Robospiders and expeditions

The objective Awakening of the Machines is explicit: research the Robospider Technopark, build it, then build a robospider. Robospider 2.0, the first refit, was unlocked by 23.2% of players. The Ultimate Machine — Storm-Bulwark Hull plus Singularity-Generator on one spider — sat at 0.9%. Those two part names are the only component names I will list. A full parts catalogue was not published.

Crew: the miner thread says an early hull carries five people, the same count as a starting shaft. Later hulls carry more. Two replies plus a German post. Steel Swarm, eight spiders in one city, was at 0.4%. That is an achievement target; it does not establish a unit cap or a recommendation to build eight on day one.

Stuck spider: one reply says movement wants a clear 4×4. A Technopark dropped into a packed base pins the hull. The original poster was considering disassembling the park; the thread does not document a confirmed demolition-and-rebuild result. One source. I repeat it because it is the only concrete fix on the board, and I label it as one source.

Idle timers on a Core screenshot read 2h46m and 5h40m next to spiders that are not working. I do not know the rule that fills those clocks. The Day One Update added a sound when a move order is accepted, including entering a hole and returning to the technopark. That confirms orders and a return trip. It does not publish travel speed.

Expeditions show up as the objective “505 Signal — Send an expedition to the 505 point”. On All Fronts asks for two expeditions at once (9.2%). Trailblazer, every biome, was 8.8%. Nothing Left Unexplored, every point on the wall map, was 5.2%. I use those rates as “how many people finished the tour”, not as a route.