Advanced Mechanical Recharge Station
【English Description】
Adds an advanced mech charging station and a paired advanced wastepack recycler.
The advanced mech charging station can charge up to three mechanoids at the same time. When its wastepack storage is full, it can either eject wastepacks nearby or stop charging and recycle them internally. The advanced wastepack recycler is designed as a high-power companion building for colonies that want to keep charging stations focused on charging instead of waste processing.
This mod is tied to vanilla Biotech research. The advanced charging station unlocks with the vanilla mech charging technology, and the advanced wastepack recycler unlocks with the vanilla wastepack atomizer technology. Both buildings are expensive to build and consume significant power while working.
【Advanced Mech Charging Station】
- Charges up to 3 mechanoids at the same time.
- Each mechanoid charges at about 3x vanilla speed.
- At full capacity, total charging throughput is about 9x a single vanilla charger.
- A mechanoid that normally takes about 2 days to fully charge can be charged in about 0.67 days.
- Wastepack storage capacity: 100.
- When full, it can either eject wastepacks or recycle them automatically.
- Power use while charging: 200W per mechanoid, up to 600W.
- Automatic recycling uses 600W and takes about 3 days to process 100 wastepacks.
- The station cannot charge mechanoids while recycling wastepacks.
【Advanced Wastepack Recycler】
- Designed to work alongside the advanced mech charging station.
- Wastepack storage capacity: 100.
- Processes about 35 wastepacks per day.
- The vanilla wastepack atomizer processes about 2 wastepacks per day, so this recycler is about 17.5x faster.
- Uses 0W while idle.
- Uses 800W while recycling.
- Useful if you do not want your charging station to stop charging for several days while recycling its own waste.
This mod is intentionally strong. It was made to support colonies that rely heavily on mechanoids and want a smoother late-game charging and waste management loop. If you like the idea, feel free to use it. If the numbers feel too powerful for your taste, this mod may not be for you.
