Item 1 on today's agenda is some exploration and murder. We've got a lot of new recipes to unlock now.
Initially, I was still not quite decided on where to place the next factory, even though I've got a plan for it worked out. Just from looking at the offline map, I'm having trouble picking out a nice "organic" spot to run a path up into the Red Jungle, to get Bauxite. I kinda would rather not just make a giant vertical shaft to climb up a cliff, I'd like my pathing to largely follow the natural roads and paths of the world. So, I figured I'd just go exploring around the areas and see with actual eyes what the terrain looks like, and what the natural paths are.
Decent haul from the exploration, and once I got feet on the ground, the choice of where to place the factory became kinda obvious.
This is the southern edge of the Eastern Dune Forest, just north of the Blue Crater, and this area has kicked the absolute SHIT out of me, in the past. The difficulty curve just from climbing this one dirt slope is NUTS. This was the first place I encountered a Radioactive Hog, as long time ago, back in like Phase 2, and after he murdered me about 6 times, I decided to just sneak past him, to explore some more, only to find out this whole place is LITTERED with top-tier hostiles. More Radioactive Hogs, big groups of Mountain Hogs, big groups of Alpha Spitters...
I am VERY much going to enjoy making this area my bitch. There's plenty of Bauxite in here, plus all the other resources I'll need, and as you can seen in the screenshot, it's right on the doorstep of my existing infrastructure.
Roaming around the area, I realized I never actually put the cosmetic finish on these two Coal Miners, that feed Weaponworks.
So, I took care of that real quick.
After that, we're headed into this foresty area to setup some more Coal Miners.
I managed to get them laid in, and all the belting run back to the start of the new segment.
