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The Supermatter engine is the main engine and power source in most station maps. It emits tons of radiation, making everyone who could theoretically see it hallucinate, releases hot oxygen and plasma, heating the air around. This engine can potentially explode, or even create a singularity/tesla if you screw up! When the shift begins it is dormant but if hit by an object, projectile or person it will activate and start producing huge amounts of radiation, which can be converted to power with the radiation collectors.

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====Step 2: Preparation====

Setting up the supermatter engine is a case of going in a big circle. Refer to the image on the right for steps 2, 3 and 4.

#At points 1 and 2 set these pumps both to on and max output pressure (4500kpa)

#At point 4 turn the pump off ''You don't want the coolant gas to bypass the SM do you?''

#At point 5 turn the filter on, set it to max output pressure (4500kpa) and set it to filter nothing

#At point 8 turn the filter on, set it to max output pressure (4500kpa) and set it to filter nitrogen

#At point 13 wrench the two N2 canisters

#At point 13 turn both of the pumps on and set them to max output pressure (4500kpa)

#At point 3 set the air alarm scrubber controls to "Mode: '''Siphoning'''" and "Range: '''Expanded'''"

#Finally, ensure that gas is flowing through the system via gas flow meters, if not double check all steps or where there is build up.

====Step 3: Plasma====

The final preparation is setting up the radiation collectors.

#Collect 6 plasma tanks[[File:Plasma tank.png]][[File:Tank_Dispenser.png]]

#(Optional) Fill each plasma tank to full using a plasma canister[[File:Plasma Canister.png]]

#Remember to lock the emitters' controls with your ID

The supermatter is an extremely unstable crystal with particular properties. Here's how it behaves:

The crystal's power determines how much energy is produced each tick, and also the range and amount of radiation and hallucinations generated. (a 'tick' usually takes around 1-5 seconds depending on lag)

The crystal must be kept stable if you don't want it to explode.

Each gas has a different effect when it surrounds the supermatter crystal. The strength of each effect depends on the percentage of it in the gasmix in the supermatter chamber.

Only for the skilled.

The crystal produces plasma and oxygen while it's active.

The crystal will affect nearby mobs while it's active.

Anything that touches the crystal will be consumed and turned into dust. No exceptions, not even other supermatter shards. The only way to "safely" transport a shard is to pull it, being careful to not be pushed back into it by someone else.

If the crystal reaches 100% instability, it will delaminate. There are several different events that may happen when the crystal delaminates and they all depend on the state of the crystal during delamination.

The supermatter's in trouble! You should be able to locate where the issue is from the screenshot alone. [https://tgstation13.org/wiki//images/9/9a/Smproblemsolution.gif Here's the answer.]

Common gas loop failures include:

===Second===

If all else failed, pray that an Atmosian elder investigates and finds the problem before it's too late.

Want to sabotage the crystal but can't figure out how to pull it off? Here are some pointers and hints:

*'''You can break the APC of the room to stop all pipes and scrubbers from working.'''

*Disable the telecomms APC with the CE console to prevent the supermatter from anouncing its status.

*Opening a canister of plasma in engineering and igniting it will make it a lot harder for people to fix your sabotage. Even more effective if the radiation levels are high.

*Keep a flash or EMP on hand. The AI and its borgs are pretty much guaranteed to try and intervene to prevent harm.

These are the easiest to pull off and require no special conditions. You'll want to keep the supermatter chamber very hot and full of plasma or CO2.

*Use the filters near the emitter room to filter out N2 and N2O while keeping Plasma, Oxygen and CO2 in the loop.

*Pump in pure plasma or burn mix from atmos.

*Disable or break the cooling array. Deconstructing a single piece of the heat exchanger can be enough.

*Shooting guns at the crystal is extremely effective, but it's likely that you'll end up in the blast.

This kind of delamination requires careful gas management but is faster, far more destructive and there's a good chance it will irridiate, burn and shock the engineers who are trying to fix it.

*Ensure that no N2 or N20 are in the chamber at all times. CO2 increases energy, but the plasma and oxygen will cause a burn that accelerates the process and makes it much harder to fix.

*Keep the emitters online and firing if you can.

*The anomalies, gravity pulses and lightning arcs will quickly turn the engine room into a deathtrap. Make sure you have everything set up correctly before this starts happening.

This is by far the most difficult but also the simplest one.

*Pump in as much gas as possible into the chamber. The easiest way to do this is to disable the pressure checks on the vent air alarms.

*Reverse the scrubber pump. It's a subtle alteration that might get overlooked in the heat of the moment and will prevent the excess gas from being pumped out.