Gravship substructure

Gravship substructure

A lightweight truss structure with flooring on top that forms the deck of a gravship. Only things on top of this substructure can be lifted by the grav engine's levitation field. This floor must be constructed within range of a grav engine.

Base Stats

Type

Floor

Market Value

14  ^[Note]

Mass

1 kg

Beauty

0

Flammability

0%

Building

Size

1 × 1

Placeable

True

Cleaning Time Multiplier

90%

Filth Multiplier

100%

Move Speed Factor

100%

Creation

Work To Make

600 ticks (10 secs)

Resources to make

1 + 4

Gravship substructure is a type of floor that makes up the foundation of a Gravship.

Acquisition

Gravship substructure can be crafted, each requiring  1 Gravlite panel,  4 Steel and 600 ticks (10 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter. Gravship substructure does not have a traditional research requirement, but can only be constructed once a grav engine has been inspected.^{[Gravship crew]}

Gravship substructure must be built within the radius of a grav engine or grav field extender, and cannot be built under rock roof (thin) or overhead mountain. Bridges and heavy bridges occupy the same layer, so substructure cannot be placed with them.

Summary

Gravship substructure is built on the foundation layer, above natural terrain, below floors, and on the same layer as bridges and heavy bridges. Buildings and floors can be built on top of it. While not floors, substructure does count as floored tile for noble purposes.

Gravship substructure is used to connect tiles to the grav engine, and are thus mandatory for the gravship to function. Tiles connected to the grav engine by tiles of substructure will be brought along with the gravship, with the following limitations:

• Only 500 tiles of substructure can be connected to the gravship, increased by 250 tiles per grav field extender (up to 6 extenders).
• Substructure must be placed within a 19-tile radius of the gravship, or a 16-tile radius from a grav field extender.

Any substructure not connected will be displayed in red when selecting the grav engine.

Analysis

Gravship substructure is mandatory for gravships. However, they are fairly expensive in the early game, requiring plenty of steel as well as gravlite panels, which are in limited supply before they are researched.

By uninstalling the grav engine and placing it somewhere else, it is possible to build substructures without attaching it to the gravship. This can allow substructure to act as an alternative to heavy bridges. It can also be useful for placing gravcore power cells outside the gravship (which continue to function even if not connected to a grav engine).

Version history

• Odyssey DLC - Added

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Architect

Odyssey

Chemfuel tank (Small, Large) • Grav anchor • Grav field extender • Gravship hull • Gravship substructure • Orbital scanner • Oxygen pump • Passenger shuttle • Pilot console • Signal jammer • Thruster (Small, Large) • Vac barrier

Related

Gravship • Grav engine • Gravcore power cell • Fuel optimizer • Gravship shield generator • Pilot subpersona core

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Architect

Floors

Burned floors (Carpet, Straw matting, Wood floor, Bioferrite plate) • Concrete • Flagstones (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Gold tile • Paved tile • Silver tile • Steel tile • Sterile tile • Straw matting • Wood floor • Fungal gravel • Hex tile • Spikecore plates • Totemic boards

(research)

Carpet • Stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Fine carpets • Fine stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Hex carpet • Mindbend carpet • Morbid carpet • Morbid stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Spikecore stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Totemic stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble, Vacstone) • Bioferrite plate

Floor coverings

Animalist slab (Medium, Broad) • Morbid slab (Medium, Broad) • Rustic rug (Medium, Broad) • Spikecore floor-star (Medium, Broad) • Totemic slab (Medium, Broad)

Related

Bridge • Smooth stone • Void metal • Gravship substructure • Heavy bridge