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| name = Mech node
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|name = Gloomlight
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| image = Gloomlight.png
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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 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 if the unit takes too much damage.
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| type = Building
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| type = Buildings
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| type2 = Special
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| type2 = Miscellaneous
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| placeable = true
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|hp = 50
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| path cost = 30
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|marketvalue = 200
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| passability = pass through only
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|beauty=  
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| blockswind = true
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|mass base = 9
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| cover = 1
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|size = 1 ˣ 1
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| minifiable = true
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|flammability =  
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| size = 1 ˣ 1
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|cover =  
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| mass base = 9
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|placeable = Yes
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| flammability = 0
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|deconstruct yield = {{icon|plasteel|22}}{{icon|component|1}}
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| hp = 50
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| sell price multiplier = 0.7
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| beauty = -20
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| glowradius = 3
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| glowcolor = (216, 219, 67)
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| marketvalue = 200
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| thingCategories = BuildingsSpecial
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| deconstruct yield = {{Icon Small|Plasteel}} 22 + {{Icon Small|Component}} 1
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| destroyyield = nothing
 
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{{Info|A '''Gloomlight''' can be claimed from a [[Mechanoid cluster]] once it is defeated, assuming it is not damaged in the fight. It provides light of 50% 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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Gloomlights 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, but they are also very ugly. There might be a niche case to keep one in the hospital for emergency light during surgery while a [[solar flare]] or other power outage occurs, but in most cases, i.e. in all [[biomes]] where you can get [[wood]] easily, a [[torch lamp]] is superior.
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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 can not be sold.<sup>[Needs validation]</sup>
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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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[[Category:Buildings]]
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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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== 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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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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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 history ==
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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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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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