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EM-Rail Ejector

Production Facility

Launch a large amount of solar sails into the orbit of a star to form a Dyson Swarm.

Eject Speed		20/min
Work Consumption		1.80 MW
Idle Consumption		60.0 kW
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Stack Size		30

1

6 s

20

5

10

Summary

The EM-Rail Ejector is used to propel Solar Sails into an orbit around a star to form a Dyson swarm.

In order to launch a Solar Sail, the EM-Rail Ejector must have direct line of sight to the point the Solar Sail will occupy in the swarm. Therefore, players usually construct EM-Rail Ejectors at the poles of the planet, to ensure continuous operation.

Required Technology

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 6 s 20 20 5 10		✔

Total Raw Materials

330

60

40

20

Player Tips & Tricks

The pitch angle (vertical angle) must be between 5 degrees and 60 degrees to allow firing. When the pitch angle is outside these ranges, the EM-Rail Ejector glows orange instead of blue, and the "Target Status" info will read "Pitch limit" instead of "Active".

Additionally, the line of sight to the targeted Solar Sail position cannot be blocked by a celestial body (which may commonly occur on satellites of gas giants).

A sorter can take excess Solar Sails from the EM-Rail Ejector so that they can be fed into another Rail Ejector, either via a conveyor belt or directly.

Historical

Prior to Patch 0.6.15.5636, the recipe was:

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 6 s 20 20 5 20		✔

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 ==Summary==
-An [[EM-Rail Ejector]] is used to propel [[Solar_Sail|Solar Sails]] into an orbit around a star to form a [[Dyson_Sphere#The_Dyson_Swarm| Dyson Swarm]].
+The EM-Rail Ejector is used to propel [[Solar_Sail|Solar Sails]] into an orbit around a star to form a[[Dyson_Sphere#The_Dyson_Swarm| Dyson swarm]].
-The [[EM-Rail Ejector]] must have a direct line of sight to the injection point on the dyson sphere orbit in order to work. Therefore, players usually construct [[EM-Rail Ejector|EM-Rail Ejectors]] at the poles of
+In order to launch a Solar Sail, the EM-Rail Ejector must have direct line of sight to the point the Solar Sail will occupy in the swarm. Therefore, players usually construct EM-Rail Ejectors at the poles of the planet, to ensure continuous operation.
-a planet, to ensure continuous operation.
 ==Required Technology==
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 ==Player Tips & Tricks==
+The pitch angle (vertical angle) must be between 5 degrees and 60 degrees to allow firing. When the pitch angle is outside these ranges, the EM-Rail Ejector glows orange instead of blue, and the "Target Status" info will read "{{glow|Pitch limit}}" instead of "Active".
-# The pitch angle must be between 5 degrees and 60 degrees to allow firing.
+Additionally, the line of sight to the targeted Solar Sail position cannot be blocked by a celestial body (which may commonly occur on satellites of gas giants).
-# The vector towards the targeted solar orbit must not be blocked by any celestial bodies (i.e. moons orbiting Gas giants get blocked often).
-# This facility can be 'daisy-chained'. Each facility can take [[Solar_Sail|Solar Sails]] from a belt via a sorter and pass the excess sails back onto a belt, via a sorter, to another Rail Ejector
+A sorter can take excess Solar Sails from the EM-Rail Ejector so that they can be fed into another Rail Ejector, either via a conveyor belt or directly.
 ==Historical==