Automated Industry Complex
The Automated Industry Complex (AIC) is one of the key technologies of Endfield Industries, and represents the successful miniaturization and modularization of industrial production machinery. A small team of professionals armed with the AIC technology can quickly deploy a fully functional automated production line.
Overview
| “ | The AIC is one of the key technologies of Endfield Industries, and represents the successful miniaturization and modularization of industrial production machinery. A small team of professionals armed with the AIC technology can quickly deploy a fully functional automated production line.
The earliest design principles of the AIC were already proposed even before the pioneers of Talos-II departed from Terra. The traditional approach involved moving entire City Plates to relocate production lines. In contrast, portable and modular processing facilities that can be deployed according to specific needs were regarded as the next stage in the advancement of Originium industries and production. This proposal was deemed extremely suitable for the environments of Talos-II. To convert theory into reality, Endfield committed vast amounts of R&D resources. Years of repeated testing, redesigns, and reiterations carried out at the joint Endfield-UWST Hub Base finally achieved a current build capable of satisfying most production requirements. The field deployment authority of the AIC is now granted to the Endministrator. | ” |
| —"Automated Industry Complex", Nexus Files |
Protocol Anchor-Core
The Protocol Anchor-Core (PAC) is the heart of the Automated Industry Complex (AIC). The AIC factory is built around it. Every Endfield power grid facility in the region must ultimately link back to the PAC.
Function
The AIC is used to produce AIC Products for progression or trading, or provide power that can be spread away via 
Relay Tower.
Every region has its own Protocol Capacity. Placing facilities outside the Core AIC Area will use up this Capacity, and different facilities use up different amounts of Capacity. When a regional Protocol Capacity has been maxed, no more facilities can be placed in that region.
AIC Plan
- Main article: AIC Plan
Facilities
When setting up your AIC, you can select facilities in your Backpack or Depot to place them. You can also drag facilities from the Backpack or Depot into the hotbar, then click on the facilities in the hotbar to place them. You can use the Facility List to quickly find and place facilities you already own. If you need more of a facility in the Facility List, interact with the PAC to construct them.
You can drag items from the Backpack or Depot into the facility. If the facility has the proper formula for processing the items, it will do so accordingly. Production facilities have various production formulas. Open the facility details panel to view all production formulas available. If items placed in the facility satisfy the inputs of any formula, the facility will use it to start production. Each facility can only use 1 production formula at any given time. Once facilities finish processing the items, you can retrieve the products and place them in the Backpack or Depot.
Every AIC facility is constructed at the PAC. To construct a facility, you must have the template of the facility. These can be acquired by researching certain AIC technologies at the AIC Factory Plan. To move a facility, open the facility details panel, then click on the move button to move it. You can also rotate facilities to adjust the positions of the input and output ports. Transport belts cannot be moved in this manner, however. To stash a facility in your Backpack or Depot, open the facility details panel, then click the [Stash] button.
Both Jinlong and Valley IV has its own Depot. You can only manage items of this region at these regional depots. You can use regional transfer to move items from the Valley IV Depot to the Jinlong Depot. Once activated, regional transfer will continuously transfer goods and items to the destination. When you have unlocked multiple depots, you can manually switch between them when aboard Dijiang to manage the regional depots.
The PAC, Sub-PAC, and most production facilities have input and output ports. Connect transport belts to the output port to automatically move items out of the facility or Depot. Connect transport belts to the input port to move items into the facility or Depot.
The PAC output ports are connected to the Depot. To use an output port, open the details panel of the output port, select the item, then connect it to the transport belt to automatically move the selected item out of the Depot.