Thanks for playing all the way through, and for writing it up properly! Thanks for the balance feedback too, that's really useful to hear from someone who finished it. I tested your Recycler setup. With the trash output unwired it keeps recycling at full speed, but the leftover trash piles up inside it, and once that's full it stops taking more from whatever feeds it. The card does say BACKED UP, but in grey, and it doesn't count as needing attention, so it's really easy to miss. A red mark on the full socket is a good idea.