Well we got at least two people on that, I am just gonna go for it then.
Feel free to +1 parts of peoples suggestions, I will mix and match orders without screwing it up mostly.
Turn 4 - Oct 2080 - Dec 2080
Build:Double Core Reactor
Build:Large Cargo Bay
Build:Size 2 He-3 Fuel Tank
Research:Mobile Factory Drone. A combination of an up-sized bot mech, a mini 3d printer, and an ore smelter, this heavy remote drone can process basic materials and ores into simple structural elements and construct simple designs(such as habitation domes) out of them in a single step. Note that it CANNOT dig and mine on it's own nor can its small 3d printer handle making complex machinery well(should be a penalty for building something like a factory unless simply building the outer walls).
Research:Combined-Process Life Support Plant. A design for a combined atmosphere and water production facility that can be configured for a wide variety of inputs gaseous, liquid, or solid.
The final stages of the ship are completed, a large centralized hold is hardened and divided into cargo spaces while the fusion core casings are installed in back areas prepared well in advance. The high efficiency power plants use a combination of direct absorption of protons and high efficiency heat turbine generators. A backup fuel tank is located right next to the generators while the main fuel tank runs along both sides of the main habitation areas to keep the ship balanced.
Above the cargo hold rests the Autopilot and multipurpose bay, with the cyro tubes extending out along the middle of the ship. Life support and general crew quarters are packed at the front well away from the fusion generators and resting on top of the smaller cargo bay.
Strong alloys surround the ship with tightly packed parachutes and rockets meant to slow the landing spotting the outer hull.
[57] Work on the specialized dome construction drone turns out to much more complicated then originally conceived, thanks to foresight about possible material conditions on the planet. Fortunately this ends up with creating a much more versatile bot, capable of making everything from fused rocky domes, simple stacked block domes, concrete-mix domes and metallic ore creations. If it is a rock, this thing should be able to break it up and format it into some kind of simple building material. Rather then creating a single bot for the task five separate bots are built to operate on a modified swarm logic, easily accomplished for a simple construction task. The complex ore processor and simple material printer and mixer are placed on a tracked robot with multiple arms capable of welding, lifting heavy loads and extruding concrete or silt ready to be formed into walls. The smaller bots are half the size of a main bot, but are strong at lifting and moving materials with specialized tools for processing and fitting the products of the mother bot.
While pre-programmed for dome construction, they should be able to do most simple construction projects with a slight loss in efficiency. Anything more complex then walls or airlocks will require additional research on site for the best way for the machines to approach them, much of the speed at which they work comes from not relying heavily on the 3D printer but on more old fashion, but highly efficient, modular systems. Dome Builder Bot Swarm now available.
[97] Work on the life support systems is equally challenging but rewarding. A centralized unit is built as a mixer and purifier while smaller intake and pressurizing nodes are fabricated, a small number of flexible plastic accordion-style piping is included but the final setup will rely on pipes built on site for a larger complex. This system should be able to take in, separate, then remix air as long as the base gases exist to do so. Small tanks are included for setup, although larger ones could be easily fabricated on planet. The provided system is compact and slow at it's job, but it is a simple machine and should be able to be duplicated on planet if more are needed.
A second system is built to be complementary to the first, although not required. This system is a complex, expert system controlled chemical processing plant that can take in gases, crushed ore and possibly other liquids and produce a variety of chemicals, including those vital to life. It even has limited abilities to process CO2 back into oxygen given the right inputs, although it is relatively slow at this compared to a dedicated system. Input systems are not automated for liquids and solids, although designs for such systems are included. The system is an energy hog and will produce chemicals in accordance to how complicated the reactions are.
The final part of the trio is a containment system for genetically engineered bacteria and algae. Not a single one but several in a ecosystem fed by artificial light. Once the tanks are assembled, water is pumped in and the dormant microbes and nutrients are introduced, they will rapidly reproduce and fill the tank with a system that will take in CO2 and produce O2, as much as the Outpost should need, although the delicate balance will not allow for food to be produced or waste to be processed. Similar pumps, filters and accordion-piping are included as the mixer, although like the mixer a large facility will need to make more pipes. It is a large facility when built.
Central Gas Mixer, Multi-Chemical Production Facility and Algae Ecosystem Tank Life Support added.
Final loading begins for cargo begins as the last of the sleepers are put into cryogenics. The final question comes up if the Outpost will launch now or try and add in a few more systems.
New Cargo Available:
Dome Builder Bot Swarm 8 RU Size 3 Mass 3
This system uses limited 3D printing along side robotic arms, 4 smaller drones and modular production facilities to build domes and walls out of almost any rocky materials. The construction might range from fused stone blocks to metal walls, but it will all be sound.
Dome, wall, simple building construction slot at +20.
Other construction tasks at +0, but possible.
Advanced technology, requires advanced parts and repairs at -10.
Requires 1 manpower for dome-type construction, 2 manpower for more complex tasks.
Central Gas Mixer 6 RU size 2 mass 4 10 MW
This system can separate out gasses input through it's intakes into components, store them in a small number of attached canisters, then remix them in any type desired. It includes intake and outgoing vents, pumps and space saving piping sufficient for at least a huge dome.
Simple technology, unlikely to fail (provided it does not take in corrosive or flammable gasses) and requires minimal oversight (.1 manpower)
Can make simple air mixtures provided the atmosphere has needed inputs, 4 units per month.
Can not recycle air.
Multi-Chemical Production Facility 4 RU Size 1 Mass 2 1 MW-10 MW
This system can synthesize a variety of chemicals from gas, liquid and solid inputs thanks to being watched over by chemical expert systems. Oxygen and water can be produced in addition to others. Simple reactions will take as little as 1 MW energy and produce 1 unit per turn. More complex reactions will require more energy and may be much less productive.
Must have purified versions of gas inputs and crushed/powdered material.
Liquids can generally be filtered and sorted in the facility. If dedicated to the purpose it can act as a water recycler.
Can produce a variety of chemicals with varied energy cost and production speeds.
Existing Expert systems can oversee 4 additional similar facilities if needed, minimal advanced parts needed to expand. Additional units may be taken without expert systems at 2 RU Size 1 Mass 2.
Advanced technology, requires advanced parts and repairs at -10.
Labor intensive (for an advanced technology), 1 manpower for manual input and collection, 1 manpower for oversight.
Algae Ecosystem Tank Life Support 1 RU Size 1 Mass 2 4 MW
This simple tank system and air pumps is supported by a well crafted genetically engineered ecosystem of algae and bacteria. Once water is added and waste air pumped in, it will generate a great deal of oxygen.
Simple technology, unlikely to fail and requires minimal oversight (.1 manpower).
Supports carbon dioxide recycling for a large number of people. 50 with Large instillation, can be expanded.
Automated recycling in a larger area will require additional pumps and piping be built.
Jan 2081
Immediate launch recommended.
Cargo Orders:
Launch (Y/N)
Feel free to ask any questions about the life support systems, if you got a lower roll it would have been one large system, but I broke it up so you can pick and choose if you want, thanks to the good roll. They are all far too large to fit on the ship set up, small size is thanks to compact storage.
The dome builder is really good at it's dedicated task. Even building airlocks may slow it down if you do not have machines capable of more complex building supporting it. The 2 manpower would be if you had the thing building a nuclear reactor or factory or something outrageously outside it's comfort zone.
Full ship status later.
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