Hey, How are you supposed to generate power on Nexus?

There's no water, so Steam power is out, There's no Solar Power available, so Solar Panels are out, Nuclear only generates heat, and Fusion while it would work...needs to be jumpstarted somehow so you can power the machines to pour in the coolant...There are pockets of Acid, but you need a pumpjack to extract it...and of course, again...power to run them.

I'm at a loss, Am I missing something??

Thanks!

There is water in orbit that they have to import.
With batteries or more generators it should be possible.
I recommend batteries

Starting the first fusion power plant is one of the first challenges.

...Yes, okay. But Ice doesn't melt on Nexus, so you need to melt it. That requires a machine that is already powered.

If you bring water in via Barrels, you need a machine that's already powered to empty the barrels.

I don't know exactly what you're hinting at with the batteries, because they can't be used to power machines...

I honestly think the mod may be softlocked, because as far as I can tell, there is no way to have liquid water on the surface currently. And without access to water, and 0% solar power on the planet, there's no way to jumpstart the fusion reactors.

I'm hoping I'm just completely overthinking it here, and a good night's sleep will provide the answer.

You can use the sulphuric acid and calcite to produce steam and generate electricity.

Then you can leave it at that or supply ice, for example.

Sorry, maybe a bit poorly described. You can then store the electricity in accumulators and use it to start fusion.

!!!!calcite they have to import from Vulcanus!!!!

PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong here, but the only way I can see to get the sulfuric acid is via a pumpjack which requires electricity to run.

I had figured you intended us to use the acid, I just couldn't see a way to power the pumpjack in the first place.

You're fine -- I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything here, because so far I am loving the mod; I just wanted to make sure that the chain of progression flows like you want it to.

Everything is ok. I am grateful for feedback like this.
In fact, I didn't pay any attention to it and I didn't even notice it.
But you're actually right about that.
I think I'll at least set the solar power to something like 1% or something like that in the next patch so that you can mine sulphuric acid.

I'm a bit embarrassed that I didn't really notice this even from your description.
Many thanks Balorio