With last week’s power plant completion I was nearly at the point of kicking off production of the various Phase 4 space elevator shipment parts.

Nearly.

The only remaining part not already in production was the modest but expensive Electromagnetic Control Rod. So, armed with a few key alternate recipes and the knowledge of exactly where I wanted to construct the factory, I set to work… after complicating the task by doing some math and making a big decision.

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