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For strategies on building defenses, see Defense structures.

Colonists can build the following security structures to help protect the colony from harm:

Sandbags	Improvised turret	Mortar	Deadfall trap	IED trap	IED incendiary trap

Security Constructions

A security construction is a building your colonists can build that helps protect your colony.

Types of security structures:

• Sandbags - Provide good cover, excellent for defensive firing positions.
• Improvised turret - Medium-range automatic machine gun. Best when placed to cover common entry points, but requires power.
• Mortars - Long-range and very damaging but require ammunition, have long warmup and cooldown times, and are highly inaccurate.
• Traps - Passive structures that inflict a one-time injury. Some can be rearmed, others are single-use. Colonists and friendlies will try to avoid them, and enemies can avoid a trap once their faction has learned of its position. Friendlies have a 0.4% chance of triggering traps.

Notes:

• Turrets and mortars can be reinstalled directly to a new location or can be uninstalled and become a minified item. Once minified, they can be hauled, sold, or installed in a new location. They are categorized as furniture; in stockpile zones they are configured as Items > Furniture.

Name	HP	Work to Make	Metal Cost	Power Consumption	Flammable	Blocks LoS	Path Cost	Manned	Beauty	Has Gun	Range	Accuracy	Req. Research
Sandbags	300	3	3	-	100%	0%	40	-	-10	-	-	-	-
Steel improvised turret *	150	42	160	350	100%	0%	50	No	-60	Improvised turret gun	25.9	3	Yes (Gun turrets)
Steel mortar *	180	45	150	-	100%	0%	50	Yes	-60	Mortar	500	0.06-0.79	Yes (Mortars)
Steel deadfall trap *	40	50	50	-	100%	0%	40	No	-4	-	0	-	-
IED trap	40	84	50	-	100%	0%	40	No	-4	-	0	-	Yes
IED incendiary trap	40	84	50	-	100%	0%	40	No	-4	-	0	-	Yes

* Values given only for steel structures but can be made of other materials with different properties.

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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