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Gas Extractor Control Unit

Basic

Portion size:
1
Capacity:
0 m3
Volume:
0 m3
Mass:
0 kg
radius:
1 m

Cargo

Capacity:
0 m3

Other

Power Load:
2,600 MW
CPU Load:
400 tf

Type Info

Type ID:
3060
Base price:
45.00k ISK
Graphic ID:
4555
Published:
true
Radius:
1 m

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.”