Alternative Power Sources

[Skorvold]

We share ideas about power sources that aren't as shitty as the singularity or as unfun as solars.

The only thing I could honestly think of is a power source that is: human/monkey/mob goes in, power comes out.

[Stickymayhem]

But the singularity is hilarious. I really think it's the best solution for a main power source, although I dislike that the collectors are just collecting radiation and converting it. Feels a little indirect and inefficient.

[Jam]

Couldn't you conceivably just stick a couple of the radiation collectors into the room that the Gravity Generator is in? Or around it? That's an alternative power source.

[Steelpoint]

While that would be cool it would only work if the Grav Gen was constantly being powered on and off as that's the only time it gives off radiation.

[Jacquerel]

Radioactive slimes, only produce radiation when well fed but this also causes reproduction

[Remie Richards]

Rip out human hearts. Add some Science, Hook hearts up to power grid.

Come on, wouldn't a room full of hearts pumping power into the grid be gory and brilliant?

[Malkevin]

Radiation collectors don't actually work off radition

[Skorvold]

Rip out human hearts. Add some Science, Hook hearts up to power grid.

Come on, wouldn't a room full of hearts pumping power into the grid be gory and brilliant?

That's a good one!

Better yet, why not have the station run off of one giant heart. You strap people into an IV machine, the heart pumps blood out of them at a safe (or unsafe) rate.

[Lovecraft]

Bicycles in the perma block.
Have them peddle, by pressing a then d or left arrow then right arrow, and have that generate a set amount of power.
Also have Cargo be able to order more, so we can power the station in an emergency.

[Stickymayhem]

Replace the singularity with an eldritch horror writhing in a dozen dimensions. The station runs on pure cosmic terror.

[Malkevin]

So... Change it to narsie?

[Steelpoint]

Biogenerators.

You stick a living creature, Human or whatever, inside it and it draws energy from the body to power a SMES cell.

Now braindead people have a use to the station!

[Cipher3]

Steelpoint, Skorvold, and Remie take the cake on ideas for harvesting humans.

[Tokiko2]

Multiple generators across the station that use plasma as fuel to generate a lot of energy. They are located inside a cooling room similar to tcomms. If the generator gets too hot, it explodes. If the generator gets too cold(example: cold room is exposed to space from a breach) the generator stops working. Also some option to emergency vent the hot air out of the room to prevent an explosion, preferably into a public corridor.

[Psyentific]

But the singularity is hilarious. I really think it's the best solution for a main power source, although I dislike that the collectors are just collecting radiation and converting it. Feels a little indirect and inefficient.

It's fine, do not fix it.

[miggles]

i hate the singularity
literally any power source would be cooler

[Skorvold]

But the singularity is hilarious. I really think it's the best solution for a main power source, although I dislike that the collectors are just collecting radiation and converting it. Feels a little indirect and inefficient.

It's fine, do not fix it.

How is an ultimately broken game mechanic that puts immense stress on the server and depends all too heavily on the competence of the engineering team fine? I get the point that it's supposed to be dangerous, but it's easy the worst part of the game.

[Jacquerel]

I love the singularity, I just think having multiple alternatives would also be cool.

[Psyentific]

It's just not SS13 without catastrophic engine fuckups wrecking the entire god damn station. Safety and reasonability goes against the spirit of the game.
That said, I kinda miss the old stories of all-consuming plasma fires bursting forth from engineering, devouring all in their path in their unstoppable quest to sacrifice the station to Vulcan. I think Lord Singuloth is getting a little long in the tooth, yeah, but I want something even more stupidly fucking dangerous. What could possibly go wrong?

[Skorvold]

How about a good old fashioned reactor that requires cooling, if it heats up, it explodes at max cap. In addition, it blows a 6x6 path straight through the station, damaging anything to the side of the path and killing anything in the path. All the singulo glory and lag condensed into one swift motion.

[AseaHeru]

Supermatter reactor?

It dosent lag untill it goes critical, wherapon it lags a bit as it blows up.

Or we could just have a TEG or something.

[WeeYakk]

Anger powered turbines. You walk into the room it's in and shout your frustrations to give the station power.

Rip out human hearts. Add some Science, Hook hearts up to power grid.

Come on, wouldn't a room full of hearts pumping power into the grid be gory and brilliant?

That's a good one!

Better yet, why not have the station run off of one giant heart. You strap people into an IV machine, the heart pumps blood out of them at a safe (or unsafe) rate.

Better yet just have the big people powered energy grid from the matrix. Strap people into machine, keep them (barely) alive, receive energy.

[Jacquerel]

Just a big incinerator that you chuck things in.
Comes at the start of the round with a little group of chickens which you can breed for biofuel.