Difference between revisions of "Tox shell"

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The tox shell is a type of mortar shell that, upon exploding, releasing a cloud of tox gas ? tiles in radius. The cloud persists for ?? seconds.

Acquisition

Tox shells can be crafted at a machining table once the tox gas research project has been completed. Each requires 10 Steel, 10 Chemfuel, 800 ticks (13.33 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 4. The cost is increased to 15 steel and 15 chemfuel if the Classic Mortars difficulty option is enabled.

Usage

Product	Ingredients	Type [ExpandCollapse]
IED tox trap	2	Building - Security

Summary

Rough AOE of a single shell when fired outside. Gas is more concentrated indoors.

Tox shells can be fired by a mortar to create tox gas. When the shell lands, the shell lingers and emits tox gas for ? ticks.

Also used to create IED tox traps.

Analysis

Mostly useful for making IED tox traps. It is also faster to unlock for these as it doesn't require Mortars to be researched.

As for Mortar Ammunition it is useful for hitting enemies where damaging shells would cause collateral damage - e.g. near friendly structures or providing danger-close fire support for tox gas immune pawns, they have a longer radius then explosive shells, making a high shooting skill less necessary. Note that tox shells aren't effective by themselves, they are unlikely to kill anyone, so they generally must be paired with sending out colonists to fight. But tox gas does inflicts significant statistical penalties if you can fight enemies in it, so they can make winning battles a lot easier. However, to maintain uptime on it, more than one mortar may have to be manned.

Version history

Biotech DLC Release - Added.
1.4.3580 - Reduced explosive radius of tox shells when detonated by damage.

Architect

Security: Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap
(research): Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar
IEDs: IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap • IED deadlife trap
Related: Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell

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 == Analysis ==
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-Most useful for making tox gas IEDs.
+Mostly useful for making IED tox traps. It is also faster to unlock for these as it doesn't require Mortars to be researched.
-But also good for hitting enemies where damaging shells would cause collateral damage - e.g. near friendly structures or providing danger-close fire support for tox gas immune pawns. Note that tox shells aren't effective by themselves, they are unlikely to kill anyone, so they generally must be paired with sending out colonists to fight. But tox gas does inflicts significant statistical penalties if you can fight enemies in it, so they can make winning battles a lot easier.
+As for Mortar Ammunition it is useful for hitting enemies where damaging shells would cause collateral damage - e.g. near friendly structures or providing danger-close fire support for tox gas immune pawns, they have a longer radius then explosive shells, making a high shooting skill less necessary. Note that tox shells aren't effective by themselves, they are unlikely to kill anyone, so they generally must be paired with sending out colonists to fight. But tox gas does inflicts significant statistical penalties if you can fight enemies in it, so they can make winning battles a lot easier. However, to maintain uptime on it, more than one mortar may have to be manned.
 == Version history ==