Solid-Fuel Thruster

Solid-Fuel Thruster
Details
Tier	Medium
Group	Module
Type	Consumable
Crafted at	Small Printer
Recipe	1x Ammonium 1x Aluminum
Unlock Cost	500 Bytes

The Solid-Fuel Thruster is a Tier 2 vehicle attachment. They are expendable, with enough charges allowing a maximum of four take-offs and planet hops, requiring more packed thrusters in the backpack should the player wish to go on longer trips.

Source

Output	Input	Module
Solid-Fuel Thruster	Ammonium Aluminum	Small Printer

Usage

Solid-Fuel Thrusters can be attached to any vehicle or structure with a Tier-2 slot available. They are best used with the Small Shuttle early on as a way to explore other planets before acquiring the Hydrazine Thruster and Medium Shuttle and Large Shuttle. They can be used up to 4 times, with take-offs and moving to another planet each consuming one use, while landing consumes none. Once the thruster is used up, it turns into debris that may be shredded. The four uses allow the player to travel to one planet and back to their home base, but requiring more thrusters to visit other planets before returning.

Solid-Fuel Thrusters may also be placed on Rovers and activated to boost the rover and possibly launch it into the sky. Doing so may result in the rover getting stuck due to the way physics works in the game.

The Solid-Fuel Thruster may be shredded for 1.5 scrap, whether it is unused or fully burnt out.

Notes

• The cost of the Solid-Fuel Thruster is 2 scrap (1 for the ammonium and 1 for the aluminum) and the spent thruster is worth 1.5 scrap, for a total loss of 0.5 scrap per thruster. 0.5/4 = 0.125 scrap per use. This means that it is more cost-effective than Hydrazine Thrusters which costs 2 scrap (2 ammonium) for 8 uses, 2/8 = 0.25 scrap per use.
• Using a Packager on a partially-used Solid-Fuel Thruster will refresh the thruster to a freshly printed state. This does not work for a fully Used Solid-Fuel Thruster, as it is considered a salvage item.

Media

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