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If any of your team members try to run off with an engineering hardsuit just to go space exploring, let them know that they will be arrested for dereliction and demoted if they do not return to do at least the most minimal duties before doing whatever they want. | If any of your team members try to run off with an engineering hardsuit just to go space exploring, let them know that they will be arrested for dereliction and demoted if they do not return to do at least the most minimal duties before doing whatever they want. | ||
=== | === With Your Powers Combined === | ||
There are multiple ways to power the station. Unless you know what you're doing, stick with the singularity engine at first, and get it working as soon as possible. It's hard to set up a second power source if the crew is trying to lynch you for not finishing the first one. | |||
=== The Forgotten Power Source === | ==== Singularities and the Setting Up Thereof ==== | ||
Unless you really ''really'' want to use another source of power, this will obviously be your first priority. Sometimes your team will be fairly competent and you'll only need to supervise, but a lot of the time you will be required to step in. [[Singularity Engine|Read the guide]], and make sure you know it. If someone's clearly new, help them out a bit and show them the ropes. If someone's clearly being a twat then shout at them and forcibly demote if they continue. With these points in mind the singularity should successfully come online and start generating power. It's always a good idea to announce this to the crew when it happens. | |||
==== The Forgotten Power Source ==== | |||
Whilst the singularity outputs a metric shit-ton of power, a hardened engineer like yourself knows that it's incredibly unreliable at the best of times. This is where the [[solars]] come in. Solars output a decent amount of energy and can keep the station running at bare minimum whilst you inevitably sort out an issue with the singularity, but they need setting up first! Luckily this is even easier than setting up the singulo and you can just designate one of your minions to go out and complete the task, better yet if they volunteer. Remember though, engineering only has two hardsuits. No yellowsuit chump's getting his hands on YOUR pristine white hardsuit. So get the AI's attention and tell it that the man is allowed in EVA to pick up some equipment. Or just do solars yourself, you lazy fuck. | Whilst the singularity outputs a metric shit-ton of power, a hardened engineer like yourself knows that it's incredibly unreliable at the best of times. This is where the [[solars]] come in. Solars output a decent amount of energy and can keep the station running at bare minimum whilst you inevitably sort out an issue with the singularity, but they need setting up first! Luckily this is even easier than setting up the singulo and you can just designate one of your minions to go out and complete the task, better yet if they volunteer. Remember though, engineering only has two hardsuits. No yellowsuit chump's getting his hands on YOUR pristine white hardsuit. So get the AI's attention and tell it that the man is allowed in EVA to pick up some equipment. Or just do solars yourself, you lazy fuck. | ||
=== Fossil Fuel === | ==== Fossil Fuel ==== | ||
Depending on the model of your space station, there might also be a [[Combustion Engine|combustion engine]] installed. This is probably the easiest way to generate power with plasma, but you're going to burn through the contents of canisters quite rapidly so if you want to power the station this way it might be a good idea to connect the combustion engine directly to Atmospherics. | Depending on the model of your space station, there might also be a [[Combustion Engine|combustion engine]] installed. This is probably the easiest way to generate power with plasma, but you're going to burn through the contents of canisters quite rapidly so if you want to power the station this way it might be a good idea to connect the combustion engine directly to Atmospherics. | ||
=== Matters Of Super Matter === | ==== Matters Of Super Matter ==== | ||
You can order a [[Super Matter|super matter shard]] through [[Cargo|cargo]] and use it to pulse radiation to radiation collectors instead of a singularity. Super matter is extremely dangerous and you'll have to build an engine that's even more complicated than the Singularity Engine (most likely from scratch), but that's no reason not to try it, right? | You can order a [[Super Matter|super matter shard]] through [[Cargo|cargo]] and use it to pulse radiation to radiation collectors instead of a singularity. Super matter is extremely dangerous and you'll have to build an engine that's even more complicated than the Singularity Engine (most likely from scratch), but that's no reason not to try it, right? | ||