Factory Amplification Network Unit
I noticed when designing the Original Factory Ships that the major drawback of such a fleet was the lack of factory adjacency bonuses.
This module is designed to rectify that, giving a 100% boost to factories within 500 tiles
… BUT only when powered by a beam from another ship !!
Yes, this module only turns on when there is a linked beam from another FAN unit
.. and there can be only one FAN unit per ship. 🙂
Designed for use with the Chained Factory Fleet , but can be used in any setup really!
- Costs: 32 Steel, 24 Coils, 1 TriSteel
- 4000HP
- 100m Beam Range
- 100% Factory Boost (when powered on) for 500 tiles
- 1 Per ship
- Takes no real Power/Crew
- Requires Ship has "Command" crewed
- Non-Traversable
Not gated behind any techs in career mode, available from the start, but the cost might limit it being instantly buildable.
Obviously pointless until you have factories to boost!
Yeah, there is always some right?
The beam needs to be manually targeted to each unit, there is no auto-target.
The beam is fickle, and although it will lock-on over ship parts, it actually requires direct LoS to the receiver dome and a clear unobstructed path. The on/off effects are quite dazzling so you should be able to see when you have a "good" link.
The beam/power has a small bit of latency to account for ship juggling, but mostly requires a stationary/stable ship-to-ship setup.
The stats still say the bonus is for "Adjacent Factories", despite it having a 500 tile range
Based on an idea by Z_THETA_Z and Ion Energy Transfer by Syy1125. Many thanks for his mod showcasing how to do this!!
Shipwide restriction idea/code borrowed from Galactic Allegiance …
Many thanks to JaniTT for assistance with the Turret Graphics after their removal in 0.26.2!
Visuals all use kit bashed ‘vanilla’ assets.
~ Enjoy !! and please buy me a Cuppa Tea[www.buymeacoffee.com]
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
