I love the concept of this mod, so I’ve added it to my game. However, I’d love a research that unlocks the vanilla foundry.
My idea is: lock the regular foundry behind research that requires a lot of Metallurgic science packs (+ red, green, blue, white), making it so you need to start Vulcanus with the burner foundry but later on unlock the electric foundry. You could also double the energy consumption and drain of the electric foundry, rendering the burner foundry somewhat continuously viable.