People have been launching big shells since 1900, way before space stuff.
Fortunately, with Space Age, Nauvis pollution becomes less of a problem as you have more and more of your manufacturing being done on other planets.
You complain about artillery being locked behind space. I complain about cliff explosives being locked behind space. We are not the same.
Lol I get the meme reference, but I think we are the same. Wtf why are these locked behind launching a rocket to space?!
Apart from the pure gameplay balance aspect, the artillery cannons are made from tungsten alloys to make them wear resistant. Earth has naturally occuring tungsten, Nauvis doesn’t. :)
this makes defending the base quite labor-intensive, but you don’t get attacked often before the space age.