Small Carrier Rocket

Small Carrier Rocket is the launch payload used to build a Dyson Sphere. It is produced as a single-use vehicle with its payload already built in: Dyson Sphere Components and Quantum Chips are assembled into the rocket during manufacture, and the rocket is then launched from a Vertical Launching Silo into a Dyson Sphere plan that has been drawn in the editor. If no plan has been drawn, or if the plan is incomplete, launching does not occur.

Each Small Carrier Rocket becomes one structure point in the Dyson Sphere, contributing to the sphere’s nodes and frames. Once the nodes and frames of a shell are finished, that shell can then be filled with Solar Sails launched by EM-Rail Ejectors. The number of rockets required relative to Solar Sails depends on the orbital radius, so the exact mix varies from shell to shell.

Small Carrier Rockets are the heavy lifters of Dyson Sphere construction and are among the most resource-intensive end products in the game. Even a partial sphere requires a large industrial base, with demands that quickly climb into tens of thousands of rockets and hundreds of thousands or even millions of Solar Sails. Players who intend to build a Dyson Sphere must therefore prepare for highly automated, interstellar-scale production of materials, components, and launch infrastructure.

A completed structure point is not just a visual contribution: each one generates power even before any Solar Sails are integrated, producing 96 kW multiplied by the star’s luminosity. Solar Sails added later increase the output further, with each cell point contributing 15 kW multiplied by luminosity. This makes Small Carrier Rockets the foundation of Dyson Sphere power generation, since they establish the frame on which later sail-based output is built.

• Small Carrier Rockets are launched only from a Vertical Launching Silo.
• They cannot be loaded with a separate payload at launch; their contents are already built into the item itself.
• A valid Dyson Sphere plan must exist in the editor before launch.
• The rocket becomes part of the sphere permanently after launch, unlike Solar Sails, which are added to completed shells.
• Large-scale Dyson Sphere construction requires massive, automated production chains for both rockets and sails.

Small Carrier Rocket is classified as an item, component, and end product.