Research items

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Components for Machine Construction

 
Capacitor
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A basic capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

 
Advanced Capacitor
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
An advanced capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

 
Super Capacitor
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A super-high capacity capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

 
Scanning Module
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

 
Advanced Scanning Module
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

 
Phasic Scanning Module
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact, high resolution phasic scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

 
Micro Manipulator
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices.
A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

 
Nano Manipulator
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices.
A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

 
Pico Manipulator
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices.
A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

 
Micro-Laser
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny laser used in certain devices.
A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

 
High-Power Micro-Laser
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny laser used in certain devices.
A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

 
Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny laser used in certain devices.
A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

 
Matter Bin
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction.
Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

 
Advanced Matter Bin
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction.
Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

 
Super Matter Bin
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction.
Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

 
Subspace Treatment Disk
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact micro-machine capable of stretching out hyper-compressed radio waves.

 
Subspace Ansible
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact module capable of sensing extradimensional activity.

 
Hyperwave Filter
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A tiny device capable of filtering and converting super-intense radiowaves.

 
Subspace Amplifier
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A compact micro-machine capable of amplifying weak subspace transmissions.

 
Subspace Wavelength Analyzer
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A sophisticated analyzer capable of analyzing cryptic subspace wavelengths.

 
Ansible Crystal
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A crystal made from pure glass used to transmit laser databursts to subspace.

 
Subspace Transmitter
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Machine construction
Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame
Description
A large piece of equipment used to open a window into the subspace dimension.


Mining

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Diamond Pickaxe
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Mining, hacking through something
Strategy: Use it on something you want to hack through
Description
A pickaxe with a diamond pick head, this is just like minecraft.

 
Sonic Jackhammer
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Mining, blasting through something
Strategy: Use it on something you want to blast through
Description
Cracks rocks with sonic blasts, perfect for killing cave lizards.

 
Mining Drill
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Mining, drilling through something
Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through
Description
Yours is the drill that will pierce through the rock walls.

 
Diamond Mining Drill
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Mining, drilling through something
Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through
Description
Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

 
Plasma Cutter
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Mining, cutting through something
Strategy: Use it on something you want to cut down
Description
A rock cutter that uses bursts of hot plasma. You could use it to cut limbs off of xenos! Or, you know, mine stuff.


Miscellaneous

 
Component Design Disk
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A disk for storing device design data for construction in lathes.

 
Technology Disk
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A disk for storing technology data for further research.

 
Hyper-Capacity Power Cell
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: APCs, Cyborgs, Stun Batons, Heaters, Mulebots
Strategy: Recharge is in a recharger and insert it into the object in use
Description
Can be recharged in a   Cell Charger.
Comes in four varieties:

 
Man-Machine Interface
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
The monstrous device used to give cyborgs life. The roboticist starts with a few empty ones and its low research requirements mean more can easily be built in the protolathe. A brain in an MMI has no limbs and is, of course, not capable of interacting with anything - but at least it can talk. There's also a radio-enabled version that lets those snooty brains complain about you over the radio.
Man-Machine Interface with a brain in it:  
You can also build Radio-enabled MMIs.

 
Bag of Holding
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Holding things that hold things
Strategy: This item holds bulkier items, including normal backpacks.
WARNING: The fabric of Bluespace is fragile. Attempting to put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding will make fun things happen.
Description
A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of Blue Space.

 
Floral Somatoray
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A tool that discharges controlled radiation which induces mutation in plant cells.

 
InteliCard
Found in: Bridge, Tech Storage
Used for: Stealing Restoring or transporting the AI
Strategy: Use on the AI's core to download it into the InteliCard
Description
A functional AI is a possible Traitor objective.

 
Personal AI Device
Found in: Dormitory, Research Director's Office, Derelict Shuttle
Used for: Downloading your new best friend
Strategy: Click it in your hand to open the interface, load personalities and wait for a pAI personality to become available.
Description
This is a personal AI device.

 
Tracking Beacon
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Teleporting to it
Strategy: Place it somewhere and use the teleporter hub to set it as your destination
Description
A beacon used by a teleporter.

 
Welding Gas Mask
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Breathing air while welding
Strategy: Wear it while welding and breathing simultaneously
Description
A gas mask with built in welding goggles and face shield. Looks like a skull, clearly designed by a nerd.

 
Bluespace Beaker
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Transporting reagents or used in machine building
Strategy: Fill it with reagents or put it in a machine
Description
A bluespace beaker, powered by experimental bluespace technology and Element Cuban combined with the Compound Pete. Can hold up to 300 units.
A bigger beaker inside a machine increases its reagent storage space.

 
Cryostasis Beaker
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A cryostasis beaker that allows for chemical storage without reactions. Can hold up to 50 units.

 
Slime Core
Found in: Xenobiology
Used for: Research and interesting Grenades
Strategy: Use a Syringe to inject Plasma, blood or water into it
Description
Also known as a Slime Extract.

Each kind of slim has different effect that can be found here: Guide to Xenobiology The Formulas.
Unused Slime Extract is a possible Traitor objective.

 
Large Grenade Casing
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Grenade construction
Strategy: ???
Description
Makes it possible to use slime cores in grenades.

 
Tank Transfer Valve
Found in: Toxins Lab
Used for: Making bombs
Strategy: Guide to toxins
Description
Should not be confused with the Manual Valve, even though they look (almost) totally the same.

A finished bomb:  

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Global Positioning System
Found in: Telescience Lab
Used for: Calibrating the Telepad
Strategy: Guide to telescience
Description
Transmits the universal coordinates to the Telepad Control Console.

Even though it is called a GPS, the name wrongly suggest that it has to do with a planet.

Weapons

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Advanced Energy Gun
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Shooting at people
Strategy: Shoot at people
Description
An energy gun with an experimental miniaturized reactor.

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Stun Revolver
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Stunning people
Strategy: Shoot it at people, reload with a charger
Description
A high-tech revolver that fires stun cartridges. The stun cartridges can be recharged using a conventional energy weapon recharger.

 
Laser Cannon
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Shooting at people
Strategy: Shoot at people
Description
With the L.A.S.E.R. cannon, the lasing medium is enclosed in a tube lined with uranium-235 and subjected to high neutron flux in a nuclear reactor core. This incredible technology may help YOU achieve high excitation rates with small laser volumes!

 
Rapid Syringe Gun
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Shooting syringes at people, to heal of apprehend
Strategy: Reload it with full syringes and shoot em at someone
Description
A modification of the syringe gun design, using a rotating cylinder to store up to four syringes.

 
Temperature Gun
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A gun that changes temperatures.

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Submachine Gun
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Shooting at people, drive-bys
Strategy: Point it at someone and pull the trigger
Description
A lightweight, fast firing gun. Uses 9mm rounds.

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Ammunition Box (9mm)
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: Reloading weapons with 9mm ammunition
Strategy: ???
Description
There are x shells left!

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Stun Shell
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A stunning shell.

 
Xray Laser Gun
Found in: Protolathe
Used for: ??
Strategy: ???
Description
A high-power laser gun capable of expelling concentrated xray blasts.