The on-site-ness requirement really depends on the type of job- I've learned that working as a sales-consultant in the 3d printing/laser-cutting/CNC...
Forest moons... with little furry creatures and shield generators....
You catch onto exactly what I'm saying- I'm agreeing the tiered factory system is the tech tree, so upgrades/research are superfluous. it is all...
I'm siding with the "hybrid" model people- even in the far future, your resources will take up space and require somewhere to be, and it makes sense...
(First, I didn't read pages 3-9, so if someone else said this, my bad.) Let's separate out two things here: upgrades and "tech-trees" An upgrade...
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