Project Voyager

Project Voyager

Play on the persistent VortexBrain server

This mod is currently running on a long-term community world. Join at:

Server: play.factorio.vortexbrain.com:34197

Live status, rules and statistics: <https://factorio.vortexbrain.com>

The world is designed to persist across play sessions. Planned maintenance and any exceptional reset will be announced on the server website.

Project Voyager is a lightweight Factorio 2.0 + Space Age endgame mission. Research the deep-space programme, construct a dedicated probe and launch it on a persistent journey beyond the known solar system.

The simulation stores only compact mission state and updates once per minute. It does not generate infinite surfaces or scan factories.

Mission telemetry

• distance in astronomical units;
• elapsed mission time;
• RTG power and signal strength;
• one-way communication delay;
• probe integrity and milestones;
• server distance record;
• interstellar status after 1,000 played mission hours by default.
• graphical route across Factorio destinations and original deep-space regions;
• stable virtual X/Y/Z coordinates for in-game and web visualization.

Mission profiles and events

Before launch, choose balanced systems, a science payload, reinforced shielding or long-range communications. The configuration changes speed, data yield, signal quality, RTG decay and durability. Deterministic deep-space events occur at a configurable interval, so the same saved game remains reproducible in multiplayer.

The included project-voyager-demo scenario provides a prepared launch site and a local-only +100 h control for testing the complete mission without waiting in real time.

Integration

The project_voyager remote interface exposes get_public_status() with a versioned, serialization-safe schema. get_event_ids() returns lifecycle event IDs for probe launches, milestones, interstellar transitions and lost probes. It performs no factory scans and reveals only mission/force telemetry.

Local verification

Run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File mod/test-project-voyager.ps1 from the repository root. It builds the release, creates a clean Space Age save, runs 4,000 simulation ticks and validates portable ZIP paths against the local Factorio installation.

The optional public interface is designed for a future persistent mission page at <https://voyager.vortexbrain.com>.

With Krastorio 2 Assets 2.0.5 installed, the probe and programme research use artwork from that external LGPL-3.0 asset package. Project Voyager does not import or require the Krastorio overhaul.