A Quality Grind

Normal quality is scrap. Assemblers refuse to craft at normal quality, so everything a smelter makes has to be rolled up to uncommon before your factory can use it: in a furnace, in a drill with a quality module, or by breaking it down in a recycler. Hand crafting is blocked. You start with an uncommon kit and six recyclers, and every quality item after that is earned. Configurable base quality, module strength, starting kit, and early recycler and quality module options.