9A HV, but since it's using a fluid fuel, I could easily buffer quite a lot of energy.