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Greetings, Frens!
Previously invented long ago by mental shizophreniacs,
this mod sends an simple new generator into your rimworlds, the 'Fissionsalt Cell'!
Very simply, this piece of accessible technology grants the player energy out of uranium!
I admit to find it questionable that even due to RimWorld's Sci-Fi Nature,
there is no feasable form of power generation out of uranium,
despite its common existence and astonishing underutilisation,
especially for what it is immediately known for.
While yes, the Ship Reactor can be interpreted as an fissile reactor,
it fails to satisfy as such in many ways.
Yet, it'd be not unfeasable for the devs to add actual
fission generators into future Downloadable Content -
considering the likes already exists widely within the workshop -
which made me come up with my own little spin on it.
I call it 'Fissionsalt'.
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Fissionsalt is an from me fictional substance which - within personal headcannon -
acts as an substrate capable of storing electrical energy, but also serving as an
source if extracted via the likes akin to what we call an 'Voltaic Pile'.
Gameplay wise, it is an expensive piece of technology,
requiring A good bit of steel and a noteworthy amount of components to construct,
even an advanced one - in addition to a whole 90 Units of Uranium.
While active, a single generator will produce
1400W and consume 0.5 Units of Uranium a day running,
but note that constructing it will initially fill it's internal buffer of only 45 Units,
able to run a total of 90 Days without an refuel. (1.5 Ingame Years !!)
Quite powerfull, isn't it?
Note that you *will* need more of them, especially in an sizable,
let alone transhumanist colony, racking up the amount of uranium needed fast,
but also incentivises the active aquirance of it, for once,
even more so without an patch of it on your starter map.
Drilling for it may be feasable now,
hauling it back from your trips to complexes might actually be an consideration,
skimming it from ReGrowth's Rock formations while on an Gravtrip, or what about...
...even buying it? (Heresy, I know)
Regardless, This mod is meant to be simplistic,
yet I would love to add more little bits into it if time allows.
Thought was additional bits of Fissionsalt gadgetry,
be it an aestheticly pleasing fissile growth or floodlamp,
maybe an little connector that upps output, maybe an actual little powerbank...
Smaller cool things, we'll see.
Balance may be subject to change, depending on general experince,
I welcome sincere input! Feel free to share your experiences in the comments bellow!
Have fun! ~ HyouSol
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