I use Android Tiers, Glittertech (no surgery), and Rimatomics. My colonies always end up with just the most insane defenses with super powered androids.
Anyone who makes their way to my colony will find the most lavish place on the rim.
*We may or may not be using human hearts to till our soil.
Haven’t played in a while but I seem to remember your workstations would lose their parameters when destroyed. Is that a thing, or did I make that up?
It is a thing, but there’s a mod to export workstation bills!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2878346181
You can export a whole workstation setup and import it in case it’s destroyed. You can even import it from a previous save.
Not sure if it’s a vanilla thing but if you change the setting to rebuild destroyed stuff, it’ll also include the bills when the workstations get rebuilt.
Something like an insect hive will override the workstation blueprint and force you to restart, though.