When should you should blast demolior?

[Tranoze]

It seem possible to blast it as late as possible for space poi to be close to planet as possible.

Need more testing but if you save right before you blast demolitor, you can RNG total mass for your space poi.

Out of my 3 tries, 2 tries in cycle 160 (1 tiles away from asteroid) result in 16T and 30T of total mass.
1 try in cycle 183 (right next to asteroid) result in 5T above

Does POI mass got reduce if it too close to your planet?
 

Edited June 20, 2025 by Tranoze

[Tigin]

no, no downsides to placing it closer. The only real consideration is it's not guaranteed to place 3 in SO (if there's not enough space nearby it could only be 1 or 2) so just don't shoot it down over a bunch of existing space POIs.

[6Havok9]

Three/five tiles away, NO pre existing pois nearby, reachable by other major colonies. Or, whatever, yolo.