Ship reactor

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Ship reactor

Ship reactor

Powers a ship on its journey between stars. Takeoff requires a long powerup process that is likely to attract raiders.

Base Stats

Type
BuildingShip
Market Value
5440 Silver [Note]
HP
500
Flammability
0%
Rotatable
True

Building

Size
6 × 7
Minifiable
False
Placeable
True
Passability
impassable
Cover Effectiveness
75%
Blocks Wind
True
Terrain Affordance
Heavy
Power
1000 W

Creation

Required Research
Starship reactor
Skill Required
Construction 8
Work To Make
65,000 ticks (18.06 mins)
Resources to make
Steel 350 + Plasteel 280 + Uranium 70 + Advanced component 8
Deconstruct yield
Steel 175 + Plasteel 140 + Uranium 35 + Advanced component 4
Destroy yield
Steel 87 - 88 + Plasteel 70 + Uranium 17 - 18 + Advanced component 2

A ship reactor is a ship part needed to take off. Activating the reactor causes 15 days of raids but must be done to launch, creating the primary challenge of the Ship launch ending.

Acquisition

Ship reactors require the Starship reactor research project to be completed in order to be constructed. Each requires Steel 350 Steel, Plasteel 280 Plasteel, Uranium 70 Uranium, Advanced component 8 Advanced components, 65,000 ticks (18.06 mins) of work, and a Construction skill of 8.

Summary

Ship reactors provide 1000W of power at all times, even before activation. To launch the ship however, they must be activated. This takes 15 days, during which the colony will be attacked by many raids. The raids will stop once the reactor is fully activated. It can't be built under a roof, but you can build a roof above it afterwards.

The reactor may be powered on despite the rest of the ship not being built yet. This currently can be exploited since building the whole ship first will increase your colony's wealth, increasing the strength of raids.

Analysis

It can also be used to power a base like a normal generator, constantly providing 1000W regardless of conditions, though its cost and size makes it extremely inefficient for such even in the endgame. For example, a battery plus two solar generators costs 270 steel and 8 components (total market value 790) and can provide an estimated 1100 W all day at roughly 15% the cost; and a chemfuel generator provides a constant 1000 W at 100 steel and 3 components (295 market value) plus 4.5 chemfuel per day (621 market value per year) while occupying only a 2x2 region.

Version histor

  • ? - Recipe changed from Steel 300, Plasteel 500, Uranium 150, Component 25 -> Steel 500, Plasteel 500, Uranium 100, Advanced Component 20
  • ? (Possibly 1.0) - Recipe changed from Steel 500, Plasteel 500, Uranium 100, Advanced Component 20 -> Steel 350, Plasteel 280, Uranium 70, Advanced Component 8