Launch orbital ion cannons with a rocket silo and call down the thunder on enemy nests. Cannons stay in orbit of the planet they were launched from. Target from the map with a shortcut-bar device, extend its reach with an orbital uplink and let radars pick off nests on their own. Works with Space Age and Space Exploration. Rewritten for Factorio 2.0 on Supercheese's original Orbital Ion Cannon (MIT).
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Version: 4.0.0
Date: 2026-10-06
Major Features:
- Rewritten from scratch for Factorio 2.0 on top of Supercheese's Orbital Ion Cannon 1.8.2 (MIT). The mod is now MIT licensed.
- Cannons orbit the planet they were launched from and fire only there (Space Exploration planets and moons, Space Age planets).
- The targeting device comes from the shortcut bar like the artillery remote and is no longer crafted: click or drag on the ground, the map or remote view, within a configurable range of the player.
- Orbital uplink: a powered building that lets targeting devices reach its whole planet.
Changes:
- No library dependencies.
- Space Exploration cargo rockets deliver ion cannons as items; deploy them from a rocket silo.
- Bob's mods recipe tweaks were dropped.
- Saves from 3.x start with an empty orbit; saves from Orbital Ion Cannon 1.x keep their cannons.