Ray Receiver

This article is a stub.

This article needs some ❤️! You can help the Dyson Sphere Program Wiki by expanding it. See Category:Article stubs for other pages that needs expansion.

Ray Receiver

edit

Power Facility

Receiving high-energy rays transmitted from the Dyson Swarm or Dyson Sphere, the received energy can be directly output to the grid or stored as photons in a critical state.

Energy Type		Ion Current
Power		6.0 MW
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Stack Size		20

---

1

8 s

20

20

10

5

20

Summary

The Ray Receiver is a building used to collect power generated by a Dyson Sphere/Swarm. The longer they are continuously in view of the swarm, the more efficient they become.

Initially, the Ray Receiver produces 5 MW and has a ray receiving efficiency of 30%. While continously receiving energy, the energy production increases to 12.5 MW and 42% ray receiving efficiency at 100% "Continuous receiving".

Note: The technology Planetary Ionosphere Utilization effectively removes the line-of-sight barrier to maintaining a continuous connection, presumably by bouncing the energy beams off of the planet's Ionosphere to reach the receiver wherever it may be. This is, in effect, the same way that Radio waves can travel over the horizon, on real-world Earth. For this to work, the planet must have an atmosphere, and the Ray Receiver must be supplied with a Graviton Lens.

The ray receiving efficiency can be increased with the Ray Transmission Efficiency Upgrade. The upgrades stack multiplicatively. The current max receiving efficiency can be calculated as follows:

100 - 70 * 0.9^small_upgrade_count * 0.85^big_upgrade_count

The upgrades give 10% more efficiency for the first 6 upgrades (small upgrades) and 15% more efficiency for the last two upgrades (big upgrades).

The actual power draw on the Dyson Sphere can be calculated as such:

dyson_sphere_draw = (energy_output * 100) / ray_receiving_efficiency

For example, with a ray receiving efficiency of 75%, the power draw on the Dyson Sphere would be 16.6 MW at 100% "continous receiving".

Player Tips & Tricks

• On planets with a low axial inclination, place Ray Receivers at their poles for maximum exposure & efficiency. The poles of these planets are always within line of sight to your Dyson Sphere/Swarm.
• For planets with higher axial inclination, there is no such sweet spot. With the Planetary Ionosphere Utilization Technology, however, the line of sight restriction is removed, and they can be placed anywhere, so long as the planet has an atmosphere and you can keep them stocked with Graviton Lenses.