The action of The Riftbreaker is set hundreds of years into the future. Centuries of technological progress allow for the automation and simplification of many processes that are huge undertakings today. Various multi-stage tasks can be handled by autonomic facilities that require only basic resources and power to operate. Unfortunately, the production of nuclear power is not one of those processes that can be neatly wrapped up into one package. Even though it has been simplified a lot, it still requires a fair bit of setup and that’s our topic for today. [img]https://i.imgur.com/cnjE0OH.gif[/img] [b][i]Rare Mineral Mine - a universal building that will relieve you of the mining duties.[/i][/b] It would be impossible to produce energy in a Nuclear Power Plant without proper fuel. Luckily, there are natural deposits of uranium ores present on Galatea 37, although they are quite rare. If you happen to find one, you should do your best to make use of it. While it is possible to mine uranium using Mr. Riggs’ drill extension, it is much easier to set up a specialized mine to do the dirty work for you. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KgxTcyC.gif[/img] [b][i]The centrifuges do not have to be built next to the power plant, but we like them this way :)[/i][/b] The isotope of uranium that you find in the ore is not pure enough to sustain a chain nuclear reaction. It has to be enriched in order to be used as fuel. This task is handled by Uranium Centrifuges. These devices make it possible to harvest a much more volatile isotope of uranium that can be easily used as fuel. The collected enriched uranium is then automatically transported to the real star of the show - the Nuclear Power Plant. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//34659267/a81d1c4864b96f31980762744fa7848bce25a37c.jpg[/img] [b][i]Mr. Riggs is four meters tall - the power plant is a really massive structure.[/i][/b] This impressively large building houses a reactor that produces massive amounts of energy. As long as the building is supplied with enough fuel, it keeps on working, unaffected by the time of day or weather conditions. It is a perfect power source for all the systems that need to stay online all the time, such as AI cores and defensive towers. Be careful, though - if something bad happens to the Power Plant, it could be disastrous for your entire base. [img]https://i.imgur.com/aFV0Gl0.gif[/img] [b][i]Not great, not terrible.[/i][/b] Nuclear power in The Riftbreaker comes at a significant cost. It requires you to download relevant blueprints, build specialized structures that cost a lot of resources, and find a rare mineral. However, the upside of building one is great, most likely allowing you to decommission most of the other Power Plants in your base. It’s one of the big payoffs in the game, and there are more to come! Join our Discord to get to know about them first, and perhaps try them out in the alpha soon! www.discord.gg/exorstudios Other social media: www.facebook.com/exorstudios www.twitter.com/exorstudios www.mixer.com/exor_studios www.twitch.tv/exorstudios www.youtube.com/exorstudios