2 dismissals Remove Antimatter Power

[Marlon P.]

As far as i am aware, i believe we can order and build AM powerplants that can produce millions to billions of megawatts of power.

In an extended arc about energy shortages this seems incongruent.

I suggest removing it or making its price 100 million or 1 billion credits or something. 

Edit: actually star spanning governments can afford any price since the result is indefinitely vast power production so remove it entirely imo. NOW!

Edited June 16, 2022 by Marlon P.

[Sneakyranger]

My personal opinion:
The A.M engine is barely ever used because it's not well documented and there's limited space, but it's cool to have the option.
I do not believe that the antimatter engine is functionally any different from a supermatter engine or tesla, neither of which to my knowledge are on the chopping block. On these grounds, I don't personally think it's worth removing.
From what I can ascertain through gameplay and wiki browsing, the supermatter simply uses an agitation source (like a simple high-power laser) and common gas (hydrogen) to generate almost limitless energy. The better the cooling system, the higher the energy output.
The tesla ball is in a similar position: it as of right now doesn't even seem to use any "rare" parts, at least on the surface. It is a metal ball on a stick. I imagine the metal is special, but it's never specified as far as I know.
A single tesla ball can produce 20+ megawatts and doesn't take up much space in game. It is also even less dangerous than a supermatter.
Given the nature of these two other reactors, I don't feel that the antimatter is incongruous with currently existing material or energy crisis themes.  
I believe that if they wanted to do so the lore team could come up with any number of reasons why each of these three would not be practical in reducing phoron dependency - but ultimately, I believe it's simply because the three engines are still part abstraction, and so it isn't really necessary.

[Alberyk]

We are not removing an entire engine because it causes a minor lore inconsistency that can be solved by changing some lines.

Voting for dismissal.

[Marlon P.]

Just now, Alberyk said:

We are not removing an entire engine because it causes a minor lore inconsistency that can be solved by changing some lines.

Voting for dismissal.

Changing a few lines is also in the spirit of the OP. Thanks! 

[Fluffy]

I have never seen this engine built, at least that I recall of, and to my knowledge the shortage is of Phoron in current lore, not energy per se, therefore seconding the vote for dismissal.

[Fluffy]

The grace period week after two dismissals votes have passed, this suggestion is therefore this suggestion is considered dismissed.

Locking and archiving.