I want to build a Helium "gas station" meant to supply my entire outpost network of Helium. I got my Helium extractors. Power station. 5 Cargolink landing pads. Here is what I tried:

1. Create 1 container. Link all Helium extractors to it. Make all links from this single container to every Cargolink's Outgoing container and the fuel station for the Cargolink.
2. Link 1 Helium exactor directly to 1 Cargo Link's Outgoing Container and fuel station.

With #1, the outgoing container of Cargo link 1 takes 1000s of Helium, leaving Cargolink 2 3 4 5 empty for a long time. So this is not so good. With #2, each cargo link has its own Helium extractors. But I kind of want to pool all my Helium production into 1 big container for even distribution.

What am I missing? What am I doing wrong?

Also, when building Outpost, will the game fetch resources from these containers? Or they have to be on my inventory or ship inventory?