Subcore softscanner
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Subcore softscanner
A pod with thousands of tiny tissue probes and a high-energy brain scanner. Once a person is inserted, the system uses the probes and scanner to sense a neuro-psychic pattern that it can analog-transfer to a new standard-tier mechanoid subcore. The person will be left temporarily sick, but unharmed.
Subcores are mechanoid brains and producing any mechanoid requires one. Standard-tier subcores produced by this softscanner can only power standard-tier mechanoids.
Higher tier subcores can be created by building a subcore ripscanner.
Base Stats
- Type
- Building
- Market Value
- 985
[Note] - Mass
- 25 kg
- Beauty
- 0
- HP
- 250
- Flammability
- 50%
Building
- Size
- 2 × 3
- Passability
- PassThroughOnly
- Cover Effectiveness
- 30%
- Terrain Affordance
- Light
- Power
- 150 W
Creation
- Required Research
- Standard mechtech
- Skill Required
- Construction 5
- Work To Make
- 8,000 ticks (2.22 mins)
- Resources to make
200 + 
50 + 
4- Deconstruct yield
- 100 + 25 + 2
- Destroy yield
- 50 + 12 - 13 + 1
Acquisition
The Subcore softscanner can be constructed once Standard Mechtech is researched.
Summary
The subcore softscanner takes 150 W of power. Its only purpose is to form a standard subcore, an ingredient used for the gestation of the following mechanoids:
| Product | Ingredients | Type [ExpandCollapse] |
|---|---|---|
 Lancer
|
75 + 75 + 4 +  1
|
Mechanoid |
 Pikeman
|
100 + 40 + 4 + 1
|
Mechanoid |
 Scyther
|
75 + 75 + 4 + 1
|
Mechanoid |
 Scorcher 
|
80 + 32 + 3 + 1
|
Mechanoid |
 Tunneler
|
150 + 75 + 4 + 1
|
Mechanoid |
A standard subcore requires 50 Steel and 4 Components to create. Then, a human must sit in the scanner for 7,500 ticks (2.08 mins). The person then receives Scanning Sickness for 4 days, or 24,000 ticks (6.67 mins). This reduces Consciousness and Manipulation by x75% and causes a −8 mood penalty.
Analysis
Prisoners don't do work, so using them for the subcore scanner carries few penalties. Barring that, almost any colonist is suitable, as scanning sickness is not a terribly strong debuff.
Version history
- Biotech DLC Release - Added.