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Launch a rocket within 8 hours of in-game time - the famous speed challenge. It needs an efficient, planned run: beeline the tech to the rocket silo, skip everything non-essential, keep the build tight and don't stall on biters. Do it on a dedicated base-game save (Space Age off) - and remember any below-default enemy/pollution setting disables it, so it must be default settings, no mods. Not one for a first-timer; follow a known speedrun-style build order. You'll bag No time for chitchat on the way.