Orbital power beam targeter

Orbital power beam targeter

An ancient targeting unit for a network of power-collection satellites. Once aimed at a target, it directs ancient satellites to begin beaming power down in a massive column of electromagnetic energy. This power can safely be collected in a giant absorption dish. Since you have no absorption dish, you'll be aiming it at enemies, at which point the power column will turn the area into a thousand-degree inferno. This will last until the satellites detect the unsafe targeting, shut themselves down, and permanently deactivate the targeter.

Base Stats

Type

Artifact

Market Value

1200 

Mass

0.2 kg

HP

100

Flammability

50%

Armor

Coverage

Waist

Layer

Belt

Technical

thingSetMakerTags

SingleUseWeapon, RewardStandardHighFreq

tradeTags

ExoticMisc

The Orbital power beam targeter is a powerful single-use utility artifact that deals damage in a wide radius for a short duration.

Acquisition

Orbital power beam targeters cannot be crafted. They can only be acquired through trade or as a quest reward.

Summary

Orbital power beam targeters require manual targeting at a tile or pawn by the player. It takes 3 seconds to activate. Once activated, a massive beam will shoot down from above for 600 ticks (10 secs). Once per activated tick, the beam chooses 4 random tiles in a 15-tile radius of the target, setting them on fire and dealing 65-100 Flame damage to everything within.

It has a targeting range of 45 tiles, and requires a line of sight from the user to the target, i.e. it cannot target through walls but can target over chunks and barricades.

Analysis

Because Mechanoids are immune to fire damage, they cannot be harmed by an orbital power beam.

Version history

• 0.18.1722 - added.
• 1.2 - Changed from a ranged weapon to a utility slot item.
• 1.2.2753 - new artwork for orbital targeters.
• 1.3.3067 - escaping prisoners are now capable of picking up and using these.

• 

  Old generic targeter sprite

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Utility

Utility

Firefoam pop pack • Orbital bombardment targeter • Orbital power beam targeter • Psychic shock lance • Psychic insanity lance • Shield belt • Smokepop pack • Tornado generator • Low-shield pack • Jump pack • Orbital mech cluster targeter • Bandwidth pack • Control pack • Tox pack • Biomutation lance • Biomutation pulser • Deadlife pack • Disruptor flare pack • Shard animal pulser • Shard insanity lance • Shard shock lance • Turret pack

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World quest items

Consumables

Antigrain warhead • Healer mech serum • Resurrector mech serum • Orbital bombardment targeter • Orbital power beam targeter • Techprof subpersona core • Tornado generator

Structures

Infinite chemreactor • Psychic emanator • Vanometric power cell

Body parts

Archotech arm • Archotech eye • Archotech leg

Books

Novel • Schematic • Textbook • Tome

Others

Persona core