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| name = Mech node
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| name = Gloomlight
 
| image = Gloomlight.png
 
| image = Gloomlight.png
| description = A self-powered mechanoid node of unknown function. Mech nodes can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials if the unit takes too much damage.
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| description = A self-powered mechanoid light. Gloomlights can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources, or used as lights - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials if the unit takes too much damage.
| type = Building
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| type = Buildings
| type2 = Special
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| type2 = Miscellaneous
| placeable = true
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| hp = 50
| path cost = 30
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| marketvalue = 200
| passability = pass through only
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| beauty= -20
| blockswind = true
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| mass base = 9
| cover = 1
 
| minifiable = true
 
 
| size = 1 ˣ 1
 
| size = 1 ˣ 1
| mass base = 9
 
 
| flammability = 0
 
| flammability = 0
| hp = 50
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| cover = 0.75
| sell price multiplier = 0.7
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| placeable = Yes
| beauty = -20
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| deconstruct yield = {{icon|plasteel|22}} + {{icon|component|1}}
| glowradius = 3
 
| glowcolor = (216, 219, 67)
 
| marketvalue = 200
 
 
| thingCategories = BuildingsSpecial
 
| thingCategories = BuildingsSpecial
| deconstruct yield = {{Icon Small|Plasteel}} 22 + {{Icon Small|Component}} 1
 
| destroyyield = nothing
 
 
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{{Info|'''Mech nodes''' are [[light]]-emitting buildings that can be claimed from a [[mech cluster]] once it is defeated, assuming they are not destroyed in the fight.}}
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{{Info|A '''Gloomlight''' can be claimed from a [[Mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated, assuming it is not damaged in the fight. It provides light of 50% without the need for external power sources.}}
 
 
== Acquisition ==
 
Mech nodes can be claimed from a [[mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.
 
 
 
== Summary ==
 
A mech node provides 50% [[light]] to tiles directly adjacent, and no further. It also provides a small amount of [[cover]]. It has a [[beauty]] value of -20, so is very ugly to look at.
 
  
Mech nodes can be deconstructed for {{Icon Small|Plasteel}} 22 [[plasteel]] and {{Icon Small|Component}} 1 [[component]]. It cannot be sold.{{Check Tag|Verify}}
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==Aquisition==
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Gloomlights can be claimed from a [[Mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.
  
Like all mech cluster buildings, they not only have a [[Flammability]] of 0%, but also take no damage from attacks with the [[Damage Types|Flame]] damage type. This is in contrast to, for example, a [[stone]] [[wall]] which will not be ignited by [[molotov cocktails]], but will take the 10 flame damage from the initial attack.
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==Analysis==
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It is rather terrible. It provides very little lighting, which means lighting up areas meaningfully requires many of them, but they are also very ugly. There might be a niche case to keep one in the hospital for emergency light during surgery while a [[solar flare]] or other power outage occurs, but in most cases, i.e. in all [[biomes]] where you can get [[wood]] easily, a [[torch lamp]] is superior.
  
== Analysis ==
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It can not be sold.<sup>[Needs validation]</sup>
Mech nodes are a reward for not destroying everything in a mech cluster. If they are preserved, nodes can be deconstructed for a decent amount of resources. Whenever this is worth mostly depends on whenever it is ''possible'' to destroy the mech cluster without causing a massive explosion. This itself depends on cluster arrangement and your colony's combat prowess.
 
  
Otherwise, mech nodes aren't very useful as actual buildings. They can provide cover, but a plasteel [[barricade]] has more health. You can use them to lure [[raider]]s into (poor) cover, but [[stool]]s are easier to build. They can provide emergency light for surgeries during a [[solar flare]], but a [[torch lamp]] is easier to make, if [[wood]] is available at all.
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They provide full [[cover]], but their low HP, make them a poor choice for this role. This can be exploited to bait raiders into using it as cover, only for it to be destroyed and expose them, however its generally not the hassle in acquiring them for this purpose when [[stools]] can be easily constructed instead.
  
There is also a tiny niche for emergency surgical lighting, being completely independent of fuel, power, [[EMI dynamo|EMI]] and [[solar flare]]s and with [[light]] being vital for surgical success.  
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==Trivia==
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Like all mech cluster buildings, they not only have a [[Flammability]] of 0%, but also take no damage from attacks with the [[Damage Types|Flame]] damage type. This is in contrast to, for example, a [[stone]] [[wall]] which will not be ignited by [[molotov cocktails]] but will take the 10 flame damage from the initial attack.
  
== Version history ==
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==Version History==
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added as '''Gloomlight'''.
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* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added.
* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - Fix: Gloomlight would prevent a [[sun lamp]] from producing "brightly lit" cells within the radius of the Gloomlight. Due to: the glowColor of the Gloomlight not having an explicit alpha of zero. It now correctly ignores the alpha from the xml.
 
* 1.3.? - Renamed from '''Gloomlight''' to '''Mech node''', possibly to avoid confusion with [[darktorch]]es. Description changed from ''"A self-powered mechanoid light. Gloomlights can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources, or used as lights - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials"''
 
  
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