Transport

Transport is the movement of Items over a distance in a Time.

Derived units:

• throughput: items per time.
• capacity: items per transport.

Entities, Which Transport Items

• Character: The character can transport many items
• Belt transport system
  • Transport belts
  • Splitters
  • Underground belts
• Inserter
• Vehicle
  • Vehicle/Car: The car can transport an astonishing amount of items
• Railway: Transport gigantic amounts over long distances
  • Vehicle/Train: Runs on the railway.
• Robotics/Logistics: Intelligent transport over some (short) distance inside Logistic network

The bold entries are the most important.

Optimizing and Discussion

• Transport/What Transport for which case?
• Transport/Compress by Pre-production

About the supply strategies of outposts.

• Tired of babysitting expansions? Auto-supply w/ trains!

See also

• Transport network
• Logistic network
• Railway network