P.A.C.M.A.N type portable Generator?

[SmokedFish]

I've never seen anyone ever use one, despite many situations in which it's use could have been appropiate.

Is it bugged on the server or something?

[Carver]

Most people forget they exist. I believe they require a wire under them or something, but I can't sure if they're working or bugged because as I mentioned, noone remembers they exist nor do they ever get used.

[Skull132]

They used to be broken on old code. I haven't tested on new code, someone should and get back here with results!

[Carver]

It functions. To use it, wrench it whilst it's on-top of a terminal beside an APC, make sure it has plasma sheets loaded, press start. Adjust output as needed.

 

[Carver]

And as a nice bonus, if you set it to maximum output and let it overheat, it can function as a rather potent explosive.

 

[Feorn]

Hard to get your hands on enough plasma sheets to run them for very long unless there's a decent mining team.

[SmokedFish]

I was thinking in case there is no power to open the shuttle doors, or if power is needed in the bridge and Batteries aren't good enough, this generator can be used. There is 1 or 2 plasma sheets in the chest right next to the generator in the storage. How much power can it provide?

[Feorn]

Last time I used one it was chewing through sheets at about one every thirty seconds, with an output of 60000W. I was trying to recharge the mining outpost SMES on a really long round where engineering didn't wire the outpost solars.

It probably lasts longer at a lower output.

[Nanako]

Last time I used one it was chewing through sheets at about one every thirty seconds, with an output of 60000W. I was trying to recharge the mining outpost SMES on a really long round where engineering didn't wire the outpost solars.

It probably lasts longer at a lower output.

well that sounds pointlessly weak. And i was almost considering using one there

i think for something like this a sheet of plasma should last 10-15 minutes at least, and that's assuming we can load multiple sheets at once

[Zundy]

120 sheets an hour? That's actually fine. Yes you'll need a competent miner/mining team but that amount sounds perfectly balanced. A mining team focusing on phoron mining (mah fav cus iz economic to all) can churn, I'd go so far as to say, a thousand sheets an hour when pushing it to the limit, at least hundreds when not.

[Jboy2000000]

You probably estimated that on old code. On newcode, the asteroid is fucking baron, and it shows no sign of getting better anytime soon. I even stopped playing miner because it's so fucking ridiculous. But I did play one right, and I mined for two hours straight, no breaks, no nothing, just pure, uninterrupted digging. What was my reward? Less than a stack of medal, 30~ silver ingot, 20~ gold, one full stack of uranium, and LESS than one stack of plasma.

[Feorn]

If you have a good prospector + drill tech team working together you can easily pull 120 plasma an hour, but still, it would be two miners working to run a 60,000W generator. Kinda shitty. Easier just to order a few solar crates and make a giant array to power the station.

Jboy, surface mining is definitely garbage on this asteroid, but running the drills correctly will have you drowning in more materials than the station could ever use.

[Jboy2000000]

Ive never tried the mining drills, but this isn't the place to discuss the pros and cons of mining methods in 2D spessmen.