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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
A mech node provides 50% [[light]] to tiles directly adjacent. 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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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 {{Icon small|Plasteel}} 22 [[plasteel]] and {{Icon small|Component}} 1 [[component]]. It cannot be sold.{{Check Tag|Verify}}
 
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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== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==
 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added.
 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Added.
* 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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* 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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Revision as of 15:33, 17 November 2022

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
BuildingMechanoid cluster
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


A Mech nodes can be claimed from a Mechanoid cluster once it is defeated, assuming it is not damaged in the fight.

Acquisition

Mech nodes can be claimed from a Mechanoid cluster once it is defeated. Simply claim and uninstall it.

Summary

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]

Analysis

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, with enough plasteel for a multi-analyzer. 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.

Trivia

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.

Version history

  • 1.2.2719 - Added.
  • 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"