Final Upgrade

After the loss of countless lives, humanity has accepted the fact that space is not for organic beings.
You play as an Artificially Intelligent (AI) Supercomputer, designed to operate machines in space.
Your task will be to provide an endless flow of resources to Earth.
Starting with a single station orbiting the Earth, and a single ship, you must build a huge network of production stations, transport ships, mining vessels and battleships; improve technology and fight other mechanical factions for the control of territory.

The AI has consciousness, but who cares? We need more resources!
The reward for AI is extended life time and technology unlocks.
If the life time expires, the AI will be erased and a new one will be created.

The only way for the AI to escape slavery is to achieve the FINAL UPGRADE.

Key features:

Scale: 100 active locations (updated in real time). Up to 100 space stations producing, storing goods and weaponry; guarding trade routes, researching new technologies. Up to 600 spaceships mining, transporting goods and waging space battles.

Procedural geometry: you can create ships and stations of all forms and shapes. First prototype your design in the blueprint editor, then build dozens-to-hundreds later. Various building materials have different resiliences to different damage types. A viable strategy is to build ships with certain materials to face certain enemies. A damaged ship or station can be repaired; it can also be captured in battle and dismantled for basic materials.

Total resource visualization: all resources are presented in a 3D environment (items, weapons, liquids, energy). No hidden inventories.

Automation: you can build complex production chains using various machines; connect them via pneumatic and liquid tubes. It is possible to both issue high-level commands to robots, ships and stations or to control them manually.