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Icarus standing on the surface of a Mediterranean planet.

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
Warp Drive	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.

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-'''Icarus''', or simply '''Mecha''', is the silent protagonist of [[Dyson Sphere Program]]. Icarus has the Mecha Core which supplies it with power required to perform various activities. The Core has Fuel Chamber that burns [[Fuels]], converting them into power, and is also able to generate power passively, but at a small rate.
+'''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 Tower|wireless power towers]].
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