What J.O.O.N.A.S. is for
J.O.O.N.A.S. is the Moon Sweepers cleaning robot introduced in the game’s launch-week automation loop. The current 1.0.4 notes say it can keep cleaning when players are away from a sector and send capsules to the nearest catcher.
Three things to test
- Sector: leave the robot in a sector with visible lunar dust and enough space to move.
- Destination: check which catcher is nearest and whether the capsule route is actually connected.
- Version: confirm the host and crew are on the same build before calling the robot broken.
If the robot appears idle, record the patch number, sector, catcher arrangement and whether a manual cleaning run produces a capsule. That evidence is more useful than a generic “JONAS not working” fix.
Source trail
The Steam community notes are the source for patch behaviour. EarlyWiki does not claim a hidden automation multiplier or a universal best robot route.