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| name = Mech node
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|name = Mech node
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| image = Gloomlight.png
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|image = Gloomlight.png|Mech node
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| description = A self-powered mechanoid node of unknown function. Mech nodes can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials if the unit takes too much damage.
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|description = A self-powered mechanoid node of unknown function. Mech nodes can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials if the unit takes too much damage.
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| type = Building
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|type = Building
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| type2 = Special
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|type2 = Mechanoid cluster
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| placeable = true
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|placeable = true
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| path cost = 30
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|path cost = 30
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| passability = pass through only
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|passability = pass through only
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| blockswind = true
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|blockswind = true
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| cover = 1
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|cover = 1
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| minifiable = true
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|minifiable = true
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| size = 1 ˣ 1
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|size = 1 ˣ 1
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| mass base = 9
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|mass base = 9
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| flammability = 0
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|flammability = 0
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| hp = 50
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|hp = 50
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| sell price multiplier = 0.7
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|sell price multiplier = 0.7
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| beauty = -20
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|beauty = -20
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| glowradius = 3
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|glowradius = 3
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| glowcolor = (216, 219, 67)
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|glowcolor = (216, 219, 67)
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| marketvalue = 200
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|marketvalue = 200
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| thingCategories = BuildingsSpecial
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|thingCategories = BuildingsSpecial
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| deconstruct yield = {{Icon Small|Plasteel}} 22 + {{Icon Small|Component}} 1
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|deconstruct yield = {{Icon small|Plasteel}} 22 + {{Icon small|Component}} 1
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| destroyyield = nothing
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|destroyyield = nothing
 
 
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{{Info|A '''Mech nodes''' can be claimed from a [[Mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated, assuming it is not damaged in the fight. It provides light of 50% to the tiles immediately adjacent, and no further, without the need for external power sources.}}
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{{Info|'''Mech nodes''' are [[light]]-emitting buildings that can be claimed from a [[mech cluster]] once it is defeated, assuming they are not destroyed in the fight.}}
  
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==Aquisition==
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== Acquisition ==
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Mech nodes can be claimed from a [[Mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.
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Mech nodes can be claimed from a [[mechanoid cluster]] once it has been defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.
  
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==Analysis==
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== Summary ==
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It is rather terrible. It provides very little lighting, which means lighting up areas meaningfully requires many of them, Their unattractiveness, uglier than [[filth]], makes the node only useful for lighting areas where [[beauty]] does not matter. There might be a niche case to keep one in the hospital for emergency light for surgeries or treatment when a [[solar flare]] or other power outage occurs, but even then, so long as [[wood]] is commonly available in your [[biome]], a [[torch lamp]] is all but free and provides far more light, making it superior in even this niche in all but the most extreme of biomes.
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[[File:Mech node illumination area.png|300px|thumb|left|The white area (1 tile out) is 50% illumination, required for best [[Surgery Success Chance Factor|surgery success chance]]. These tiles subsequently represent 30% or better: adequate for all general labor, avoiding [[mood]] penalties, and for growing [[Decorative Plants|decorative plants]] indoors in [[plant pot]]s.]]
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A mech node provides 50% [[light]] to tiles directly adjacent, and no further. It also provides a small amount of [[cover]]. It has a [[beauty]] value of -20, so is very ugly to look at.
  
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It cannot be sold.{{Check Tag|Verify}}
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Mech nodes can be deconstructed for {{Icon Small|Plasteel}} 22 [[plasteel]] and {{Icon Small|Component}} 1 [[component]]. It cannot be sold.{{Check Tag|Verify}}
  
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They provide full [[cover]], but their low HP makes them a poor choice for this role. This can be exploited to bait raiders into using it as cover, only for it to be destroyed and expose them, however its generally not worth the hassle in acquiring them for this purpose when [[stool]]s can be easily constructed instead.
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Like all mech cluster buildings, they not only have a [[Flammability]] of 0%, but also take no damage from attacks with the [[Damage Types|Flame]] damage type. This is in contrast to, for example, a [[stone]] [[wall]] which will not be ignited by [[molotov cocktails]], but will take the 10 flame damage from the initial attack.
  
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The base components of a mech node are more valuable, and one or two can provide you with enough plasteel to build a [[multi-analyzer]], should you get one during the early game.
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== Analysis ==
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Mech nodes are a reward for not destroying everything in a mech cluster. If they are preserved, nodes can be deconstructed for a decent amount of resources. Whenever this is worth mostly depends on whenever it is ''possible'' to destroy the mech cluster without causing a massive explosion. This itself depends on cluster arrangement and your colony's combat prowess.
  
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==Trivia==
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Otherwise, mech nodes aren't very useful as actual buildings. They can provide cover, but a plasteel [[barricade]] has more health. You can use them to lure [[raider]]s into (poor) cover, but [[stool]]s are easier to build. They can provide emergency light for surgeries during a [[solar flare]], but a [[torch lamp]] is easier to make, if [[wood]] is available at all.
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Like all mech cluster buildings, they not only have a [[Flammability]] of 0%, but also take no damage from attacks with the [[Damage Types|Flame]] damage type. This is in contrast to, for example, a [[stone]] [[wall]] which will not be ignited by [[molotov cocktails]] but will take the 10 flame damage from the initial attack.
 
  
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==Version history==
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There is also a tiny niche for emergency surgical lighting, being completely independent of fuel, power, [[EMI dynamo|EMI]] and [[solar flare]]s and with [[light]] being vital for surgical success.  
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* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added.
 
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* 1.3.? - Renamed from Gloomlight to Mech node. Description changed from ''"A self-powered mechanoid light. Gloomlights can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources, or used as lights - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials"''
 
  
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== Version history ==
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[[Category:Furniture]] [[Category:Lamp]]
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* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added as '''Gloomlight'''.
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* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - Fix: Gloomlight would prevent a [[sun lamp]] from producing "brightly lit" cells within the radius of the Gloomlight. Due to: the glowColor of the Gloomlight not having an explicit alpha of zero. It now correctly ignores the alpha from the xml.
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* 1.3.? - Renamed from '''Gloomlight''' to '''Mech node''', possibly to avoid confusion with [[darktorch]]es. Description changed from ''"A self-powered mechanoid light. Gloomlights can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources, or used as lights - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials"''
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[[Category:Lamp]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 14 July 2024

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Mech node

Mech node

A self-powered mechanoid node of unknown function. Mech nodes can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials if the unit takes too much damage.

Base Stats

Type
Building – Special
Market Value
200 Silver
Mass
9 kg
Beauty
-20
HP
50
Flammability
0%
Path Cost
30 (30%)

Building

Size
1 × 1
Minifiable
True
Placeable
True
Passability
pass through only
Cover Effectiveness
75%
Blocks Wind
True
Light Radius
1.65

Creation

Deconstruct yield
Plasteel 22 + Component 1
Destroy yield
nothing
Technical
thingCategories
BuildingsSpecial


Mech nodes are light-emitting buildings that can be claimed from a mech cluster once it is defeated, assuming they are not destroyed in the fight.

Acquisition[edit]

Mech nodes can be claimed from a mechanoid cluster once it has been defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.

Summary[edit]

The white area (1 tile out) is 50% illumination, required for best surgery success chance. These tiles subsequently represent 30% or better: adequate for all general labor, avoiding mood penalties, and for growing decorative plants indoors in plant pots.

A mech node provides 50% light to tiles directly adjacent, and no further. It also provides a small amount of cover. It has a beauty value of -20, so is very ugly to look at.

Mech nodes can be deconstructed for Plasteel 22 plasteel and Component 1 component. It cannot be sold.[Verify]

Like all mech cluster buildings, they not only have a Flammability of 0%, but also take no damage from attacks with the Flame damage type. This is in contrast to, for example, a stone wall which will not be ignited by molotov cocktails, but will take the 10 flame damage from the initial attack.

Analysis[edit]

Mech nodes are a reward for not destroying everything in a mech cluster. If they are preserved, nodes can be deconstructed for a decent amount of resources. Whenever this is worth mostly depends on whenever it is possible to destroy the mech cluster without causing a massive explosion. This itself depends on cluster arrangement and your colony's combat prowess.

Otherwise, mech nodes aren't very useful as actual buildings. They can provide cover, but a plasteel barricade has more health. You can use them to lure raiders into (poor) cover, but stools are easier to build. They can provide emergency light for surgeries during a solar flare, but a torch lamp is easier to make, if wood is available at all.

There is also a tiny niche for emergency surgical lighting, being completely independent of fuel, power, EMI and solar flares and with light being vital for surgical success.

Version history[edit]

  • 1.2.2719 - Added as Gloomlight.
  • 1.2.2753 - Fix: Gloomlight would prevent a sun lamp from producing "brightly lit" cells within the radius of the Gloomlight. Due to: the glowColor of the Gloomlight not having an explicit alpha of zero. It now correctly ignores the alpha from the xml.
  • 1.3.? - Renamed from Gloomlight to Mech node, possibly to avoid confusion with darktorches. Description changed from "A self-powered mechanoid light. Gloomlights can be deconstructed to yield valuable resources, or used as lights - but only if they are captured intact. The internal micro power cell will flame out and ruin the materials"
Architect
Special
Glow pod • Infinite chemreactor • Psychic emanator • Vanometric power cell • Mech node Content added by the Royalty DLC • Monument marker Content added by the Royalty DLC • Unstable power cell Content added by the Royalty DLC

Mechanoids
Mechanoids | Core
Centipede (Blaster, Burner, Gunner) • Lancer • Pikeman • Scyther • Termite
Combat
Centurion Content added by the Biotech DLC • Legionary Content added by the Biotech DLC • Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Scorcher Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tesseron Content added by the Biotech DLC
Command
Apocriton Content added by the Biotech DLC • Diabolus Content added by the Biotech DLC • War queen Content added by the Biotech DLC (War urchin Content added by the Biotech DLC)
Labor
Agrihand Content added by the Biotech DLC • Cleansweeper Content added by the Biotech DLC • Constructoid Content added by the Biotech DLC • Fabricor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Lifter Content added by the Biotech DLC • Paramedic Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tunneler Content added by the Biotech DLC
Cluster Content added by the Royalty DLC | Buildings
Condition causer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Count-down activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech assembler Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech capsule Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech drop beacon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech high-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech low-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech node Content added by the Royalty DLC • Proximity activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Unstable power cell Content added by the Royalty DLC
Turrets
Auto charge turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto inferno turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto mortar Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mini-slugger turret Content added by the Royalty DLC
Creation Content added by the Biotech DLC | Pawn
Mechanitor Content added by the Biotech DLC
Buildings
Mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Large mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband antenna Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband dish Content added by the Biotech DLC

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