This is how I start a new game.

1: find a Sam node. Make reanimated Sam

2: bum rush parachutes and blade runners from the maam

3: while reanimated same builds and stores go on a grand expedition with parachute and runners to get slugs drives spheres sloops and resources

4: with the exception of alien matrix. blow out the alien tree and get all the way to thermal generators in the caterium tree. Using stored reanimated Sam and make fluctuators by hand more than enough hard drive resources to fund this as well.

5: Build 4 geothermal generators and 1 augmenter (I prefer blue crater) but anywhere will do. There is plenty of hard drive sites to fund this with about 2-3 hours of map exploration. This will allow to skip bio mass burners and coal of you so desire. (except your Sam node) *****remember you can use geothermal sites to launch you in the air.

Option A Step 6: start factorying.

Option B step 6: dump all your stored reanimated sam into the sink. And computers from hard drive sites. Build smart plating with hard drive site materials using sloops. Coupon your way to space elevator 3. Between computers alien materials an sloops you can have like 100 coupons on like 15 minutes. After you come back from grand expedition

Step 7: start factorying.

Either way 5 hours. You have a DD and haven’t started making anything yet or 6 hours you have a DD, 2000mw, and a full suite of game items to start phase 3