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I suggest the initial goal is to build a spaceship. Then you travel to other planets which have procedurally generated biomes, resources and wild life. The tech tree would require planet exploration for certain resources to develop ship upgrades. Include probes to scan planets, various fuel resources, automated terraforming ships, etc. The final goal would to get back to your home world.

Take a look at a couple of the most recent Friday facts.

http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-73
http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-74
http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-75