Void structure

Void structure is a structure that forms after awakening the Monolith.

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After awakening the Monolith, unnatural darkness will cover the map and 2 void structures will spawn somewhere on the map, surrounded by void metal floors and a few Void metal masses, along with varying numbers^{[Detail needed]} of Metalhorrors that stick around and serve to protect the structure. They will spawn with a foliage kill radius that gradually maxes out at 25 tiles. Initially unactivated, a colonist can be selected to activate the structure, taking 36 seconds to activate, changing the center of the structure from a dull gray to a glowing red, and prompting a horde of entities to spawn around the map edge to assault your colony after a short delay.

Upon activating the first 2 structures, a countdown will begin before the next wave of void structures arrive, prompting you to survive the aforementioned waves of entities spawned after activating each structure, along with any stray entities that may spawn within the darkness. At the start of this stage 2, the unnatural darkness will become harmful if stood in for too long, just like the Noctolith entity, and if enabled, the pawn overlay that is activated upon zooming out, will not be able to show enemies shrouded within the darkness. However, lightning strikes, such as those from the flashstorm psycast, can illuminate the map for a short period and allow use of this helpful overlay. Three new void structures are spawned at the beginning of the second stage, requiring you to activate and subsequently survive the hordes of entities, before the final stage of awakening the Monolith begins with the appearance of the Void node.