Gas Extractor Control Unit

Basic
 Type ID3060
 PublishedTrue
Volume0 m3
Mass0 kg
radius1
 Base Price45,000 ISK
Cargo
Capacity0 m3
Other
 extractorDepletionRange5 m
 extractorDepletionRate1
 Cycle Time300 sec
 Extraction Quantity1,000
 Planet Type RestrictionPlanet (Gas)
Power Load2,600 MW
Capacity0 m3
CPU Load400 tf
 Extractor head Power550 MW
 Extractor head CPU110 tf
Type Info
Type ID3060
Graphic ID4555
Group IDExtractor Control Units [1063]

Description

Extracting gas from a gas giant requires more effort than simply opening a door into a container. Each specific type of desirable gas requires an ionized filament to be calibrated to attract only the right particles from the atmosphere. Even a fraction of a percent error could spoil an entire batch of product by tainting it with unwanted material. Likewise, once the gas is extracted from the surrounding air, the platform's equilibrium tanks must be adjusted to compensate for the added weight or buoyancy. Beyond that, it's a simple matter of supercooling it and transferring the liquid form into a container for transport. As one pioneer of this technology accurately described it, ?The extractor itself is much like a living organism, breathing in what it needs and expelling that which becomes cumbersome.?