Guide to the Supermatter - Revision history

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Overcharged delamination */

2020-01-30T17:03:12Z

Overcharged delamination

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Overcharged delamination */

2020-01-30T17:02:59Z

Overcharged delamination

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Gas Interactions */

2020-01-30T16:56:51Z

Gas Interactions

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Gas Interactions */

2020-01-30T16:49:25Z

Gas Interactions

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Gas Interactions */

2020-01-30T16:45:07Z

Gas Interactions

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* Instability */

2020-01-30T16:42:33Z

Instability

imported>Tomohawkmissile2: /* General hints */

2020-01-30T16:39:33Z

General hints

imported>Angust: /* Box- and MetaStation Setup */ No, those edits I re-added were by Cornarias I believe

2019-08-22T16:02:56Z

Box- and MetaStation Setup: No, those edits I re-added were by Cornarias I believe

imported>Angust: /* Box- and MetaStation Setup */ Removed suggestion to keep filtering n2o into the coolant gas

2019-08-22T14:54:26Z

Box- and MetaStation Setup: Removed suggestion to keep filtering n2o into the coolant gas

imported>Angust: Ended up in a edit conflict (or something) with Redmoogle, making redmoogle lose all his edits when I posted mine. Re-added alll of Redmoogle's edits that were lost, except the gases that he already re-added.

2019-08-22T14:50:20Z

Ended up in a edit conflict (or something) with Redmoogle, making redmoogle lose all his edits when I posted mine. Re-added alll of Redmoogle's edits that were lost, except the gases that he already re-added.

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 *The anomalies, gravity pulses and lightning arcs will quickly turn the engine room into a deathtrap. Make sure you have everything set up correctly before this starts happening.
 *At 5000 EER/cm<sup>3</sup>, engineering will start to get alerts, the SM will start throwing bolts, and anomalies will start spawning.
-*At 7000 EER/cm<sup>3</sup>, the SM will throw EVEN MORE bolts, and start spawning Pyroclastic, which eventually turn into very hungry slimes
+*At 7000 EER/cm<sup>3</sup>, the SM will throw EVEN MORE bolts, and start spawning Pyroclastic anomalies, which eventually turn into very hungry slimes
 *At 9000 EER/cm<sup>3</sup>, the SM will explode into a Tesla Ball upon casualty stabilization.

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 *Keep the emitters online and firing if you can.
 *Get as much CO2 into the chamber as possible. Larger amounts of CO2 can even compensate for the oxygen and plasma waste.
 *Wear as much radiation protection as you can. Consider bringing some anti-toxin medication as well.
 *Try to keep radiation suits away from engineers, they won't be able to get near the overcharged engine without one.
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 *Disabling the cooling is not required. In fact, keeping the chamber cool might help you get more power.
 *The anomalies, gravity pulses and lightning arcs will quickly turn the engine room into a deathtrap. Make sure you have everything set up correctly before this starts happening.
 === Critical mass delamination ===

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 '''Safety: Risky'''
-N2O reinforces the heat resistance of the supermatter crystal, allowing for much hotter setups than usual. However, at higher temperatures (such as during a heat delamination) it will decay into O2 and N2. While N2 is good for the supermatter, O2 most certainly is not. This O2 will also react with the Plasma to create Tritium and then, to the further horror of many an Engineer, a Tritium fire. Marked as risky only to stop you from throwing N2O into the SM mindlessly. Yes, you.
+N2O reinforces the heat resistance of the supermatter crystal, allowing for much hotter setups than usual. '''However''', at higher temperatures (such as during a heat delamination) it will decay into O2 and N2. While N2 is good for the supermatter, O2 most certainly is not. This O2 will also react with the Plasma to create Tritium and then, to the further horror of many an Engineer, a Tritium fire. At lower temperatures and in more controlled setups, it can also combine with Plasma to create low amounts of BZ inside the loop.<br>
 [[File:CO2_Canister.png]]CO<sub>2</sub>

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 '''Safety: Very Safe'''
-N2 is a good safety gas. It actively lowers the temperature and the amount of waste gases that the supermatter crystal produces.<br>
+N2 is, in a large majority of situations, the safest gas to dump into the cooling loop. It actively lowers the temperature and the amount of waste gases that the supermatter crystal produces. A side effect of the safety it provides is that it also reduces power output of the engine.<br>
 Precooled N2 is good to have around for emergencies.

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	N2 is a good safety gas. It actively lowers the temperature and the amount of waste gases that the supermatter crystal produces.<br>		N2 is a good safety gas. It actively lowers the temperature and the amount of waste gases that the supermatter crystal produces.<br>
		+	A side effect of the safety it provides is that it also reduces power output of the engine.
	Precooled N2 is good to have around for emergencies.		Precooled N2 is good to have around for emergencies.

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 * The crystal grows unstable if the gas mix is hotter than 310K. It will instead stabilize when it is cooler than 310K.
 * Physical bullets will destabilize the crystal, depending on the damage they do.
-* Large amounts of power will destabilize the crystal.
+* Large amounts of power will destabilize the crystal. The highest safe limit of the supermatter is 5000 EER/cm3.
-* Large amounts of moles will not only destabilize the crystal but also prevent the stabilizing effect of cold gases.
+* Large amounts of moles will not only destabilize the crystal but also prevent the stabilizing effect of cold gases. This effect starts at about 1800 moles of any gas on the supermatter's tile.
 === Gas Interactions ===

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 *Opening a canister of plasma in engineering and igniting it will make it a lot harder for people to fix your sabotage. Even more effective if the radiation levels are high.
 *Keep a flash or EMP on hand. The AI and its borgs are pretty much guaranteed to try and intervene to prevent harm.
 *Stay around and pretend to be helping so you can undo all the repair attempts by other people.
 === Regular delamination ===

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 # Put on an optical meson scanner [[File:MGlasses.png]] (Engineering scanner goggles [[File:EngiScanners.png]] work too, if changed to meson mode) and a radiation suit [[File:RadiationSuit.png]][[File:RadiationSuitHood.png]] in case someone prematurely activates the supermatter crystal.
 #:'''Why:''' Meson Scanners protect from hallucinations, while the suit protect from radiation. Once the engine starts, it will start emitting both.
 [[File:Supermatterboxnew.png|400px|thumb|right|Boxstation SM. Freon doesn't exist anymore, so set that filter to "nothing".]]
 [[File:MetaSMUpdated.png|400px|thumb|right|Metastation SM]]

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 # Your first step should be wrenching the N2 canisters in place. Then start turning pipes on or off according to the picture on the right. Red circled pumps should be set on and to max pressure. Turn the ones without a circle in the image off, including the one that is circled blue.
 #:'''Why:''' When the crystal is generating power it produces plasma and oxygen and heats up the air surrounding it immensely, thus it needs to be properly ventilated. We start by making the gas loop push N2 counter-clockwise around the loop, cooling it on the left side with the coldness of space before re-entering the engine room again from the right side.
-# Make sure that the top filter (green circle) is set on, with max pressure. Set the bottom filters to filter (from left to right) "Nitrogen", "Nitrous Oxide", "None", "None". Turn them all on and set them to max pressure as well.
+# Make sure that the top filter (green circle) is set on, with max pressure. Set the bottom filters to filter (from first to last) "Nitrogen", "None", "None", "None". Turn them all on and set them to max pressure as well.
 #:'''Why:'''  The bottom filters separate the gases produced by the supermatter crystal to keep the gas mix constant.
 # Proceed to the air alarm [[File:AirAlarm.png]] next to the crystal room. Open the air alarm menu (on most maps it will start unlocked), click ''Scrubber Controls'' and change the scrubbers to '''siphon''' (by clicking "scrubbing") and Expanded Range. You don't need to change any of the filter settings besides the mode, since on "siphon", all gases get sucked out. The scrubbers will show an animation if they are set up to siphon correctly. '''Do NOT set operating mode to "panic siphon"''' as that's not the same thing. Picture (click it): [[File:SM_safe_setup_scrubbers_aug_2019.png|30px|Scrubber Controls]]