Icarus, also called The Mecha or just Mecha, is the silent protagonist of Dyson Sphere Program. Icarus acts as the player-character, and is the means by which the player interacts with the game world. The player can upgrade Icarus' abilities, giving it a faster move speed, the ability to fly, and eventually the ability to travel enormous distances between planets and stars.
Icarus requires power to function. It generates power on-board with the Mecha Core, which consumes any fuel source (combustible, nuclear, etc.) and generates power at 100% efficiency (although very slowly without upgrades). It can also be remotely charged with wireless power towers.
Abilities
- Moving
- Replicator
- Manual research
- Gathering
- Construction drones
- Thruster
- Warp Drive
Power consumption
| Ability | Power consumtion rate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving (Walking and Hovering) | 100 kW per m/s | Total power consumption ranges between 600 kW .. 1.6 MW depending on the level of Mechanical Frame upgrade.
Hovering also activates Thruster required for staying in the air. | |
| Replicator | 240 kW | Consumption is the same regardless of replication speed. | |
| Manual research | 360 kW | ||
| Gathering | 640 kW | Consumption is the same both for veins and vegetation/rocks. Gathering from Gas Giants does not consume power. | |
| Drones | 60kW per m/s | Drones are powered remotely and spend energy during the flight.
Consumption is 360 kW / drone baseline and 1.08 MW / drone for Drone Engine level 5. | |
| Thruster | Hovering | ~1.2 MW | When moving by Hovering, also consumes energy according to the current Moving speed |
| Flying | |||
| Accelerating when Sailing in Space | up to 91.3 MW | ||
| Warp Drive | Activating | ||
| Traveling | 3.2 MW per AU/s | = 80 W per m/s = 192MW per ly/s (far less energy per metre per second than Walking).
38.4 MW for the basic warp speed, increased by 9.6 MW per each additional level of the Drive Engine upgrade. | |