Catalytic Core

	Vastly improves the effectiveness of refining operations by way of a surprising quirk of osmosis physics. Operation requires access to vacuum on a scale difficult to achieve on planets with significant atmospheric pressure.
–In-Game Description

The Catalytic Core is a special Colony item. It can be installed into the Refining industry.

Catalytic Cores have a base price of 100,000¢.

Requirements

Planet must have no atmosphere for Catalytic Core to be installed.

Increases Transplutonics and Metals production by 3 units.

Increases Pather interest by 4.

As an industry item added in Version 0.95, Catalytic Core can be found in all Special Item spawning locations.

It's also a potential drop from defeating a Derelict Mothership.

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Special Items

Colony Items	Autonomous Mantle Bore • Biofactory Embryo • Catalytic Core • Combat Drone Replicator • Corrupted Nanoforge • Cryoarithmetic Engine • Dealmaker Holosuite • Fullerene Spool • Hypershunt Tap • Orbital Fusion Lamp • Plasma Dynamo • Pristine Nanoforge • Soil Nanites • Synchrotron Core

Other Items	Janus Device • Wormhole Anchor • Wormhole Scanner