Research items

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Components for Machine Construction

Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A basic capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Advanced Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description An advanced capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Super Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A super-high capacity capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Advanced Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Phasic Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution phasic scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Micro Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Nano Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Pico Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Advanced Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Super Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Subspace Treatment Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact micro-machine capable of stretching out hyper-compressed radio waves.

Subspace Ansible Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact module capable of sensing extradimensional activity.

Hyperwave Filter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny device capable of filtering and converting super-intense radiowaves.

Subspace Amplifier Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact micro-machine capable of amplifying weak subspace transmissions.

Subspace Wavelength Analyzer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A sophisticated analyzer capable of analyzing cryptic subspace wavelengths.

Ansible Crystal Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A crystal made from pure glass used to transmit laser databursts to subspace.

Subspace Transmitter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A large piece of equipment used to open a window into the subspace dimension.

Mining

Diamond Pickaxe Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, hacking through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to hack through Description A pickaxe with a diamond pick head, this is just like minecraft.

Sonic Jackhammer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, blasting through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to blast through Description Cracks rocks with sonic blasts, perfect for killing cave lizards.

Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, drilling through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through Description Yours is the drill that will pierce through the rock walls.

Diamond Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, drilling through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through Description Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

Plasma Cutter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, cutting through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to cut down Description A rock cutter that uses bursts of hot plasma. You could use it to cut limbs off of xenos! Or, you know, mine stuff.

Miscellaneous

Component Design Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A disk for storing device design data for construction in lathes.

Technology Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A disk for storing technology data for further research.

Hyper-Capacity Power Cell Found in: Protolathe Used for: APCs, Cyborgs, Stun Batons, Heaters, Mulebots Strategy: Recharge is in a recharger and insert it into the object in use Description Can be recharged in a Cell Charger. Comes in four varieties: Standard (1 kW) High-Capacity (10 kW) Super-Capacity (20 kW) Hyper-Capacity (30 kW)

Man-Machine Interface Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description The monstrous device used to give cyborgs life. The roboticist starts with a few empty ones and its low research requirements mean more can easily be built in the protolathe. A brain in an MMI has no limbs and is, of course, not capable of interacting with anything - but at least it can talk. There's also a radio-enabled version that lets those snooty brains complain about you over the radio. Man-Machine Interface with a brain in it: You can also build Radio-enabled MMIs.

Bag of Holding Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding things that hold things Strategy: This item holds bulkier items, including normal backpacks. WARNING: The fabric of Bluespace is fragile. Attempting to put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding will make fun things happen. Description A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of Blue Space.

Floral Somatoray Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A tool that discharges controlled radiation which induces mutation in plant cells.

InteliCard Found in: Bridge, Tech Storage Used for: Stealing Restoring or transporting the AI Strategy: Use on the AI's core to download it into the InteliCard Description A functional AI is a possible Traitor objective.

Personal AI Device Found in: Dormitory, Research Director's Office, Derelict Shuttle Used for: Downloading your new best friend Strategy: Click it in your hand to open the interface, load personalities and wait for a pAI personality to become available. Description This is a personal AI device.

Tracking Beacon Found in: Protolathe Used for: Teleporting to it Strategy: Place it somewhere and use the teleporter hub to set it as your destination Description A beacon used by a teleporter.

Welding Gas Mask Found in: Protolathe Used for: Breathing air while welding Strategy: Wear it while welding and breathing simultaneously Description A gas mask with built in welding goggles and face shield. Looks like a skull, clearly designed by a nerd.

Bluespace Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: Transporting reagents or used in machine building Strategy: Fill it with reagents or put it in a machine Description A bluespace beaker, powered by experimental bluespace technology and Element Cuban combined with the Compound Pete. Can hold up to 300 units. A bigger beaker inside a machine increases its reagent storage space.

Cryostasis Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A cryostasis beaker that allows for chemical storage without reactions. Can hold up to 50 units.

Slime Core Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Research and interesting Grenades Strategy: Use a Syringe to inject Plasma, blood or water into it Description Also known as a Slime Extract. Each kind of slim has different effect that can be found here: Guide to Xenobiology The Formulas. Unused Slime Extract is a possible Traitor objective.

Large Grenade Casing Found in: Protolathe Used for: Grenade construction Strategy: ??? Description Makes it possible to use slime cores in grenades.

Tank Transfer Valve Found in: Toxins Lab Used for: Making bombs Strategy: Guide to toxins Description Should not be confused with the Manual Valve, even though they look (almost) totally the same. A finished bomb:

Global Positioning System Global Positioning System Found in: Telescience Lab Used for: Calibrating the Telepad Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Transmits the universal coordinates to the Telepad Control Console. Even though it is called a GPS, the name wrongly suggest that it has to do with a planet.

Weapons

Advanced Energy Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people Strategy: Shoot at people Description An energy gun with an experimental miniaturized reactor.

Stun Revolver Found in: Protolathe Used for: Stunning people Strategy: Shoot it at people, reload with a charger Description A high-tech revolver that fires stun cartridges. The stun cartridges can be recharged using a conventional energy weapon recharger.

Laser Cannon Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people Strategy: Shoot at people Description With the L.A.S.E.R. cannon, the lasing medium is enclosed in a tube lined with uranium-235 and subjected to high neutron flux in a nuclear reactor core. This incredible technology may help YOU achieve high excitation rates with small laser volumes!

Rapid Syringe Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting syringes at people, to heal of apprehend Strategy: Reload it with full syringes and shoot em at someone Description A modification of the syringe gun design, using a rotating cylinder to store up to four syringes.

Temperature Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A gun that changes temperatures.

Submachine Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people, drive-bys Strategy: Point it at someone and pull the trigger Description A lightweight, fast firing gun. Uses 9mm rounds.

Ammunition Box (9mm) Found in: Protolathe Used for: Reloading weapons with 9mm ammunition Strategy: ??? Description There are x shells left!

Stun Shell Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A stunning shell.

Xray Laser Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A high-power laser gun capable of expelling concentrated xray blasts.

Equipment

Telepad Found in: Telescience Lab Used for: Teleporting victims stuff around the station Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Controlled by the Telepad Control Console. Can be used to teleport anything that isn't bolted to the floor to it self or from it self to a place defined by the Telepad Control Console.