Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining Strategy: Use it to mine or dig sand.
Description
Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!
Plasma Cutter
Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, unwelding walls. Strategy: Use it to mine. Also works in place of a welder for cutting open walls, and doesn't require eye protection!
Description
A rock cutter that uses bursts of hot plasma. You could use it to cut limbs off of xenos! Or, you know, mine stuff.
Miscellaneous
Component Design Disk
Found in: Protolathe Used for:Research Strategy: Save designs on this disk for use with an unsynced protolathe.
Description
A disk for storing device design data for construction in lathes.
Technology Disk
Found in: Protolathe Used for:Research Strategy: Store research levels on the disk for safe keeping or to set up a new research server.
Description
A disk for storing technology data for further research.
This device is used to give cyborgs life. The roboticist starts with a few empty ones, and its low research requirements mean more can easily be built in the protolathe. As a brain in an MMI has no limbs, it is, of course, not capable of interacting with anything; but at least it can talk. There's also a radio-enabled version that lets those snooty brains complain about you over the radio. Man-Machine Interface with a brain in it:
Bag of Holding
Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding items usually too large to fit in backpacks, such as backpacks. Strategy: This item holds bulkier items, including normal backpacks. WARNING: The fabric of Bluespace is fragile. Attempting to put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding will make fun things happen.
Description
A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of bluespace.
Floral Somatoray
Found in: Protolathe Used for:Botany Strategy: Mutate plant genes or yield rate easily.
Description
A tool that discharges controlled radiation which induces mutation in plant cells. Note that the somatoray cannot mutate plant species.
This is a personal AI device. You can download a personal AI from an online pAI server, if someone has decided to play one. pAI's are chosen from dead players.
Tracking Beacon
Found in: Protolathe, key locations around the station Used for: Teleportation Strategy: Place it somewhere and use the teleporter hub to teleport to it.
Description
A beacon used by the Teleporter. They can be moved around, meaning you can change the location of where the teleporter goes! This can have several sneaky applications.
Welding Gas Mask
Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shielding your eyes from bright lights while still functioning as a gas mask Strategy: Wearing it allows you to use internals and a welding mask without having to change your hat.
Description
A gas mask with built in welding goggles and face shield. Looks like a skull, clearly designed by a nerd.
Bluespace Beaker
Found in: Protolathe Used for: Transporting large amounts of reagents or used in machine building Strategy: Use it for chemistry, or put it in a machine in place of a normal beaker.
Description
A beaker powered by experimental bluespace technology. Can hold up to 300 units. A bigger beaker inside a machine increases its reagent storage capacity.
Cryostasis Beaker
Found in: Protolathe Used for: Preventing reagents from reacting when in contact with eachother. Strategy: Useful for preventing unwanted reactions when working with dangerous chemicals.
Description
A cryostasis beaker that allows for chemical storage without causing reactions. Can hold up to 50 units.
Slime Extract
Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Special applications when mixed with certain reagents Strategy: Use a Syringe to inject Plasma, blood or water into it.
A bluespace crystal with mystical properties. When crushed in your hand it will teleport you a short distance. When thrown at someone it will make them teleport as well. Can be placed into the Telepad Control Console to upgrade the power of the Telepad. You can create bluespace crystals through Bluespace Slimes, or you can create synthetic ones through research. They are also found on the asteroid.
Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing items from materials Strategy: Load it with materials and pick the item you want to make.
Description
Similar to an Autolathe, you load raw materials such as glass and metal sheets into it to create things. The protolathe is operated via the R&D console.
Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing circuit boards Strategy: Fill it with Sulphuric Acid and select the circuit board you want to print.
Description
Prints out all kinds of different circuit boards, depending on your research levels. Uses of these boards include building mechs, building machines or computers, and changing the AI's laws.
Found in: Robotics Used for: Manufacturing parts for use in roboticism Strategy: Load it with materials and pick the items you want to make. Use the "add to queue" function to build multiple things in a row.
Description
Creates cyborg or mech parts from materials. Can be synchronized with the R&D research levels for new cyborg/mech components. They cannot be hacked and require robotics access to operate.