Ancient uplink

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Ancient uplink

Ancient uplink

An ancient transmitter used for secure communications between the surface and orbit. Hack it to determine the last location it transmitted to.

Base Stats

Type
BuildingRuins
Beauty
0
HP
200
Flammability
50%
Path Cost
50 (21%)

Building

Size
2 × 2
Placeable
False
Passability
pass through only
Cover Effectiveness
60%
Terrain Affordance
Heavy

Creation

Deconstruct yield
Steel 50
Destroy yield
Steel 35 + Steel slag chunk 2

Ancient uplinks are structures added by the Odyssey DLC, as a part of the landmarks feature. They can be hacked to discover a quest in orbit.

Occurrence[edit]

The ancient uplink can only be found on a landmark with the ancient uplink feature.

Summary[edit]

An ancient uplink can be hacked to discover a quest in orbit. This requires an intellectual skill of 6 and takes 100 hacking progress, which translates to 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) at 100% hacking speed. Detection during a hacking attempt locks out the uplink for 6-8 hours.

The ancient uplink gives the same quests as the orbital scanner.

Once hacked, an ancient uplink can be deconstructed for Steel 50 steel. Alternatively it can be destroyed for Steel 35 steel and Steel slag chunk 2 steel slag chunks.

Analysis[edit]

Ancient uplink hacking is an alternative to building and manning an orbital scanner, suitable for a nomadic play style with the gravship.

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