H---H---H---H | | H---H---H---H | North: H---H---H---H | E==================== U---U---U (East) | South: R---R---R---R | | R---R---R---R | P---T---T---T (West) Notice how each cluster (North, South, East, West) is a distinct "comb tooth" originating directly from the central Elevator. No corridor touches another except at the Elevator itself. This layout supports 300+ OCU, generates 5,000 data/minute, supports 500,000 global executives, and can run three Tycho modules simultaneously. Forget what you learned on Earth. In Anno 2205’s orbital sector, density is the enemy. The "no crossing" rule forces you to think in vectors, not grids. A successful orbital layout is not a city—it is a starfish. A central body (the Elevator) with long, unbroken arms stretching into the void, each arm dedicated to a single purpose: Population, Data, Workforce, or Power.
Plan your arms carefully. Leave empty space between them. And always remember: Your beautiful temperate capital with its gleaming skyscrapers exists only because a cold, silent, perfectly linear corridor in orbit is feeding it data from a Tycho module. Respect the void. Build the comb. anno 2205 orbital layout
[Space Elevator] ===== [Hab] ===== [Hab] || || [Laser]--[Power] || || [Research] ===== [Uplink] Once you have unlocked the Moon and are producing He-3, you will have 200+ OCU. The linear spine will fail. You need the Comb Layout —a design that maximizes density while respecting the "no crossing" rule. H---H---H---H | | H---H---H---H | North: H---H---H---H |
The Orbital Sector is not a place for aesthetics or leisurely city planning. It is a brutalist cathedral of logistics. Here, you do not build homes or entertain citizens. You build uplinks, research arrays, and, most critically, the . Your layout in orbit directly dictates the speed of your research, the stability of your global workforce, and your ability to access the Tychos (the game’s endgame legendary modules). Forget what you learned on Earth
Never branch a corridor off a corridor. Always branch off the Space Elevator.
Introduction: The Final Frontier of Logistics In the pantheon of the Anno series, Anno 2205 stands apart. It broke the mold of a single continuous map, replacing it with a seamless, sector-based global economy. You manage temperate farms, arctic geothermal plants, and lunar tundra mines. But the true endgame—the silent, humming heart of your entire corporate empire—lies not on any planetary surface. It lies in the silent blackness above Earth: the Orbital Sector.