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The glucosoid pump is a building added by the Biotech DLC that increases the move speed of deathresters.

Acquisition

Glucosoid pumps can be constructed once the Deathrest research project has been completed. Each requires 150 Steel, 6 Components, 5 Hemogen packs, 4,000 ticks (1.11 mins) of work, and a Construction skill of 4.

Summary

Active glucosoid pumps require a pawn capable of deathrest, and must be connected to a deathrest casket. As a pawn deathrests, it consumes 100 W of power and ? hemogen packs per day. A functional glucosoid pump grants 1 stack of Glucosoid Rush after a pawn wakes from a non-interrupted deathrest. Up to 4 glucosoid pumps can be connected at a time.

Glucosoid Rush
"Move speed is increased because this person used a glucosoid pump while deathresting. This effect lasts until the next deathrest."

Move speed multiplied by 1.12.
Multiplied by severity (e.g. 2 pumps = x1.24 movement)

Like other deathrest buildings, a glucosoid pump permanently binds to a pawn once used, with no penalty for deconstruction. Deathresting pawns have their own separate limit to the buildings they can connect to, which can be increased with a deathrest capacity serum.

Analysis

As with all other deathrest machines, these cost a non-negligible amount of steel and components. Consider holding off on building them until you are more well established and are able to produce steel and components reliably with deep drills and fabrication benches.

They also do not consume power while idling, unlike their contemporaries such as sleep accelerators. Hence, they can be left idle without consequence.

Comparison between deathrest buildings

Both glucosoid pumps and deathrest accelerators are useful to just about any deathrester. Accelerators reduce the time where the pawn is useless, while glucosoid pumps optimize the time when the pawn is awake. Eventually, you can install the maximum amount of both buildings using a deathrest capacity serum, but these are uncommon and expensive.

The glucosoid pump offers benefits to work and combat.

For work, the increased movement speed helps with hauling and other movement heavy jobs. For every 30 days, a sanguophage (which have the Low Sleep gene) sleeping in a normal quality bed would spend 25.72 days awake. If the pawn did nothing but move afterwards, they would end up with 3.09 "extra" days of hauling. In practice, pawns are stationary during Recreation and many types of work tasks.
For combat, the glucosoid pump only increases move speed. It does not increase Moving, meaning it does not affect Melee Dodge Chance. And sanguophages have the Longjump gene, which is much better than walking for closing distances in melee. However, the extra movement speed can be used for tactical purposes. If your deathrester is far away, they can reach combat faster. Extra movement speed helps with kiting.

In the daylight, sanguophages are slower than normal humans by 0.28 c/s due to their UV Sensitivity. This slight difference in movement can make it difficult to kite and retreat from human enemies. A sanguophage with 1 glucosoid pump will be faster than a baseline human, even if they wear marine armor.

For comparison, a deathrest accelerator will shorten deathrest by 0.6 day (1.1 days with two). The most dangerous part of deathrest is when one of your most powerful combatants is stuck deathresting during a raid. If you rely on a sanguophage for combat, even slightly decreasing the time where you are more vulnerable to raids is most likely worth the slight efficacy decrease.

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Biotech (DLC)

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Mechanoid creation (Basic subcore • Standard subcore • High subcore • Subcore encoder • Subcore softscanner • Subcore ripscanner • Mech gestator)
Maintenance (Mech recharger)
Genetics: Xenohumans (Dirtmoles • Genies • Highmates • Hussars • Impids • Neanderthals • Pigskins • Sanguophages • Wasters • Yttakin)
Genes Germline • Xenogene • Metabolic efficiency
Genetic Modification Genepack • Gene extractor • Gene bank • Gene assembler • Gene processor • Xenogerm • Archite capsules
Deathrest (Deathrest accelerator • Deathrest capacity serum • Deathrest casket • Glucosoid pump • Hemogen amplifier • Hemopump • Psychofluid pump)
Pollution: Nature (Toxalope • Toxipotato plant • Waste rat • Gray pine tree • Pebble cactus • Rat palm tree • Witchwood tree • Stasis cocoon)
Mitigation (Wastepacks • Atomizers • Pollution pumps • Polux trees)
Adaptation Face mask • Gas mask • Tox grenades • Tox pack • Tox shell • Toxic needle gun • Toxbomb launcher • Detoxifier kidney • Detoxifier lung
Nonchalance Toxifier generator

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 They also do not consume power while idling, unlike their contemporaries such as [[sleep accelerator]]s. Hence, they can be left idle without consequence.
-For working deathresters, increased movement speed can improve the efficiency of movement heavy jobs, and the low power and resource cost for a late game colony makes it cost effective. Compared to [[deathrest accelerator]]s, the accelerators provide less time where the pawn is useless, while pumps optimize the time a deathrester spends awake. An single accelerator removes 0.6 of a day off of deathrest, while two remove 1.1 days. To compare, a [[sanguophage]] that sleeps in a normal quality bed with no other factors sleeps an average of 3.42 hours a day. So, for the 30 days of deathrest, not considering that sleep can be satisfied during deathrest due to the micromanaging necessary to accomplish such, they are awake and moving for 25.675 days. Multiplied by 1.12, if a sanguophage did nothing but move they would effectively have an extra 3.081 days of movment, compared to the 0.6 days saved resting. However, the most dangerous part of deathrest is that one of your most powerful combatants is inactive while resting, and even slightly decreasing the time where you are more vulnerable to raids is most likely worth the slight efficacy decrease.
+===Comparison between deathrest buildings===
+Both glucosoid pumps and [[deathrest accelerator]]s are useful to just about any deathrester. Accelerators reduce the time where the pawn is useless, while glucosoid pumps optimize the time when the pawn is awake. Eventually, you can install the maximum amount of both buildings using a [[deathrest capacity serum]], but these are uncommon and expensive.
-As pumps increase move speed directly and do not affect moving, and thus [[melee dodge chance]], their usefulness in combat is questionable, as [[Genes#Longjump|Longjump]] is far better at closing distances. However, even with the [[Genes#Quick_MoveSpeed|Very Fast Runner]] gene sanguophages start with, they are slower than normal humans by 0.1c/s in sunlight due to their [[Genes#MildUVSensitivity|UV Sensitivity]], which will be further affected by the armor they are most likely wearing. This slight movement difference can make it more difficult to kite and possibly allow for the sanguophage to be overwhelmed in melee, a sunlight affected sanguophage wearing all three pieces of flak armor up moves at 4.176c/s, but even a single pump will bring that to slightly above base move speed, at 4.67712.
+The glucosoid pump offers benefits to work and combat.
+* For work, the increased movement speed helps with [[hauling]] and other movement heavy jobs. For every 30 days, a [[sanguophage]] (which have the Low Sleep gene) sleeping in a normal quality [[bed]] would spend {{#expr: 30 * 0.8574 round 2}} days awake. If the pawn did nothing but move afterwards, they would end up with {{#expr: 30 * 0.8574 * 0.12 round 2}} "extra" days of hauling. In practice, pawns are stationary during [[Recreation]] and many types of work tasks.
+* For combat, the glucosoid pump only increases ''move speed''. It does not increase [[Moving]], meaning it does not affect [[Melee Dodge Chance]]. And sanguophages have the [[Genes#Longjump|Longjump]] gene, which is much better than walking for closing distances in melee. However, the extra movement speed can be used for tactical purposes. If your deathrester is far away, they can reach combat faster. Extra movement speed helps with [[kiting]].
+: In the daylight, sanguophages are slower than normal humans by {{#expr: 4.6 - (4.8 * 0.9) round 2}} {{CS}} due to their [[Genes#Mild UV Sensitivity|UV Sensitivity]]. This slight difference in movement can make it difficult to kite and retreat from human enemies. A sanguophage with 1 glucosoid pump will be faster than a baseline human, even if they wear [[marine armor]].
+For comparison, a deathrest accelerator will shorten deathrest by 0.6 day (1.1 days with two). The most dangerous part of deathrest is when one of your most powerful combatants is stuck deathresting during a [[raid]]. If you rely on a sanguophage for combat, even slightly decreasing the time where you are more vulnerable to raids is most likely worth the slight efficacy decrease.
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