Satellite Substation: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:50, 4 March 2024

Satellite Substation

Power Transmission

Wide-area power distribution facility. Can provide longer power transmission distances and larger power supply area.

Connection Length		53 m
Supply Area		26 m
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Idle Consumption		360 kW
Grid Size		3×3
Stack Size		30

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Summary

The Satellite Substation has a significantly larger power distribution area than the Tesla Tower, and very long connection range. However, it cannot charge Icarus - only the Wireless Power Tower and Signal Tower can do that.

Power coverage and connection range of Tesla Tower, Wireless Power tower, Signal Tower and Satellite Substation.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 5 s 1 10 2		✔

Components
Component	Time	Sub component 1	Sub component 2	Sub component 3
1x	3 sec	1x	3x
10x	3 sec	2x	3x	1x
2x	6 sec	4x	1x	1x

Total Raw Materials

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Player Tips & Tricks

While Satellite Substations have a long connection length, their idle consumption is 4x that of Wireless Power Towers, and therefore are ill-suited for distance chains unless the power grid already has plenty of energy to spare. They also require a considerable space to build. As such, they are best reserved for factory setups with plenty of space, whereas Tesla Towers can usually fit in-between factories using much less space, while connecting the grids together with no passive power consumption.
Since their coverage is more than 4x that of a tesla tower, utilization of Satellite Substations can lead to significant performance improvements since the total amount of power distributors, and consequently, the sum of their updates / second, is tremendously reduced.

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-The Satellite Substation has a very wide area of supply, and very long linkage ranges. It does not, however, provide wireless power to the player's mecha - only the [[Wireless Power Tower]] can do that.
+The Satellite Substation has a significantly  larger power distribution area than the [[Tesla Tower]], and very long connection range. However, it cannot charge Icarus - only the [[Wireless Power Tower]] and [[Signal Tower]] can do that.
+[[File:Area and Connectio Range.png|thumb|449x449px|Power coverage and connection range of Tesla Tower, Wireless Power tower, Signal Tower and Satellite Substation.]]
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-==Player Tips & Tricks==
-* Despite not being listed in the item's tooltip, the Satellite Substation has a idle power consumption of 360 kW. This can be verified by clicking on a placed Substation.
+==Player Tips & Tricks==
+*While Satellite Substations have a long connection length, their idle consumption is 4x that of [[Wireless Power Tower|Wireless Power Towers]], and therefore are ill-suited for distance chains unless the power grid already has plenty of energy to spare. They also require a considerable space to build. As such, they are best reserved for factory setups with plenty of space, whereas [[Tesla Tower|Tesla Towers]] can usually fit in-between factories using much less space, while connecting the grids together with no passive power consumption.
+*Since their coverage is more than 4x that of a tesla tower, utilization of Satellite Substations can lead to significant performance improvements since the total amount of power distributors, and consequently, the sum of their updates / second, is tremendously reduced.
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 [[Category:Item]]
 [[Category:Building]]
 [[Category:Power Transmission]]