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The wastepack atomizer cleanly destroys toxic wastepacks, preventing the spread of pollution.

Acquisition[edit]

Wastepack atomizers can be constructed after studying a nano structuring chip, obtained from defeating a Apocriton, and completing the Wastepack atomizer research project. Each requires 200 Steel, 50 Plasteel, 1 Nano structuring chip, 30,000 ticks (8.33 mins) of work, and a Construction skill of 8. Alternatively, the research can be completed by reading a Wastepack atomizer Schematic, entirely bypassing every boss mech and the need to have a mechanitor at all, although it would take a very long time do to so.

Summary[edit]

Wastepack atomizers use 400 W of power. Atomizers hold up to 10 toxic wastepacks, equivalent to two stacks. A single wastepack is destroyed every 30,000 ticks (12 in-game hours) inside a powered atomizer. Pawns only reload the atomizer with full stacks of wastepacks (5 units/stack), or once every 2.5 days. Wastepacks do not deteriorate in the atomizer.

Values Reference Table
Ticks to Atomize 1 Wastepack	30,000 ticks (12 in-game hours)
Wastepacks Per Stack	5 Wastepacks
Wastepacks Atomized Per Day	2 Wastepacks
Wastepack Atomizer Capacity	10 Wastepacks
Days to Atomize a Filled Atomizer	5 Days

Analysis[edit]

Atomizers are the primary, consequence-free means of dealing with pollution, along with polux trees. Pollution can cause negative effects over time, and you will run out of space by simply freezing wastepacks. Dumping, whenever by caravan, transport pod, or shuttle, has their own cost. Dumping anywhere near a faction causes goodwill hits, and potentially cause other diplomatic consequences.

However, each atomizer a player wishes to build requires defeating an apocriton for its nano structuring chip, which makes building multiple atomizers quite prohibitive. These chips can also be used for advanced mechanitor gear or gestating your own war queen, creating an opportunity cost.

Sustainability[edit]

Toxifier generators[edit]

A toxifier generator produces 6 tiles of pollution every 3 days, which is converted into 1 wastepack by a pollution pump. An atomizer can destroy 6 wastepacks in 3 days, and a pump can convert 2 generators of pollution. Therefore, 1 atomizer (-400 W) can support 6 generators (+1400 W) and 3 pumps (-200 W), for a total net power gain of 7400 W.

This is entirely clean power, though a small area around each generator will be polluted before the pump extracts it. The only work required is hauling the wastepacks to the atomizer.

Mechanoids[edit]

Mechanoids will produce wastepacks proportional to their bandwidth every 12 days - working for 10 days and recharging for 2 days. An atomizer will destroy 24 wastepacks in 12 days. The table below shows how many mechanoids a single building will support per 12 day cycle, assuming 100% work uptime. Mechanoids that are idle or dormant will produce less waste.

Mechanoids	Bandwidth	Wastepacks Produced (per 12 day Cycle)	# Mechanoids (per atomizer)
Constructoid, Agrihand, Lifter, Cleansweeper, Militor, Fabricor, Paramedic, Scorcher	1	5	4.8
Legionary, Pikeman, Scyther	2	10	2.4
Lancer, Tesseron, Tunneler	3	15	1.6
Centipede (all)	4	20	1.2
Centurion, Diabolus, War queen	5	25	0.96

By the time most players have finished the 8000 research points Wastepack atomizer project, they are highly likely to already have more mechs producing wastepacks than a single atomizer is capable of processing. However, if most of your mechs are dormant - combat mechs dormant outside of combat, for instance - then you will be producing much less pollution.

Version history[edit]

Biotech DLC Release - introduced.
1.4.3531 - Fix: Pawns won't haul wastepacks to an atomizer unless there's 10 wastepacks on the map. Fix: Atomizer is backwards by default.
1.4.3555 - Reduced the power needed for the wastepack atomizer to 400 W, from 800 W. Fix: Atomizer looks like it's rotated wrong by default.

Architect

Biotech: Band node • Growth vat • Mech booster • Mechband antenna • Mechband dish • Mech gestator • Large mech gestator • Mech recharger • Large mech recharger • Pollution pump • Subcore encoder • Subcore softscanner • Subcore ripscanner • Wastepack atomizer
Deathrest: Deathrest casket • Deathrest accelerator • Hemogen amplifier • Hemopump • Glucosoid pump • Psychofluid pump
Genetics: Gene assembler • Gene bank • Gene extractor • Gene processor

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+{{Biotech}}
+{{Infobox main|building
 | name = Wastepack atomizer
 | image = WastepackAtomizer south.png
-| description = A glittertech device that deconstructs toxic wastepacks into inert gases using advanced moecular proccesses.<br>The process requires considerable amounts of power.
+| description = A glittertech device that deconstructs toxic wastepacks into inert gases using advanced molecular processes.<br/>The process requires considerable amounts of power.
 | type = Building
-| type2 = ?
+| type2 = Biotech (Buildings)
 | placeable =
 | path cost = 42
-| passability = PassThroughOnly
+| passability = pass through only
-| blockswind =
+| blockswind = true
 | cover = 0.5
-| minifiable =
+| minifiable = false
 | size = 3 * 2
 | flammability = 0.5
 | hp = 500
 | beauty =
-| power = -800
+| power = -400
 | mass base = 80
 | glowradius =
 | glowcolor =
 | heatpersecond =
-| terrain affordance =
+| terrain affordance = light
 | research = Wastepack atomizer
 | skill 1 = Construction
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 | buildingTags = Biotech
 }}
-The '''wastepack atomizer''' destroys [[toxic wastepack]]s in a clean manner, preventing the spread of [[pollution]].
+The '''wastepack atomizer''' cleanly destroys [[toxic wastepack]]s, preventing the spread of [[pollution]].
 == Acquisition ==
-Wastepack atomizers can be constructed once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project, which requires studying a [[nano structuring chip]], has been completed. Each requires {{Required Resources}}s, {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work, and a [[{{P|Skill 1}}]] skill of {{P|Skill 1 Level}}.
+Wastepack atomizers can be constructed after studying a [[nano structuring chip]], obtained from defeating a [[Apocriton]], and completing the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project. Each requires {{Required Resources}}, {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work, and a [[{{P|Skill 1}}]] skill of {{P|Skill 1 Level}}. Alternatively, the research can be completed by reading a Wastepack atomizer [[Schematic]], entirely bypassing every boss mech and the need to have a mechanitor at all, although it would take a very long time do to so.
 == Summary ==
-Wastepack atomizers use 800 W of [[power]]. Atomizers hold up to 10 wastepacks, equivalent to two stacks. A single wastepack is destroyed every {{ticks|30000}} or 12 in-game hours inside a powered atomizer. Pawns only reload the Atomizer with full stacks of Wastepacks, or once every 2.5 days. Wastepacks do not deteriorate in the atomizer.
+Wastepack atomizers use 400 W of [[power]]. Atomizers hold up to 10 [[toxic wastepack]]s, equivalent to two stacks. A single wastepack is destroyed every {{Ticks/gametime|30000}} inside a powered atomizer. Pawns only reload the atomizer with full stacks of wastepacks (5 units/stack), or once every 2.5 days. Wastepacks do not deteriorate in the atomizer.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Values Reference Table
+| Ticks to Atomize 1 Wastepack || {{Ticks/gametime|30000}}
+|-
+| Wastepacks Per Stack || 5 Wastepacks
+|-
+| Wastepacks Atomized Per Day || 2 Wastepacks
+|-
+| Wastepack Atomizer Capacity || 10 Wastepacks
+|-
+| Days to Atomize a Filled Atomizer || 5 Days
+|}
 == Analysis ==
-Atomizers are one of the few consequence-free means of dealing with [[pollution]]. [[Transport pod]] dumping uses [[steel]] and [[chemfuel]]. [[Caravan]] dumping away from factions takes time, food, and a large carrying capacity, while dumping near factions loses [[goodwill]]. As they work, atomizers will save on freezer space.
+Atomizers are the primary, consequence-free means of dealing with [[pollution]], along with [[polux tree]]s. Pollution can cause negative effects over time, and you will run out of space by simply freezing wastepacks. Dumping, whenever by [[caravan]], [[transport pod]], or [[shuttle]]{{RoyaltyIcon}}, has their own cost. Dumping anywhere near a faction causes [[goodwill]] hits, and potentially cause other diplomatic consequences.
-However, the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] project takes 8000 research points seperate from [[Research#Ultra Mechtech|Ultra Mechtech]], the actual building requires defeating an [[apocriton]] for ''each'' structure, and it constantly uses 800 W of power. Finally, the atomizer's rate of removal isn't all that fast to begin with. Therefore, another source of waste disposal may be required, anyways. See the below section for details.
+However, ''each'' atomizer a player wishes to build requires defeating an [[apocriton]] for its [[nano structuring chip]], which makes building multiple atomizers quite prohibitive. These chips can also be used for advanced [[mechanitor]] gear or gestating your own [[war queen]], creating an opportunity cost.
-===Sustainability===
+=== Sustainability ===
-Mechanoids actively working consume 10% of their energy budget per day.  At the end of recharging a number of wastepacks is created proportional to how much bandwidth a particular mechanoid uses. This means that a continuously working mech will create wastepacks roughly every 11.5 days.
+==== Toxifier generators ====
+A [[toxifier generator]] produces 6 tiles of ''[[pollution]]'' every 3 days, which is converted into 1 wastepack by a [[pollution pump]]. An atomizer can destroy 6 wastepacks in 3 days, and a pump can convert 2 generators of pollution. Therefore, 1 atomizer ({{P|Power Consumption #}} W) can support 6 generators (+{{Q|Toxifier generator|Power Consumption #}} W) and 3 pumps (-200 W), for a total net [[power]] gain of {{#expr:{{Q|Toxifier generator|Power Consumption #}}*(6)+{{Q|Pollution pump|Power Consumption #}}*(3) + {{P|Power Consumption #}}*(1)}} W.
-The atomizer will destroy 23 wastepacks in 11.5 days. The table below shows how many mechanoids a single building will support per 11.5 day cycle. The table assumes a mechanoid is able to have 100% work uptime. Mechanoids without work, or mechanoids put in the dormant state, will naturally need less charge and thus produce less waste.
+This is entirely clean power, though a small area around each generator will be polluted before the pump extracts it. The only work required is hauling the wastepacks to the atomizer.
+==== Mechanoids ====
+Mechanoids will produce wastepacks proportional to their bandwidth every 12 days - working for 10 days and recharging for 2 days. An atomizer will destroy 24 wastepacks in 12 days. The table below shows how many mechanoids a single building will support per 12 day cycle, assuming 100% work uptime. Mechanoids that are idle or dormant will produce less waste.
 {| class="wikitable"
+! Mechanoids !! Bandwidth!! Wastepacks Produced<br/>(per 12 day Cycle) !! # Mechanoids<br/>(per atomizer)
 |-
-! Mechanoids !! Wastepacks Produced per 11.5 day Cycle !! Number of Mechanoids Supported by a Single Wastepack Atomizer
+| [[Constructoid]], [[Agrihand]], [[Lifter]], [[Cleansweeper]], [[Militor]], [[Fabricor]], [[Paramedic]], [[Scorcher]] || 1 || 5 || 4.8
-|-
-| [[Agrihand]], [[Cleansweeper]], [[Fabricor]], [[Militor]], [[Paramedic]] || 5 || 4.6
 |-
-| [[Lancer]], [[Legionary]], [[Pikeman]], [[Scorcher]], [[Scyther]] || 10 || 2.3
+| [[Legionary]], [[Pikeman]], [[Scyther]] || 2 || 10 || 2.4
 |-
-| [[Tesseron]], [[Tunneler_(Mechanoid)|Tunneler]]  || 15 || 1.53
+| [[Lancer]], [[Tesseron]], [[Tunneler (Mechanoid)|Tunneler]]  || 3 || 15 || 1.6
 |-
-| [[Centipede]] (all) || 20 || 1.15
+| [[Centipede]] (all) || 4 || 20 || 1.2
 |-
-| [[Centurion]], [[Diabolus]], [[War queen]] || 25 || 0.92
+| [[Centurion]], [[Diabolus]], [[War queen]] || 5 || 25 || 0.96
 |}
+By the time most players have finished the 8000 research points [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] project, they are highly likely to already have more mechs producing wastepacks than a single atomizer is capable of processing. However, if most of your mechs are dormant - combat mechs dormant outside of combat, for instance - then you will be producing much less pollution.
+== Version history ==
+* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - introduced.
+* [[Version/1.4.3531|1.4.3531]] - Fix: Pawns won't haul wastepacks to an atomizer unless there's 10 wastepacks on the map. Fix: Atomizer is backwards by default.
+* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Reduced the power needed for the wastepack atomizer to 400 W, from 800 W. Fix: Atomizer looks like it's rotated wrong by default.
+{{Nav|biotech|wide}}
+[[Category:Biotech (Buildings)]]