Pod launcher
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Pod launcher
A fueling port for launching one transport pod. Pod launchers can launch as a group - but the launchers must be placed adjacent to each other.
Base Stats
Building
- Size
- 1 × 2
- Minifiable
- False
- Placeable
- True
- Passability
- impassable
- Cover Effectiveness
- 75%
- Terrain Affordance
- Medium
Creation
- Required Research
- Transport pod
- Skill Required
- Construction 6
- Work To Make
- 3,000 ticks (50 secs)
- Resources to make
50 + 
1- Deconstruct yield
- 25 + 0 - 1
- Destroy yield
- 12 - 13 + 0 - 1
The pod launcher deploys a singular transport pod (1 launcher = 1 pod) which must be placed where the rocket icon appears. The transport pod will change color from red to green as a positive signal. The range of a launcher is dependent on the amount of fuel it is filled with, up to 1 tile per 2.25 fuel (rounded down). Each launcher can be filled with a maximum of 150 chemfuel which allows travelling to a distance up to 66 tiles away.
A slide bar can be used horizontally which automatically calculates for you according to your need so that you don't waste fuel/time.
As the description says, launchers can be grouped but they have to be "adjacent", which means they must share one tile length of common border. Touching corner-to-corner or via a Transport Pod touching both launchers will not work. In effect, grouped launchers can only be places in a row lengthwise or in a "spooning L" formation (where the foot of the L is the Pod).
Acquisition
Pod launchers can be constructed once the Transport pod research project has been completed. They require 50 Steel, 1 Component, 3,000 ticks (50 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 6.
Version history
- 1.1.0 - Refueling is now toggleable.
- Misc
- Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot
• Nature shrine (Large, Small) - (research)
- Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon