Plasma Industries
The engineer leans in, watching as the machine channels pressurized plasma that arcs, crackles and flashes, etching a familiar pattern into the processing units with a speed never witnessed before.
Content
Adds several balanced and vanilla friendly recipes to the game inspired by real life plasma usage. Enables the chemplant, foundry, biochamber, electromagnetic plant and cryoplant to process plasma. While plasma is needed for the recipes, you get a matching output of hot fluoroketone, keeping the plasma loop closed.
Currently features
A bulk recipe for processing units using fusion plasma instead of sulfuric acid, inspired by plasma semi conductor etching.
A more productive recipe for carbon fiber, inspired by plasma activation, a process used to enhance surface adhesion in textiles.
A new artillery shell that deals formidable damage in a tiny area, inspired by the 1960s Casaba-Howitzer project.
A new late game way to melt iron and copper into fluids without the need for calcite, inspired by fusion plasma being very hot.
A new fuel that matches nuclear fuel in terms of vehicle speed and acceleration, enabling fast late game trains on all planets, inspired by plasma propulsion engines.
Supercharged railgun ammo that falls apart as soon as it leaves the barrel, dealing much less damage than regular rail gun shells but in a much larger area. This breaks up the monotony of ship fronts, makes railguns useful against biters and gives the player a reason to research rail gun damage beyond level 2.
Lastly, if you're feeling particularly destructive, this mod enables you to spray fusion plasma at your enemies from a flamethrower turret. Horribly wasteful but terrifyingly effective.
This mod also adds plasma ducts, a pipelike entity specifically made to transport fusion plasma.
Coming up next
Github, discord, more pictures, custom smoke colours and recipes for fans of Snouz Moshine, Safs Alloy Smelting and Ribbonia!
Special thanks to SafTheLamb for her advice about thumbnails and mod descriptions