Wireless Power Tower: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:10, 2 February 2024

Wireless Power Tower

Power Transmission

Remote transmission facility. Can consume electricity from the power grid to charge the mecha.

Connection Length		45 m
Supply Area		6 m
Work Consumption		4.80 MW
Idle Consumption		90.0 kW
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Grid Size		3×3
Stack Size		100

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3 s

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3

Summary

The Wireless Power Tower is a power transmission tower with a longer range, but smaller distribution area, than the Tesla Tower. In addition to its improved range, it can charge Icarus as long as Icarus stands near it. Multiple wireless power towers can be placed next to eachother to increase the rate of charging.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 3 s 1 3		✔

Components

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 1 s 2 1		✔

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 1 s 4 2		✔

Production Progression Chart

For more information on reading and using these charts, see Production Progression Chart.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5
240	4 240		2 120	1 10 110
120	3 120	2 120
60	1 60	2 120
120	3 120	2 120	1 30
60	1 60	2 120
180	3 90	1 60
Buildings Required		15 6
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		480 120 180
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		15 6.5 18

Note: To increase the proportion of Wireless Power Towers to Tesla Towers in the final stage of this production line, simply scale up the Plasma Exciter portion, and the number of WPTs will go up by same ratio, with the number of TTs dropping by the increase of WPTs.

Total Raw Materials

Materials
Item	Used for
16x
7x
18x

Used In

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 5 s 1 10 2		✔

Player Tips & Tricks

Each overlapping Wireless Power Tower that you are standing in range of adds to the charging rate that you recharge at. With careful placement, it is possible to be in range of many of them at once, giving a significant boost to recharging Icarus! The maximum possible away from the poles is 12 arranged in a cross shape, since using 16 in a 4x4 square will not use the corners.
While Wireless Power Towers have greater connection distance than Tesla Towers, their much greater resource and idle energy costs mean that in most circumstances, it is cheaper in both resources and energy to use more Tesla Towers to make a connection than a smaller number of Wireless Power Towers.

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 ==Summary==
-It works similarly to regular [[Tesla_Tower|Tesla Towers]], however it has a much longer connection distance and a shorter effective area.
+The '''Wireless Power Tower''' is a [[Power Grid#Transmission_Towers|power transmission tower]] with a longer range, but smaller distribution area, than the [[Tesla Tower]]. In addition to its improved range, it can charge [[Icarus]] as long as Icarus stands near it. Multiple wireless power towers can be placed next to eachother to increase the rate of charging.
-You can stand near it and charge your Mech to prepare for or recover from a interstellar trip.
 ==Production Chain==
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-:''for more information on reading and using these charts, see [[Production Progression Chart]]''
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