Orbital Fusion Lamp
| A minituarized, variable-output fusion reactor capable of providing ample light and heat to a planet.
Safe operation requires prodigious quantities of volatiles. If the demand is not met, the reactor suffers from potentially hazardous instability, which may lead to an uncontrolled surge in output. Litigation over whether this device is of inherently unsafe design or simply used unsafely were ongoing in Domain courts at the time of the Collapse. |
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The Orbital Fusion Lamp is a special Colony item. It can be installed into the Population & Infrastructure industry.
Orbital Fusion Lamps have a base price of 150,000¢.
Effects
Counters the effect of Cold, Extreme Cold, Poor Light, and Darkness. To work out the positive effects of removal of these conditions, see Market conditions.
Increases heat on non-cold planets, which can be used to turn already hot planet into an extremely hot one, getting the full effect from Cryoarithmetic Engine.
Adds demand for 10 units of volatiles. If installed alongside any kind of AI core this demand is reduced by 1, which can be useful on planets with low accessibility or just for following meeting the demand.
When the volatiles requirement is not fully met, the improvement to hazard rating is reduced proportionally.
Increases Pather interest by 4.
The player can interact with the lamp object to change its light color. The selection of available colors are:
- Orange
- Red
- Blue
- White
- Yellow
- Green
Acquiring
As an industry item added in version 0.95, the Orbital Fusion Lamp can be found in all Special Item spawning locations.
Notes
Players don't necessarily need to use this item for their own colony, but instead can use it to dramatically increase the Global Market Value of Volatiles, which increases by 5,000¢ for each Unit of demand, so the 10 units of demand can potentially increase the Global Market Value by a whopping 50,000¢.
This can be done by selling the Orbital Fusion Lamp onto the open market, after which it would be promptly installed if it alleviates any of the market conditions listed above
However, in order to get the full Demand value, the colony with this item needs to consistently have at least 100% Accessibility as otherwise accessibility won't be high enough to be able to handle the full 10 units of demand.
As such, it is recommended to sell the Orbital Fusion Lamp to Nortia in the Askonia system or to Agreus in the Arcadia system, as these 2 worlds have a base accessibility above 100% and are Independent so they will avoid accessibility loss from random Hostilities between the major Factions, being only vulnerable to Pirate Activity.
The Tri-Tachyon world of Skathi in the Valhalla system can also become a candidate if a certain agreement is made.
Trivia
Adding an Orbital Fusion Lamp will add an unique visual effect on the planet. The effect is visible in the Command screen, the background of the colony's menu, and actual space. The effect stops appearing if the Orbital Fusion Lamp is removed.
Gallery
The light color has been set to green in these images.
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